King ran a sex-trafficking operation in Honolulu from April 2006 to June 2007 involving three adult women and two minor women. He allegedly provided crystal methamphetamine to one 16-year-old girl to "induce continued compliance". Nishimura, who worked as a secretary and accounts coordinator for King’s business (and occasionally as a prostitute herself) used King's computer to place advertisements on Craigslist. King would arrange transportation, and Nishimura would collect fees. King has been convicted and sentenced before for promoting prostitution of minors and adults.
1st Instance:
Court: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
Date of decision: May 13, 2010
Reference: 09-CR-00207
King pled guilty to knowingly causing a minor to engage in commercial sex; using force, fraud, or coercion to cause two other women to engage in commercial sex; attempting to cause another woman to engage in commercial sex by force, fraud, or coercion; and conspiring to commit sex trafficking of minors and adults by force, fraud, and coercion.
Nishimura pled guilty to attempted sex trafficking of an adult woman.
18 U.S.C. §1591(a)(1), (b)(1)
18 U.S.C. §1591(b), §1594(a)
18 U.S.C. § 1591(a))1), (b)(2)
15 U.S.C. § 1591, 371
18 U.S.C. §1591(b), §1594(a)
United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
