© Wayne County Sheriff's DeptRyan Travis, 32, of Detroit, charged with sex trafficking and child pornography in case involving four women he called his wives. One was found chained to a stripper pole in his living room, authorities say
A man from Detroit, Michigan has been accused by the federal government of enslaving women at his home and selling them on the internet as sex partners, as well as possessing and sharing child pornography.
Arraigned in US District Court on Monday, 32-year-old Ryon Travis pleaded not guilty to the accusations. He is charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and producing, possessing and transporting child pornography, according to a report by the
Detroit Free Press.
The case dates back to March 2, when police officers in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield raided Travis' home to investigate suspected fraud and identity theft and seized two cell phones that allegedly belonged to him. Three women that Travis called his "wives" were inside the home at the time.
Law enforcement found child-porn images inside the phones, including pictures of children under 12 years of age, and various photos showing a grown man having sex with a young girl laying on a sheet, the Free Press reported.
About two and a half weeks later, another police raid took place that discovered a fourth woman in Travis' home. This time,
the 25-year-old woman was chained to a stripper pole by the neck with a padlock.
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