Victims of sex trafficking can potentially pursue legal action against hotel chains that ignore sex trafficking on their properties. Trafficking lawsuits against major hotel companies highlight the growing legal scrutiny these businesses face and that victims on hotel properties deserve justice for their pain and suffering.
Hotel Trafficking Lawsuits
In June 2024, two civil lawsuits were filed in Colorado’s U.S. District Court against a Motel 6 in Fort Collins, owned by D Fort Hotel, LLC, and a Days Inn by Wyndham in Colorado Springs, owned by Santos and Brother Inc., according to local media outlet 9News.
Those lawsuits were filed on behalf of anonymous sex trafficking victims, and the lawsuit against D Fort Hotel, LLC noted, “As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s multiple failures to act, mandate, establish, execute anti-trafficking measures and modify their anti-trafficking efforts at its hotel property, Plaintiff was sex trafficked, sexually exploited, and victimized repeatedly…”
In many trafficking lawsuits against major hotel companies, the plaintiffs allege that hotel chains failed to prevent or report trafficking activities on their premises, thereby facilitating these crimes. Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA), survivors can seek damages from entities that knowingly benefit from trafficking.
Lawsuits involving sex trafficking claims that are brought against major hotel chains allege that hotels should be reasonably aware of human sex trafficking on their properties, but that sometimes despite even visible signs of trafficking, hotel staff often failed to intervene or notify authorities. Victims can hold these hotel companies accountable, and sex abuse lawyers can help.
How Phillips Law Group Can Help With Trafficking Lawsuits Against Major Hotel Companies
Legal professionals specializing in trafficking and hospitality law may be able to assist you with a lawsuit against a major hotel company if you were sex trafficked and there is evidence the company enabled, facilitated, or financially benefited from the crime.
Survivors of sex trafficking deserve justice against these hotel chains and anyone who may have failed to protect them – or worse, profited from their pain. This is an evolving legal landscape, but the team at Phillips Law Group may be able to help.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of human sex trafficking, please understand that you are not alone. If you are interested in pursuing a trafficking lawsuit against a major hotel company, reach out to Phillips Law Group to find out how our attorneys can potentially protect your legal rights and seek justice against the responsible parties.
In many cases, the TVPRA permits sex trafficking victims to sue hotels if they can demonstrate in court that the owners neglected to train staff on how to prevent trafficking. If a major hotel chain ignored cases of sex trafficking on its properties, or even financially benefited from it, the survivors may be entitled to certain legal rights.
The first step to pursuing a potential claim is contacting us for more information. Our firm offers a free, no-obligation consultation to discuss what legal avenues you may be able to pursue. This evaluation is totally confidential, and as a law firm committed to handling sex abuse cases with sensitivity, we know how to carefully but assertively seek justice in cases like these and our lawyers have years of experience and knowledge to advocate on your behalf.
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