Leslie Anthony Bailey, a 33-year-old from Southern California, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a woman struggling with fentanyl addiction. His criminal actions began in February 2022 when he used social media to lure the woman, offering her drugs in exchange for engaging in sex acts. He forced her into prostitution, threatening her with violence and ultimately abandoning her in the Angeles National Forest after raping her. Bailey's plea agreement also indicated that he trafficked another woman in 2023 using similar tactics, highlighting a disturbing pattern of exploitation.
Bailey messaged the woman, who was receiving treatment for fentanyl addiction at a facility in Los Angeles, on social media in February 2022 and offered to pick her up and give her fentanyl.
After she engaged in multiple transactional sex acts, Bailey gave the victim more fentanyl and brought her back to his home in Long Beach.
The next day, Bailey stopped the victim from leaving his residence and told her he would beat her if she tried to leave again.
Bailey then beat and raped the victim and drove away, leaving her in the forest, according to the plea agreement.
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