Cleveland Sterling is accused of pimping the young women out in multiple hotels β and scaring one of them into obedience by showing her videos of the beatdowns he administered to the other woman. Sterling, 34, of Uniondale. He faces a raft of charges including sex trafficking and robbery. Following arraignment, Justice Peter Vallone Jr. He could face up to 50 years behind bars if convicted. Sterling met his first victim, then 19, in , and forced her into prostitution for several years, prosecutors charge.
He posted his photos of her in online ads, arranged meetings with johns at motels and made her fork over the cash she made, prosecutors say. He had his name tattooed on her foot, telling her that she would have to cut it off if she wanted to leave since the foot belonged to him, according to prosecutors. Sterling met the second victim, who was also 19 at the time, in August and tricked her into getting his street name tattooed on her body, prosecutors say.
She thought she was getting a different tattoo. He struck and bit her when she refused to perform sex for clients and showed her video and photos of himself beating the other woman to scare her, prosecutors said.
On Oct. By John Annese. The Daily News Flash.
