Man Who Sex Trafficked Runaway 16-Year-Old Sentenced, Queens DA Says

QUEENS, NY — A man who forced a runaway teenager to have sex for money in Queens hotels will spend nearly a decade of his life in jail, prosecutors announced.

Jordan Adderley, 32, was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to child sex trafficking, rape and other crimes, the District Attorney's office announced.

Adderley, of Brownsville, Brooklyn, met a 16-year-old in September 2020 and manipulated her into thinking he could help her find freedom, the DA said. Instead, he sexually abused her and drove her to Queens hotels to have sex with strangers for cash that he pocketed, prosecutors said.

Police caught up with Adderley in Kew Garden's notorious, now-shuttered Umbrella Hotel on Oct. 1, Patch reported at the time.

Officers found Adderley waiting for the teenager in a car outside the hotel with dozens of packets of cocaine, prosecutors said.

"Sex trafficking is a degrading industry that has caused irreparable harm to this young teenager," said District Attorney Melinda Katz.

"Although we cannot undo the trauma, we are holding this defendant accountable, and he will now spend time behind bars for his egregious actions."