The victim met the defendant E. Initially they became friends, but subsequently E. The victim later met co-defendant E. Both co-defendants reassured the victim of their serious intentions and promised to help her secure a job once in Italy. Upon arrival in Italy, E. He told her that E. He told the victim that she should engage in prostitution, in order to procure them -the victim and defendant E.
The victim refused to prostitute herself and started to cry, whereupon defendant E. After a few days, the victim finally succumbed and agreed to work as a prostitute. Since she could not speak Italian, E. H wrote down several phrases so that she could negotiate the price of sexual services on the street.
Throughout their stay in Italy, the victim was frequently physically, psychologically and emotionally abused by E. H about this incident which resulted in the physical abuse of the victim. The next day, the victim refused to go out on the street and suffered subsequent physical abuse.
When E. H and the victim left Italy in E. On the way, the victim asked him to stop the car and he abused her physically. When she got home, her parents and sisters saw the bruising from the abuse.
In his police testimony, E. H denied having deceived the victim about the nature of the trip to Italy and claimed that she had wanted to prostitute herself in order to pay off her apartment.
