A man accused of forcing women into prostitution in Denver took a plea deal and will spend nearly two decades in prison, according to court records.
Stefon Flowers coerced at least four women into prostitution for his financial gain over the course of three months in 2023, according to a news release from the .
He forced the women to take photos that he used for sexual advertisements online and, as buyers responded, would set up dates, according to the news release. He then would take the women to the date and wait in the car while it happened.
“Flowers removed any control that the women had by threatening them if they did not behave as he instructed,” Denver District Attorney’s Office officials stated in the news release. “After the dates, Flowers required the women to give him at least part of the money that they had made.”
Flowers took a deal and pleaded guilty to two counts of pimping in August, a felony, according to court records. That deal dropped three charges of human trafficking and five additional counts of pimping from his case.
One of the victims described Flowers’s operation as a “full-blown prostitution ring,” and said multiple women were living in his apartment who were not allowed to leave without Flowers, according to his .
She told investigators that she tried to leave multiple times, but she didn’t make it out of the parking lot before Flowers caught up and dragged her back inside his apartment, according to the affidavit.
“Stefon Flowers preyed upon vulnerable women to satisfy his own greed,” Denver District Attorney John Walsh said in a statement. “As his sentence shows, if you engage in human trafficking in Denver, you will be caught and prosecuted, and pay a heavy price under the law.”
