October 18th, 2013
11:12 AM ET
I was trafficked by my boyfriend
Sophie Hayes' love story started out like so many Hollywood rom-coms. He was a man she knew and trusted, and who knew everything about her, what made her laugh and cry and what her favorite song was. He was there for her when she had bad days, a quick phone call away in times of trouble. She was just a normal girl and he a normal guy.
But this love story turned into a horror story on a holiday with the man she had grown to love. Forced to work on the streets as a prostitute, emotionally isolated, miles from her British home, suffering mental and physical abuse, rape, and torture.
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If That ScumBucket is Still Breathing,He Shouldn't Be! There Are More Than Enouhh Alligators In Florida To Dispose Of His Remains Efficiently! Just Divide Him Into Tidbits And Spread Them Widely!
It is horrible and unfair.
It is a betrayal of trust
Hmmmmmmmmm dis is dangerous ooooooooooo
Girls shd learn frm dis. Some ppl are devilish
Ooups dis'z hell sucking!!neva trust men.....
Dis is wickedness
Is quite awful.
That's not gud at all.
I think we have save such childern from these bad people
R U Serious? tocsin apparent.
Oooh what awful story,never put all our trust in men because men are not God.by survival from Ghana.
I can't agree with you Ebenezer, because all men are not same. Sometimes we are the men also face such kind of awful situation wheres girls just plays with our emotions.