Pimp Gets 30 Years

A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office:

CHICAGO MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FORCED SEX-TRAFFICKING OF FOUR VICTIMS, INCLUDING TWO MINORS

CHICAGO — A Chicago man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for forced sex-trafficking of two minor and two young adult women.

The defendant, CARL BRANDON SMITH, forced his victims to engage in commercial sex acts, used physical violence, and threatened to kill them if they ever left him between 2010 and early 2012.

Smith, also known as “Moo,” 27, pleaded guilty in January 2103 to transporting a minor
from Wisconsin to Illinois for prostitution.

He targeted young and vulnerable women and girls, ages 17 through 21.

He psychologically manipulated them, convinced them that he was their boyfriend who loved them, and then forced them to earn their keep by working as prostitutes.

One victim spoke in court today, describing the physical and emotional impact that Smith’s crimes had on her. Addressing the defendant, she said she has moved on in her life, but she will remain permanently scarred.

“You were a violent pimp. . . . The pain, fear, and harm you’ve inflicted on these women is devastating,”

U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve said in imposing the sentence.

Smith must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence and the judge placed him on five years’ supervised release after he is imprisoned.

Smith was also ordered to pay approximately $239,000 in restitution to be allocated among the four victims based on a formula that takes into account the number of days each was prostituted, how many men they were forced to have sex on average each day, and the rate that Smith advertised their services.

“He did unspeakable things to his victims,” Assistant U.S Attorney Christopher Grohman argued at sentencing, adding in a written memo that the government could not “put into words the magnitude of harm or the life-altering consequences Smith caused his victims through his mosaic of cruelty.”

After the victims started in Smith’s employ, he kept them “in line” using a regime of verbal threats, drugs, physical beatings, and forcible sex acts. For just under two years, he “caused incalculable physical and psychological damage to his victims, in some cases scarring them physically and emotionally for life,” AUSA Grohman argued.

According to court documents, Smith met one victim in December 2010 and began contacting her via phone, text, and social media, asking her to move to Chicago, intending that she be his “girlfriend” and also engage in prostitution. In February 2011, Smith drove from Chicago to the victim’s residence in Wisconsin, and then drove her from Wisconsin to his apartment in Chicago, knowing that she was under 18 at the time.

Once in Chicago, Smith “dated” the victims for approximately a week before she began working as a prostitute under his employ between February and July 2011. Acting as her pimp, Smith advertised the victim for commercial sex on internet sites, and instructed her to have sex with customers in his apartment and in area motels, with Smith collecting the money she earned.

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office, the Naperville and Aurora police departments, and the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force assisted in the investigation. The government was ­represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Grohman.

Zachary Fardon

Zachary Fardon

The sentence was announced by Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Robert J. Holley, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


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Pimp Gets 30 Years — 13 Comments

  1. Lets see how this guy likes forced sex when he is in prison.

    Some of those stories you hear about prison life are true.

  2. Not to detract from the heinousness of this crime, but where did I read a poster on this blog note prostitutes were victimless as they were 40-50 years old and made a conscious life choice to enter the profession?

    Guess this doesn’t quite fall into that anecdote….at all, maybe that poster will retort here and explain how wrong this story must be.

    Here’s hoping this scum gets what he deserves.

  3. Just found it…calling Markmcguire to the podium.

    Please, answer how victimless this crime is…

    Unless, of course, you’re going to play semantics and pretend a ‘massage parlor’ is so very different from this sex trafficking case…

  4. You are right on……….massage parlor lead to other activities.

    Maybe not all of them but why take a chance with young lives.

  5. Black on White crime is hushed up in the MSM.

    Gee, I wonder why?

    Even when the rapist/murderer/robber is still at large and the public is solicited to help find the dangerous creature, the suspect’s race is RARELY ever given …. which is sheer lunacy IMHO.

  6. I know this guy personally, all I have to say is that its is two sides to the story.

    His side her side and the truth.

    Dont judge cause its been murders thats been over turned.

  7. Calvin, two sides?

    He pled GUILTY…that equals one side…justice, truth and prison for Moo moo…

  8. NO ONE IS CONDONING WHAT CARL DID…

    TRUE IT WRONG BUT THEY WEREN’T FORCED THEY AGREED TO HOOK FOR CARL AS LONG AS THEY WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND WHEN THAT DIDN’T WORK OUT IN THEIR FAVOR…

    THEY WENT 2 THE POLICE WITH THE FORCED PROSTITUTION STORY.

    THE GIRLS ALSO LIED ABT THEIR AGE AS WELL.

    A SCORNED FEMALE WILL DESTROY A MAN’S LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THE MAN’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND DO IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE…

    HURT A FEMALE AND SHE’S GONNA DESTROY UR LIFE…

    I’VE SEEN IT DONE A FEW TIMES.

    THEY CLD’VE LEFT AT ANY TIME BUT THEY DIDN’T THEY CHOSE 2 STAY..

    1 OF THEM HAS 3 KIDS…

    YES 3 BUT NEVER SEEM 2 MENTION THAT IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

    AGAIN I DNT AND NEVER WILL CONDONE THAT SEVERE CRIME BUT THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT SO HARD 4 WOMEN THAT ARE REAL TRUE VICTIM OF THOSE CRIMES.

    U GOTTA KNOW THE WHOLE STORY BUT IT STILL DNT MAKE IT RIGHT..

    BUT 30YRS //???

  9. No one is force to do anything they don’t want to do.

    And what about all these fools out here killing babies the police killing our black men.

    No one said nothing about that huh.

    Free Moo

  10. I miss and love my little brother

    this was a harsh sentence 30 years for pimping

    come on all 4 girls lied on my little brother

    this don’t make no sense he didn’t deserve that much time

    I know some people that kill people and get 20 years

    I can remember this day like it was yesterday

    I will never forget me him and my other buddy just came back from Maxwell polish

    three biggest Tahoe pull up on the side of us grab moo and that was the last time I see my little brother

    one thing I do know God is good

    yeah he is going to work it out moo was a nice guy and for those 4 b******.

    the Grim Reaper is coming for that ass because God don’t like ugly liars and hoes and the funny thing about it these hoes still out here prostitude because I know the b****** and they was some true prostitutes and believe it or not them b****** is happy they gave him the money willingly

    what’s so f***** up about it the b****** lied about the ages they were one thing

    I can say never trust a bitch

    end of my story love you always little brother

    free moo h-town crazy.

  11. I was locked up with this guy.

    We were cellys.

    He claimed he didnt know they were underage, and he never said he beat them.

    He also had “tendencies” that everyone on deck noticed.

    Like when underage teens were on tv he would be mesmerized.

    He also had a card with 2 lil kids on it, and he would stare at it for long periods.

    I even got in a fight with this guy.

    His sense of entitlement is sky high.

    He acted as if the inmates and prison guards should care about him.

    He was first offered 20 years but filed for ineffective assistance council.

    I bet he wished he took the 20 now!

    even so, i cant say if he deserved 30 years or not, personally i think he dosnt.

    But he really needs to humble himself.

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