EDITOR’S NOTE: As Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta approached, Patch devoted exclusive coverage to the issue of human trafficking as it related to one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Patch remains committed to covering this international plague with our continuing focus on local efforts to combat the crime. ATLANTA — The Suburban Extended Stay hotel on Peachtree Industrial Court in Chamblee is one of four metro Atlanta hotels being sued by four sex trafficking survivors. The lawsuits are the first in Georgia to claim the hotels profited from and participated in sex trafficking at their locations. Between 2010 and 2016, the survivors claim they were trafficked in four metro hotels, and allege hotel employees were paid by their traffickers to permit the crime at the hotels and act as lookouts if police were called or if other guests noticed an increase in foot traffic — sometimes between 10 to 20 men per day — in and out of the rooms. The plaintiffs are represented by Patrick McDonough and Jonathan Tonge of Andersen, Tate & Carr of Atlanta. Besides the Suburban Extended Stay in Chamblee (now a Hometown Studios), the other hotels named in the lawsuit are Smyrna’s Red Roof… Read full this story
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