Prostitution Ring Bust: Trio Who Lured Girls To East New York From Upstate Arrested, Prosecutors Say

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Three people who lured two teenaged girls to New York City and tried to force them to have sex for money have been charged with attempted sex trafficking and rape, prosecutors said.

Rocker Rudy, 19, Donald Jackson, 19, and Berisa Nebahate, 19, were arrested Saturday after police found them holding two girls hostage in a house on Snediker Avenue near Linden Boulevard, said prosecutors.

“THEY FOUND MY GIRL!!!!!!!!!” wrote one girl’s father on Facebook in a post that was later deleted.

The 14- and 15-year-old girls were lured to the Brooklyn “trap house” from Ulster County in upstate New York by a woman who promised them modeling jobs, sources told the New York Post.

The girls, who arrived in New York on Oct. 17, were given drugs to impair their judgement and were refused access to their phones, according to the complaint.

Rudy raped the younger girl and Nebahate was given semi-nude photos to post in an ad on BackPage.com, court records show.

The 15-year-old tried to escape, prosecutors said, but Rudy grabbed her by the back of the neck while Nebahate pulled out a knife and asked, “Why do you want to leave?”

The three men were arrested after the 15-year-old was allowed outside with her cellphone, which she used to contact her dad, who called police, according to the Post.

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Rudy was charged with raping the 14-year-old girl and all three men face charges of attempted prostitution, attempted sex trafficking, and endangering the welfare of a child, according to a criminal complaint.

Rudy was held on a $150,000 bail and Jackson and Nebahate were held on a $75,000 bail, court records show. The three men are slated to return to court on Oct. 27.

One girl’s father issued a statement on Facebook in which he declined to speak to reporters, but expressed his gratitude to the state police in Kingston and Highland as well as the NYPD.

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