A mother was arrested after she was accused of selling her teenage daughters
in prostitution. Deputies say those daughters are just 16, 17 and 18
years old. According to a report, 50-year-old Paula Howard sold her
daughters for sex, for as little as $20.
An anonymous tip led Osceola County deputies to Howard, suspected of
operating a family-run prostitution business. Deputies arrested Howard
after an undercover sting. Deputies said they found Howard and her three
daughters at a bus stop in Kissimmee
Howard waved over the undercover deputy as one of the girls walked up
and offered sex for cash, and then deputies said the second daughter did
the same.
Local 6 has also learned that Samantha Howard, 18, was also arrested and
charged with prostitution because she’s an adult, but her two younger
sisters are being cared for in protective custody because they are
underage.
Deputies fear how those girls started selling their bodies in the first place.
“They were willing to do this. It’s probably because maybe the mother
had forced them to do this for some extended period of time,” said Twis
Lizasuain of the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
For now, deputies said Paula Howard will remain in jail while her children will get the help they need.
Deputies called the whole ordeal extremely rare.
The report also suggests the family prostitution ring has been going on for about a month
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