Larry 'Lavish' Lewis was sentenced for sex trafficking multiple women in the Bissonnet Street area and in other cities across Texas and Louisiana.
Larry "Lavish" Lewis was sentenced for sex trafficking women through force and coercion, and taking them across state lines for prostitution, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.The 48-year-old will have to serve 40 years in prison immediately followed by 10 years of supervised release. Lewis was convicted in October 2023 by a Houston jury after about three hours of deliberation, following a six-day trial.
During the trial, victims testified that Lewis recruited them with false promises of financial stability and a better life. He confiscated the identification cards of two women and maintained strict control over their hotel room access, making them entirely dependent on him for basic necessities such as food and lodging. The women were required to hand over all their earnings from commercial sex work to Lewis, who dictated their work locations and hours.
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