Ilja Abbattista has bravely spoken out, revealing how she was made to choose between having her finger cut off, having a family member killed, or sex work.
Ilja Abbattista has been carrying a traumatic secret for 30 years - she was a victim of modern slavery
But that one week in a gentlemen's club turned into her being sexually exploited for two-and-a-half years. She continued: "I think I was so shell-shocked, I think I was so ashamed, I think I was absolutely appalled with myself." And in the morning, she would have to entertain a house full of men, "because I needed to learn how to dance for them. It was so humiliating," she said.
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