The defendants were accused of running a sexual servitude operation exploiting Chinese immigrant women; authorities say the men went on a violence and rape campaign chasing after women who fled.
SAN JOSE — Authorities alleged that a group of Southern California men, one with associations to the notorious Yakuza mafia outfit in Japan, paid for women to emigrate from China to the United States with the agreement that they would work off their debts as sex workers in brothels operating in plain sight.
On Nov. 15, a six-month trial for three of the men charged in the “revenge tour,” as Deputy District Attorney Michel Amaral described it, ended with guilty verdicts and the possibility of lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole. Attorney Joseph Tully, who represented Huang, challenged the strength of the criminal case, which by the prosecution’s own admission hinged on forensic and circumstantial evidence owing to many victims’ reluctance to testify, and the fact they were blindfolded.
Two other defendants were originally charged alongside the group. An Yan cooperated with prosecutors in exchange for lesser charges and an eventual prison sentence of between 10 and 24 years. Jun Li was separated from the trial when his attorney raised doubts about his mental competence, and his individual case is pending.
For reasons that remain unclear, multiple women working under Huang and Shen fled to work at brothels in the Bay Area. The prosecution contends that Huang and Shen responded by enlisting Li, Tao and Yan to “hunt down” the women as well as their new employers.
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