Pimp preyed on small-town teen, court told
Seething statement read from victim forced to work as an escort in GTA
“Men are disgusting, hairy, smelly, slimy, like sewer rats gnawing on my body.”
A young woman’s seething victim impact statement was read Tuesday during a sentencing hearing of a violent, drugdealing Brampton pimp, who the court heard lured her and another small-town Ontario teenager to work as escorts in the GTA by using intimidation and violence to control them.
Deion Cuvilie, 23, pleaded guilty in March to eight charges, including two counts of human trafficking, possession of a rifle, trafficking crack cocaine and two breaches of a firearm ban. The offences happened in the fall of 2017, just weeks after he was released from custody after being convicted of offences related to what the prosecution called a “similar fact pattern” in London, Ont.
Also at that March hearing, the Crown withdrew sexual assault, assault and forcible confinement charges against a coaccused, well-known Toronto rapper K Money, resolving the matter by peace bond. K Money, whose real name is Kareemallah Muhammad, is currently serving a prison sentence for firearms offences after firing a shot on Parliament Street two years ago.
K Money “always maintained his innocence and was finally vindicated,” defence lawyer Jag Virk wrote. “I believe he was a police target only because he was a successful rapper.”
On Tuesday, prosecutors and defence suggested Superior Court Justice John Mcmahon sentence Cuvilie, 23, to between eight and nine years in a federal penitentiary. But the two sides differed on how much
e he should have left to serve, with the defence alleging misconduct by police during his arrest and jailhouse medical negligence, both denied by the prosecution. A further hearing will be held next month.
A strong message must be sent to “potentially like-minded offenders” that they will face significant prison time if they “venture d prey into on small-town local teenagers, Onta“r and lure them with empty promises into the world of escorting, where they are then exploited, objectified, threatened with firearms and subjected to both physical and sexual violence, Crown attorney Emily Marrocco said during the audioconference.
“These kind of offences … are truly devastating to the victims.” Their identities and any information that could identify them on ban. are covered by a publicatt
The teens met Cuvilie while he was visiting their hometown north of Toronto. One of them went to stay in his Mississauga condo after she was kicked out of her father’s home. Cuvilie’s girlfriend, who was working in the sex trade, took her shopping for lingerie, and took photos that they posted on an escort website.
Cuvilie carried a handgun on his waist, and while he never threatened her with it, he assaulted her twice by putting his hands around her neck when she did not follow his directions, according to the agreed statement of facts
The teen worked in hotels in Brampton, Hamilton and Toronto, charging $120 for half an hour and $220 for an hour. Over a six-week period, she made an estimated $20,000, of which Cuvilie pocketed $16,000.
Cuvilie did not object when the teen returned home, and replaced her with another teenager from the same town. He was abusive and controlling for a week, and she participated in sex acts with him because she was terrified. She did not end up working as an escort.
She declined to submit a victim impact statement to the court, because “she feels that going through the process will only return her mentally and emotionally to a place that is unproductive,” Marrocco explained.