Nine suspects appeared in court on Thursday following their indictment in the sex trafficking case of a 14-year-old girl from East Patchogue, Long Island. The teen went missing in December and was found 25 days later on a 56-foot boat in Islip after a call from one of the defendants. Prosecutors allege that seven men sexually assaulted the girl, and two women trafficked her for sex and crack cocaine. Lawyers for the defendants claim their clients were unaware of the girl's age and maintain her participation was voluntary.
Nine suspects appeared in court on Thursday following their indictment in the sex trafficking case of a 14-year-old girl.So far, nine different defendants are facing a litany of charges in the case of a 14-year-old East Patchogue girl who went missing back in December.
"She didn't call for help because she didn't want help... she was there on her own, voluntarily," said Danielle Papa, the attorney for defendant, Francis Buckheit. "Mr. Harrell attempted to assist the police in locating this person," said Harrell's defense attorney Jeremy Scileppi. "This person was gone for a long period of time in which Mr. Harrell had no contact with her."
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