SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KWTX) - Eric Laranze Taylor, 28, of San Antonio, was sentenced to 35 years in prison after a jury convicted him of human trafficking & 15 years in prison for aggravated promotion of prostitution.
Taylor was arrested & charged in 2018 after a joint investigation by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), Bexar County District Attorney’s Office & Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation began in the summer of 2018 after investigators received reports that a 16-year-old girl was working as a dancer at multiple sexually oriented businesses in central Texas, including some licensed to sell alcohol by TABC.
Further investigation revealed the girl had been recruited over social media by a man, identified as Taylor, to dance as a stripper at various men’s clubs & engage in prostitution.
Investigators also learned that Taylor provided the child with fraudulent ID documents to help her get hired at the clubs.
Investigators later found evidence showing Taylor, over several months, had recruited at least 3 minors & 2 18-year-old women to come to San Antonio to live with him & work at multiple strip clubs in San Antonio, Houston & Travis County.
Agents from TABC’s Special Investigations Unit identified & charged several managers at clubs in these locations who hired the minors to work as dancers, resulting in one of the clubs — Blush Men’s Club of San Antonio — having its liquor license canceled by the agency in 2019.
Details of the operation were also shared with members of the Texas Legislature, who later passed legislation prohibiting sexually oriented businesses from hiring anyone younger than 21 & requiring employers to use E-Verify & other tools to ensure all workers are of legal age.
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