Op-Ed: Chrystul Kizer is a Child Sex-Trafficking Victim — She Is Now Serving 11 Years In Prison For Surviving

Essence Magazine:

Updated January 24, 2025

When people picture a victim of human trafficking, they likely visualize what they’ve seen in police procedurals or movies like Taken. A young girl is nabbed off the street by strangers, law enforcement (or vigilante family members) search for and rescue them, and the girl is returned safely to her family. But this is often far from reality.

Take, for example, Chrystul Kizer.

She grew up in Gary, Indiana. Her mom worked

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