New Details In Danbury Sex Trafficking Ring: Report

DANBURY, CT — An attorney for one of the men involved in a decades-long sex trafficking ring in the city recently asked for a victims' medical records, which caused the state's attorney general to get involved. The News Times reports Attorney General George Jepsen's office filed a motion to dismiss six subpoenas issued by an attorney for Bruce Bemer, accused of being a client in a sex ring that targeted young men with mental health issues.

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Based out of a trailer near the Danbury Fair Mall, court records say Robert King ran a sex trafficking ring for nearly 30 years by befriending young troubled men and addicting them to drugs. When the victims built up a debt with King, he allegedly roped them into the scheme so they could repay him.

King would deliver the victims to Bemer and William Trefzger of Westport, who were regular clients in the scheme.

• Danbury-Based Sex Trafficking Ring Exploited Young Men With Mental Health Issues: Police
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