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Palm Beach Escorts: 3 plead guilty in underage Internet sex ring

August 24th, 2010 by palmbeachhobbyist

Three Broward County men pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to recruit young girls for an Internet-based prostitution ring, after a Fort Lauderdale federal judge rejected a bid to have the charges thrown out based on unfair treatment of the defendants.
Miami attorney Joel DeFabio had claimed that the U.S. attorney’s office violated the due-process rights of his client, Johnny Saintil, 28, a Haitian American who pleaded guilty along with Stanley Wilson, 26, and Michael Defrand, 25, just before trial.
They face up to life imprisonment at their sentencing Nov. 19.
Saintil’s lawyer said prosecutors committed “selective prosecution” on the basis of race and class because they decided not to bring similar charges against a Palm Beach billionaire, Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. District Judge William Zloch disagreed, denying the dismissal motion, which was joined by Wilson and Defrand.

See the full article from “MiamiHerald.com”

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