| Larry Ray Took Sexual Videos
of Victims For Extortion Now Protective Order
Needed US Says
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 12 – When Larry Ray was
arraigned on charges of sexual
exploitation, prostitution,
forced labor and money
laundering on February 12, he
was wearing prison blues and
still had a Federal Defender,
but no financial affidavit to
have FD appointed. More on
Patreon here.
Judge
Lewis Liman after Ray pled not
guilty asked Assistant US
Attorney Danielle Sassoon to
summarize the discovery in the
case. She mentioned electronic
devices seized at Ray's New
Jersey home. She said some
belonged to victims and that
Ray has made them shoot sexual
explicit video on them - then
seized them for purposes of
extortion.
Now some
serious review and editing,
and a protective order, would
be required before the
contents of the devises are
released to Ray. Judge Liman
set the next conference for
February 26 at 3 pm. Inner
City Press will be there. More
on Patreon here.
The charges
are serious and again had some
in the court, many apparently
students, shaking their heads:
"extortion, sex trafficking,
and forced labor. As
alleged in the indictment, RAY
used physical and
psychological threats and
coercion to indoctrinate and
exploit a group of college
students in Westchester County
as well as other
victims. RAY extorted
approximately $1 million from
at least five victims; forced
certain victims to perform
unpaid labor; and caused,
through force, fraud, and
coercion, at least one victim
to engage in commercial sex
acts. He laundered the
proceeds of his crimes through
an internet domain
business. RAY committed
these offenses in locations
including Westchester County,
New York, and New York, New
York, as well as Pinehurst,
North Carolina."
The case has been
assigned to new SDNY Judge
Lewis J. Liman; Inner City
Press will follow it. It is US
v. Ray, 20-cr-110 (Liman).
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