More info here:A human trafficking lawsuit identified as one of the first of its kind — filed by a victim against a hotel owner or operator — recently settled out of court, NPR reports...
The lawsuit filed in Massachusetts involves a woman who accused The Shangri-La Hotel in Seekonk, Massachusetts, its operator and its on-site manager of ignoring clear signs she was in distress.
The case, identified by NPR as one of the first filed against a hotel operator under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, could serve as a bellwether for dozens of other cases filed across the U.S. against small and major hotel brands for allegedly allowing or failing to stop human trafficking on their premises. ..
“These are not cases where maybe somebody was raped or sexually assaulted in a room and there was no way for the hotel or business to know about it," McAdams told Bisnow last year.
“These are cases where there is undeniable evidence that these hotels facilitated this behavior and knew that it was going on — whether it was 40 people in one room throughout a two-day period or six girls who were recovered from one hotel in different rooms. We have a situation where a 14-year-old was moved freely from room to room. Situations where it was undeniable that there were signals something was going on.”
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TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA ? See:Annie McAdams filed the first groundbreaking sex trafficking cases in the United States against hotels, the trucking industry and giant technology companies...
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
CAUSE NO. 201804501; JANE DOE #1 vs. BACKPAGE.COM, LLC D/B/A BACKPAGE, CARL FERRER, MICHAEL LACEY, JAMES LARKIN, JOHN BRUNST, SCOTT SPEAR, MEDALIST HOLDINGS, LLC, LEEWARD HOLDINGS, LLC, CAMARILLO HOLDINGS, LLC, DARTMOOR HOLDINGS LLC, IC HOLDINGS, LLC, ATLANTISCHE BEDRIJVEN C.V., UGC TECH GROUP C.V., AMSTEL RIVER HOLDINGS, LLC, LUPINE HOLDINGS, LLC, KICKAPOO RIVER INVESTMENTS, LLC, CF HOLDINGS GP, LLC, CF ACQUISITIONS LLC, NEW TIMES MEDIA, LLC, CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC. D/B/A QUALITY INN, RUTIK, LLC D/B/A PALACE INN, HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION D/B/A HYATT PLACE AND HYATT REGENCY, BALAJI HOTELS, INC. D/B/A SYMPHONY INN, PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS, LLC D/B/A FLYING J, FLYING J TRANSPORTATION, LLC, FINEFAIR, INC. D/B/A PORT AUTO TRUCK STOP, TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA, LLC D/B/A TA TRUCK STOP #017, TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES, INC. D/B/A LOVE’S TRUCK STOP #401 AND LOVES TRAVEL STOP 3940 N McCARTY, AND VISA U.S.A., INC. D/B/A VISA; In the 270th District Court of Harris County, Texas
Annie McAdams, as lead counsel, filed this ground breaking lawsuit filed on behalf of Jane Doe #1. This case is the first comprehensive sex trafficking lawsuit filed in the United States against Backpage, the hotel industry and trucking industry.
CAUSE NO. 201809781; JANE DOE #2 vs. BACKPAGE.COM, LLC D/B/A BACKPAGE, CARL FERRER, MICHAEL LACEY, JAMES LARKIN, JOHN BRUNST, SCOTT SPEAR, MEDALIST HOLDINGS, LLC, LEEWARD HOLDINGS, LLC, CAMARILLO HOLDINGS, LLC, DARTMOOR HOLDINGS LLC, IC HOLDINGS, LLC, ATLANTISCHE BEDRIJVEN C.V., UGC TECH GROUP C.V., AMSTEL RIVER HOLDINGS, LLC, LUPINE HOLDINGS, LLC, KICKAPOO RIVER INVESTMENTS, LLC, CF HOLDINGS GP, LLC, CF ACQUISITIONS LLC, RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION, GOLDEN SPRING ENTERPRISE, LLC D/B/A AMERICA’S BEST VALUE INN & SUITES, WOODLAND JOINT VENTURE, LLC, WYNDHAM HOTEL MANAGEMENT, INC., AND WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION; In the 129th District Court of Harris County, Texas
Hmm.. more here: Aircraft Leasing Group Attracts US$750 Million from Cinven, CVC and Oak Hill Capital https://oakhill.com/2010/05/20/aircraft ... l-capital/The Silvestri family which ran Casa de Campo resort are now in Plano TX. Links to an art gallery and Travel Centers of America and the hospitality ratlines https://searchvoat.co/v/pizzagate/3977605
Pizza Express Woking viewtopic.php?f=50&t=2503Claudio Silvestri and his wife had ties to the city and knew the Plano mayor as well as Jean Newman, founder of Plano Profile and John Longstreet now CEO of Quaker Steak & Lube restaurants ... TravelCenters of America (TA)..
Pizza Express was owned by the Gondola Group at the time of its sale in 2014. .... Gondola owned by Cinven...the company’s owner, is using bankers at Rothschild and Goldman Sachs to advise on an exit..company director: Hugh MacGillivray Langmuir....Imperial College London has announced a gift of £10 million ($13.1 million) from Hugh and Josseline Langmuir..
Cinven, CVC and Oakhill exit Avolon https://www.privateequityinternational. ... it-avolon/ ...sold to Chinese company Bohai, part of the HNA Group..Oak Hill Capital Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in New York City....investors Bill Gates and Nike founder Phil Knight...
Oak Hill Capital has invested in more than fifty significant private equity transactions, including: TravelCenters of America
I'll add to that in the comments..Dublin, New York, Hong Kong & Shanghai, 20 May 2010 – Avolon, the aircraft leasing group, today announces it has successfully completed its initial capital raise of US$1.4 billion including an equity commitment of US$750 million from three of the world’s leading private equity firms.
LOVES TRAVEL STOPS ?? https://searchvoat.co/search.php?st=com ... um=on&b=on
This leads to so much more.. I'll stop here for now..Reddit hired (then unhired) so called 'pedo enabler' Aimee Knight, Subs go private by @kestrel9 viewtopic.php?f=16&p=8560#p8560
Aimee Knight > Children's Miracle Network Hospitals > Board member, Jenny Love Meyer, EVP & Chief Culture Officer, LOVE’S TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES.. Pilot sold 20 Pilot Travel Centers locations and six Flying J locations to Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores on June 30, 2010.. In 2011, Pilot Flying J began a partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking..
In July 2010, Denny's presence in the United States saw a major expansion when Pilot Flying J started opening Denny's locations inside their Flying J-branded truck stop locations.[8] 123 Pilot Flying J conversions were eventually completed...Pilot Flying J's main restaurants include Arby's, Chester's Chicken, Dairy Queen, Denny's, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Subway, Taco Bell, Wendy's, and Cinnabon. Recently they have also added Huddle House (full-service restaurants), Moe's Southwest Grill, and Dunkin Donuts.
On April 15, 2013, the headquarters of Pilot Flying J, located in Knoxville, Tennessee, was raided by FBI and IRS agents as part of an "ongoing investigation". On April 16, CEO Jimmy Haslam reported the investigation involved claims of failure to pay rebates to trucking customers...
.Denny's was founded by Harold Butler and Richard Jezak, who opened Danny's Donuts in Lakewood, California in 1953...In 1994, Denny's became the largest corporate sponsor of Save the Children