Please enable Javascript to watch this video By Jummy Olabanji. Recently, NewsChannel 3 went back undercover with Norfolk Police on their latest prostitution sting. A year-old girl was arrested by Norfolk Police in the sting. She agreed to tell her story if we hid her identity. How does a year-old end up trading cheerleading practice, dances, and yearbook pictures for a life of sex, drugs and lies? This girl, who we'll call Tracy, remembers the day like it was yesterday.
Since skipping school that day, Tracy's life has been slipping out of control. She ended up with the wrong crowd and got a boyfriend, an older man who promised her a life of luxury.
But what she got instead was a hotel room that reeked of cigarettes; a place in which he told her and other girls like her, to perform sex acts for money.
A year-old girl, who we'll call Hayley, was also arrested by police in the same prostitution sting. At 24, you'd think she'd be in college or starting her career. But Hayley, who comes off as much younger than her true age, says she fell for the lies of a pimp. Hayley says that's the problem with prostitution. You're sold dreams of living the good life while getting paid to fulfill someone else's fantasies.
After talking to these girls, it's hard not to pity them. They feel duped, scammed, and taken advantage of. Hayley says, "He was like, well, you can just come with me to my suite. I have this nice suite. He didn't tell me it was nothing like prostitution until after I stayed here for a night. But the dream ended for Hayley the day a John she thought was coming by to pay for sex was actually an undercover Norfolk detective.
