Five women who the Manhattan district attorneys office claims were forced into prostitution by a livery car service owner and his son are standing by their accused pimps.
Were a family, said one of the women, who refused to give her name, outside a Manhattan courthouse. Its not a crime to have more than one woman in your life.
The women all sported homemade T-shirts with words of support for Vincent George Sr. and Vincent George Jr., who are accused of using a music recording company and the car service to launder millions of dollars for their bordello on wheels.
They were also indicted on charges of trafficking the girls under threat of violence, according to prosecutors. The father and son were in court Tuesday in an unsuccessful attempt to get out on bail.
We are not victims, read one of the womens T-shirts.
One of the women sported a King tattoo on her neck, which prosecutors claim was a way for the Georges to mark them like property. Another had a barcode tattooed on her body, the DA says.
The women wept in court when they saw the Georges and nearly collapsed outside the courtroom after the judge refused to grant bail.
The men are not charged with promoting prostitution, which the woman admit is their profession.
