By Jasmine Browley ·Updated December 8, 2021
Nakia Vestal was 17, broke and alone when her mother kicked her out. Without many options, she turned to stripping to support herself. That quickly shifted into other forms of sex work that left her yearning for a way out.
The Knoxville, Tennessee native soon found herself pregnant and firmly entrenched in a sex trafficking ring that she says led her feeling “addicted” to the lifestyle
