A 20-year-old man who goes by the nickname "Cash" was in a Brampton court this week, accused of pimping out a 15-year-old girl at a Mississauga strip club.
The girl, who is now 17 years old, told the court she was standing outside the group home where she lived two years ago when a man introduced himself. He told her that he sold girls for a living and asked if she wanted to work for him.
"He was a pimp," the girl said. "He said (there were) girls in my group home who used to work for him. He asked me if I wanted to work for him."
She said the man called her beautiful and told her she could make a lot of money, which she could use to buy condos and cars. After she agreed, the man drove her to Kennedy's strip club in Mississauga where she was told to charge between $100 and $200 for various sex acts.
She described being given someone else's identification and showing it to a club employee in order to work at the club. The club's manager declined to comment when approached by CTV News this week.
At the end of her first night, she had $500, which she said she handed over to her new pimp.
The girl said she worked for the man for two weeks and was often threatened when she didn't hand over her money. Eventually, she returned back to her group home, which had reported her missing.
Carington "Cash" Harris-Blake is accused of procuring someone under 18 to become a prostitute, exercising control, living off the avails of prostitution, sexual exploitation and breach of probation.
Both the Crown and defense lawyers agree that the girl was working at Kennedy's and that she was performing sex acts on patrons at the club. What the court must decide is whether the accused was her pimp. A decision is expected on Thursday.
With a report by CTV Toronto's Tamara Cherry
