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http://gothamist.com/2013/03/01/sex_worker_held_hostage_breaks_b
ack.php

A sex worker who was kidnapped and raped while being held 
hostage for two terrible days broke her legs and back when she 
jumped out a sixth-floor window in an attempt to escape, 
prosecutors said yesterday. Benjamin Gaston and Johnny Jackson 
have been charged with kidnapping and raping the 28-year-old 
woman, who was first held hostage in an apartment on W. 92nd 
Street and Columbus Avenue on November 12th around 4 a.m.

Prosecutors said that Gaston, who allegedly called the woman to 
start things off, stole her cellphone, money and identification. 
They say he hit her and held a pillow over her face, telling 
her, �You�re not leaving the apartment � you�re working for me 
and making me money.� The next day, the woman was taken to 
another apartment on W. 149th Street where there were six or 
seven additional men waiting to have sex with her, including 
Jackson. Gaston told her, "You'll do what I say here."

The woman tried to escape however by using her jacket as a rope 
from the sixth floor apartment�unfortunately, she fell to the 
ground, breaking both her legs and back.

Jackson told cops he was a dupe in the whole thing: �A guy I 
know as Mike asked me if he could use my spare room to run his 
girl out of and make some money. I told him he could use the 
room in my apartment and he agreed to give me part of the 
profit,� Jackson said in his statement. �He brought a girl over 
and they stayed in my apartment from Tuesday at about 3 a.m. 
until Wednesday evening,� he added.

�My client is an honorably discharged Marine � that�s all I feel 
comfortable saying right now,� Jackson's lawyer said. Both men 
are charged with kidnapping, sex trafficking, criminal sex act, 
rape and sex abuse. Gaston is also charged with assault. �The 
facts of this crime are truly heinous - these defendants are 
accused of holding a woman hostage in order to essentially 
enslave and prostitute her,� Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus 
Vance Jr. added.

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