Claudia Drury offered an inside account of how, she said, Lawrence V. Ray controlled her and other college students. Source: New York Times
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Comedy Undercut ‘The Life.’ Billy Porter Looks for Its Humanity.
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
The actor is directing an Encores! revival of the 1997 musical, updating it to confront hard truths about racism, poverty and carceral injustice. Source: New York Times
Sarah Lawrence Cult Trial Begins
By Gotham Rex on March 10, 2022
Lawrence V. Ray was indicted after a New York magazine story uncovered his cultlike hold over his daughter’s college friends and others. Source: New York Times
Accused Leader in Sarah Lawrence Cult Case Is Set to Stand Trial
By Gotham Rex on March 6, 2022
For about 10 years, Lawrence V. Ray abused and extorted a group of his daughter’s classmates at the college, prosecutors say. Source: New York Times
2 Men Sentenced in Sex-Trafficking Ring That Preyed on Teenage Girls
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2022
Five members of a family-run operation trafficked girls between Mexico and Queens and pushed them into prostitution. Source: New York Times
Married Couple Charged With Sex Trafficking Adult Fost
By Gotham Rex on February 9, 2022
Prosecutors in Manhattan say Kareem and Sharice Mitchell trafficked eight women, including two whom Ms. Mitchell had taken in as foster children. Source: New York Times
Officer Is Charged With Protecting Prostitution Ring in Exchange for Sex
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2021
Prosecutors say Wayne Peiffer, a police officer in Brewster, N.Y., had women from sex-trafficking and prostitution rings brought to him at the police station. Source: New York Times
Ghislaine Maxwell-Jeffrey Epstein Bond Is Key to Her Trial
By Gotham Rex on December 6, 2021
The first week of testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial revealed the key question at the center of the case. Source: New York Times
As Ghislaine Maxwell’s Trial Begins, Epstein’s Shadow Looms Large
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2021
Ms. Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial in Manhattan, which starts on Monday, is widely seen as a proxy for the courtroom reckoning that her longtime partner never received. Source: New York Times
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Trial Opens, With Epstein at Its Center
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2021
A prosecutor described Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime girlfriend and associate, Ms. Maxwell, as “partners in crime.” Source: New York Times
What’s the Best Way to Protect Sex Workers? Depends on Whom You Ask.
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2021
There are two competing bills in New York: One would punish pimps and customers, while the other would decriminalize the entire trade. Source: New York Times
Manhattan to Stop Prosecuting Prostitution, Part of Nationwide Shift
By Gotham Rex on April 21, 2021
The district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., moved to dismiss thousands of cases dating back decades, amid a growing movement to change the criminal justice system’s approach to prostitution. Source: New York Times
Dr. Joyce Wallace, Pioneering AIDS Physician, Dies at 79
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2020
Among the first to study the disease in the 1980s, she tried to stop its spread among thousands of New York City prostitutes. Source: New York Times
Ghislaine Maxwell Deposition Is Released
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2020
Ms. Maxwell, who fought to keep the deposition secret, repeatedly denied that she helped Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom and sexually abuse teenage girls. Source: New York Times
Suspect in Sarah Lawrence Cult Case Is Accused of Witness Tampering
By Gotham Rex on August 26, 2020
Lawrence V. Ray, who is charged with sex trafficking and extortion, tried to intimidate his daughter’s former classmates from his jail cell, prosecutors say. Source: New York Times