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Brooklyn DA: Woman Raped, Prostituted By Four Men For 8 Years Since Age 13
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 30, 2011
Modified Jun 30, 2011
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Four Brooklyn men were indicted on charges ranging from rape to sex trafficking a woman—and the Brooklyn DA's office says the assault on the victim began when she was just 13 and then terrorized her into continuing to meet with them until she was 21. It was only after they threatened to harm a member of her family that the woman, who managed to complete high school and enter college, finally told her college professor, a former Brooklyn DA, about the attacks last year. The professor said, "It's hard to imagine something more terrible than this."
According to the indictment, "Defendants Damien Crooks, 31, and Jamali Brockett, 27, first met the victim in 2003, when she was 13, and they both raped her in a neighborhood park... After that encounter, Crooks and Brocket began forcing her to have sex for money and beating her, raping her, and forcing her to perform sexually humiliating acts when she refused, according to the indictment. The indictment charges that they threatened to harm her family if she went to police. On one occasion, Crooks, Brockett, and Brockett’s brother, Jawara Brockett, 33, raped her on the roof of a building, while her brother waited outside, unaware of the attack, according to the indictment. On another occasion, the indictment charges, Crooks took her to a party to recruit other girls, but when she refused, he and Darrell Dula, 24, raped her."
Crooks faces four counts of rapes and two counts of sex trafficking, while Jamali Brockett's charges include rape, compelling prostitution and criminal sex act. The pair also tried to get her to recruit other women, and then beat her when she refused. Jawara Brockett and Darrell Dula were charged with rape.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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