New York Post

3 held in runaways’ Brooklyn ‘sex ordeal’

- Larry Celona, Stephanie Pagones

Three would-be Brooklyn pimps who threatened to force two runaway teens into prostituti­on were slapped with a slew of charges Sunday, including attempted sex traffickin­g, cops said.

The Ulster County girls, ages 14 and 15, were lured to the city by another young woman who promised them modeling jobs and were then held against their will, according to sources.

Rocker Rudy, 19, Donald Jackson, 20, and Berisa Nebahate, 19, were arrested Saturday after the older teen used her pal’s phone to “ping” her father’s cell device from where they were being held in East New York, law-enforcemen­t sources said.

All three suspects were arraigned Sunday on charges of attempted sex traffickin­g and other related charges, cops said.

Rudy was also charged with sec- ond-degree rape, assault and criminal possession of stolen property, while Nebahate was charged with criminal possession of a weapon as well, police said.

Each was held in lieu of bail as high as $500,000.

Rudy allegedly raped the 14-yearold girl and grabbed the older teen by the neck and punched her when they tried to escape.

“Dad, Rudy has a knife and won’t let me leave,” the 15-year-old wrote in a Facebook plea to her father as the crime was unfolding, according to prosecutor­s.

Nebahate is said to be a fugitive from Virginia, and Rocker is wanted in North Carolina.

“We had nothing to do with it,” Nebahate shouted as she was walked out of the 75th Precinct station house in handcuffs Sunday.

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