Sex-trafficking survivor was pimped out at 12 — and now works to help other victims heal
Melanie Thompson was pimped out at 12, kept locked in a closet until she was “broken in” — only to then be forced to walk the streets of the Big Apple selling her body.
The sex-trafficking survivor told The Post she was beaten nightly while being held as a young sex slave in Queens, and only rescued thanks to an anonymous tip sent to police — before being plunged into the foster care system and, eventually, devoting her life to advocacy helping other trafficking victims.
“The reality is that we have to look at this as an oppressive system that thrives on other oppressive systems, namely patriarchy, misogyny, capitalism, racism classes — I can keep going,” she said as she joined other advocates at a Manhattan press conference Tuesday.
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