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Mount Holly Woman Shares Atlantic City Human Trafficking Experience
Holly Austin Smith was captured and prostituted for 36 hours as a teen. She is now a biologist, according to the Burlington County Times.
A 37-year-old woman who grew up to become a biologist recently spoke about her days as a teenage victim of human sex trafficking in Atlantic City, the Burlington County Times reports.
Holly Austin Smith was 14 when she was coerced into becoming a prostitute in Atlantic City by a strange man and woman. She said she was an easy target because she was bullied and was depressed, according to the report.
She was held captive for 36 hours, sold to a john and raped before being captured by police as a prostitute and returned to her parents in Mount Holly, according to the report.
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Her story will be part of an upcoming documentary and she has written a book about her experience.
She wants people to know that teenage victims of human sex trafficking are not “lost causes,” according to the report.
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For more, visit burlingtoncountytimes.com.
Her story is also told online at hollyaustinsmith.com.
The attached image is a Patch file photo, and is not a depiction of Holly Austin Smith.
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