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Red Roof Inn staff in Atlanta ignored sex trafficking, victim says

Allegations against hotel chain reach jurors for first time in landmark case.
A trial against Red Roof Inn is underway in Atlanta's federal courthouse, where the hotel chain is fighting allegations from 11 women who say they were sex trafficked at locations in Buckhead and Smyrna. The plaintiffs claim that Red Roof Inn participated in and profited from years of sex trafficking at the hotels. (Dreamstime/TNS)
A trial against Red Roof Inn is underway in Atlanta's federal courthouse, where the hotel chain is fighting allegations from 11 women who say they were sex trafficked at locations in Buckhead and Smyrna. The plaintiffs claim that Red Roof Inn participated in and profited from years of sex trafficking at the hotels. (Dreamstime/TNS)
June 19, 2024

The provocatively dressed young women paying in cash for hotel rooms one night at a time didn’t prompt questions from staff at the Red Roof Inn on North Druid Hills Road in Buckhead, a jury in Atlanta was told Tuesday. Nor did the extra towels and bedsheets being used by the women, whose rooms bore other signs of sex trafficking.

“There was a lot of used condoms,” Tiffany, one of the 11 women who sued Red Roof Inn, saying they were victims of sex trafficking at two Atlanta locations, said during testimony. “We would stay three to five days at a time, maybe more, every two to three weeks.”

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Journalist Rosie Manins is a senior courts and legal affairs reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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