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A woman Wisconsin said she agreed to cook and a man she on the internet met in exchange for a free place to stay reportedly ended up being his sex slave, prosecutors said Wednesday clean it.
The 27-year-old woman met in New York-based John Hopkins on the website Craigslist before spending nine days trapped in his apartment, where she claims she was repeatedly raped, according to a prosecutor's statement.
The woman - whose name was not released - was treated for injuries at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. The details of her condition are unclear.
Authorities charged Hopkins with rape, assault, unlawful imprisonment and forced to touch, to arrest him in his Brooklyn apartment on Saturday. He is being held on $ 350,000 bail.
The woman claims she was seeking work in New York and found an ad that Hopkins Posted on Craigslist, where a room for rent, depending on the complaint.
The couple agreed that the woman could stay rent free if she cooked and cleaned for Hopkins, who then paid her plane ticket to New York on February 4, 2011.
Upon arriving at his apartment, the woman said to Hopkins that she was his slave be told, the complaint said.
The woman claims she was repeatedly raped between February 4 and February 12 and was tied with a rope, gagged and handcuffed to a radiator, he said.
On the ninth day, she said she managed to call her mother and to warn her of the alleged abuse.
Police found the woman bruised and bound in an apartment Hopkins, "said the prosecutor statement.
Authorities said the victim was shaking and had spots on her body, according to the complaint.
Hopkins is expected to appear in court Friday for a first hearing. If he is convicted, he could head to 25 years in prison.
The 27-year-old woman met in New York-based John Hopkins on the website Craigslist before spending nine days trapped in his apartment, where she claims she was repeatedly raped, according to a prosecutor's statement.
The woman - whose name was not released - was treated for injuries at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. The details of her condition are unclear.
Authorities charged Hopkins with rape, assault, unlawful imprisonment and forced to touch, to arrest him in his Brooklyn apartment on Saturday. He is being held on $ 350,000 bail.
The woman claims she was seeking work in New York and found an ad that Hopkins Posted on Craigslist, where a room for rent, depending on the complaint.
The couple agreed that the woman could stay rent free if she cooked and cleaned for Hopkins, who then paid her plane ticket to New York on February 4, 2011.
Upon arriving at his apartment, the woman said to Hopkins that she was his slave be told, the complaint said.
The woman claims she was repeatedly raped between February 4 and February 12 and was tied with a rope, gagged and handcuffed to a radiator, he said.
On the ninth day, she said she managed to call her mother and to warn her of the alleged abuse.
Police found the woman bruised and bound in an apartment Hopkins, "said the prosecutor statement.
Authorities said the victim was shaking and had spots on her body, according to the complaint.
Hopkins is expected to appear in court Friday for a first hearing. If he is convicted, he could head to 25 years in prison.
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