A one-way bus ticket and the promise of a modeling contract.It was the escape Linda Mills had long sought from a life she said was filled with physical and sexual abuse.
Instead, Mills said she was trafficked at age 15, sent to be a prostitute in Chicago by a member of local law enforcement.
“I trusted Phil Malone. I trusted him,” said Mills. “Not once did I ever think he would steer me wrong.
“But it was a betrayal at 15. You’re law enforcement. You’re supposed to serve and protect, and there was no serve and protect.”
Mills is one of four women to accuse Malone or his brother, Mark Malone, of inappropriate sexual conduct or exchanging sexual favors for light treatment from the Portsmouth City Probation Department, where they both worked.
Two of those women, including Mills, said Phil Malone had sex with them when they were underage and either trafficked them or tried to send them away for sex.
The Enquirer spent the last two months investigating the claims against the Malone brothers after publishing the results of a yearlong investigation in March into allegations of sex trafficking here against former Portsmouth Councilman Michael Mearan and others.
The initial Enquirer report detailed accusations by 10 different women against Mearan, a well-known defense lawyer in town, as well as the contents of a federal law enforcement affidavit outlining Mearan's part in an alleged sex trafficking operation.
Now, the accusations of four women show the activity may have been more widespread.
“Phil Malone was a pervert,” said Kayla Artressia, who says Malone tried to send her to Chicago when she was 16, but that she refused.
Another woman said she had sexual contact with Mark Malone while serving community service at the office when he was in charge.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/trapped-traff...145225843.html
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