Lawrenceville Pimp Convicted of Sex Trafficking

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- A pimp who lured young women with the promise of showbiz ties, then controlled them with a mix of drugs and violence, has been convicted in federal court on sex-trafficking charges.

The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that Travis Sentall ”Triggaplay” Robinson, of Lawrenceville, was found guilty last week after a three-week trial on multiple charges, including sex-trafficking of a minor and trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

“Calling himself the ‘King of Diamonds,’ Robinson attempted to build a sex trafficking empire by exploiting vulnerable young women and a minor,” said U.S. Attorney John Horn in a news release. “Thanks to the courage of his victims and the diligence of the law enforcement officers whose efforts led to his arrest, Robinson is now officially out of business.”

Robinson was arrested at a hotel in downtown Atlanta on May 14, 2014.

According to the testimony of five victims who testified against him, Robinson lured them into prostitution by claiming to be connected to Atlanta’s music scene and a Grammy-nominated musician and producer.

He would buy them plane or bus tickets to Atlanta, then invite them to live at his large Lawrenceville home. He would take the victims shopping, to a recording studio and to nightclubs until he had earned their trust.

He would then post their names in ”escort” sections of online classified ads and force then to commit paid sex acts with customers who responded to the ads.

Forcing them into prostitution involved mental coercion and regular beatings, many of them conducted in the presence of other victims as a warning. He would force the women to work seven days a week, according to testimony, giving them the designer drug “Molly” so they could work without sleep.

Robinson installed an app on the women’s phones so he could monitor their locations and read their text messages and he kept all of their earnings, forcing them to ask him for money for things like food and personal hygiene items.

Evidence at trial showed Robinson spent at least $31,000 on hotel rooms for prostitution between September 2013 and April 2014. He also made his victims travel to at least nine states -- Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi and New York -- to perform sex acts for money.

A co-conspirator of Robinson’s, Ladrigus Dondrea ”Dreek” Stuckey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion on September 11, 2015.

Sentencing dates have not yet been set for either man.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Gwinnett County Police Department with assistance from the FBI’s Metro Atlanta Child Exploitation (MATCH) Task Force.