Description: Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with ex trafficking conspiracy that forced victims to perform sex acts in exchange for money.

Larrien Brown-Austin, age 37, of Canton, Ohio engaged in sex trafficking vulnerable victims and exploiting their drug dependency all in an attempt of make money and feed his own heinous and selfish wants.

From June through August of 2018, Brown-Austin lived at a residence in Canton provided by his father that he used to facilitate commercial sex acts. In June of 2018, Brown-Austin met Victim #1 and Victim #2 and forced both victims to live at the residence, perform sex acts in exchange for money and provide him with the profits.

Court records state that Brown-Austin supplied his victims with drugs in an attempt to foster an addiction and withdrawal dependency cycle that forced them to rely upon him for more drugs. Documents show that Brown-Austin used force, threats, acts of violence and leveraged the drug dependency of his victims to coerce them into performing additional commercial sex acts. Brown-Austin also kept a mobile tracking application on the cell phones of his victims in order to determine their whereabouts at all times.

Also charged in this matter as co-defendants are Shannon Marzano and Larry Brown-Austin both of Canton. Marazano and Larry Brown-Austin have both previously pleaded guilty and have been sentenced for their roles in the scheme.

This case was investigated by the Canton FBI, Canton Police Department and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carol M. Skutnik.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $5,000 special assessment fine and $1,885 in restitution to victims.

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