We are bringing a lawsuit against a major corporation thanks to you.






Dear Friend,

Policies matter.

When the laws fail to adequately hold pornographers, pimps, sex buyers, and child abusers accountable, it leaves our communities vulnerable. And when mainstream corporations normalize pornography, prostitution, sex dolls and more, it exposes more individuals to harm and coarsens the culture’s sense of right, wrong, and justice regarding sexual exploitation.

For these reasons, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation realized a multi-pronged policy advocacy approach—improving both public and private policies—is vital to shift the culture to recognize and respect human dignity. With every policy we help change, hundreds, thousands, and even millions of people are being positively impacted and the societal understanding of what sexual exploitation is, and whether or not it could be tolerated, improves. If you haven't had the opportunity to read through our 2019 Impact Report ([link removed]) to see the mighty progress made over the course of the last 12 months, we would encourage you to do so.

On that note, our Law Center is on the cusp of more mighty work.

Within the last few weeks, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center filed a lawsuit ([link removed]) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, seeking damages against Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Inc., Choice Hotels International, Inc. and G6 Hospitality, LLC., for facilitating and profiting from the sex trafficking of a minor. The plaintiff, B.M., was 16 years old when her trafficking began at the Defendant hotels in 2014 and lasted for years.

“Corporations can’t go to jail, and the only way to hold them accountable is damages and attorney’s fees," said Benjamin Bull, general counsel for the Law Center.

"It’s clear that the defendants financially benefited from the paid sexual assault of the child, and other sex trafficking victims like her. These hotels developed and maintained business models that attract and foster the commercial sex market for traffickers and buyers alike," Bull continued. "The Defendant hotels failed to take any steps to alert the authorities, properly intervene in the situation, or take reasonable security steps to improve awareness of sex trafficking and/or prevent sexual exploitation on their properties. Our hope is that this lawsuit serves notice to prevent any future sex trafficking from taking place at these hotels and others, and to ensure that the hotel industry is held to account.”

The fight lies ahead of us and the challenges are many. Your support makes powerful lawsuits such as this one possible. Right now, we are still looking for more passionate allies who are willing to help us win this suit and to bring many more.

Importantly, we have a $3M match opportunity ([link removed]) that means your money can go twice as far towards bringing justice for those who are being sexually exploited for profit by mainstream corporations who only care about their bottom line.

Are you willing to stand up for justice today? ([link removed])

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Sincerely,

Dawn Hawkins

Senior Vice President and Executive Director

National Center on Sexual Exploitation





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