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Child Sex Trafficking Victim Sentenced for Killing her Abuser| Crime Alert BONUS 08.20.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 2: I'm Jennifer Gould, Breaking crime news Now. A woman who
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  Speaker 2: claimed to be a sex trafficking victim has been sentenced
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  Speaker 2: for the murder of her alleged abuser. Twenty four old
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  Speaker 2: Crystal Kaiser of Milwaukee was sentenced to eleven years in
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  Speaker 2: prison for the twenty eighteen killing of Randal Valar Third.
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  Speaker 2: The thirty four year old is accused of sex trafficking
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  Speaker 2: and sexually abusing her when she was seventeen years old.
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  Speaker 2: Kaiser also faces five years of extended supervision following her
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  Speaker 2: conviction for second degree reckless homicide. Kaiser's plea deal reached
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  Speaker 2: in May, spared her from a potential life sentence by
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  Speaker 2: allowing her to avoid a full trial. The case has
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  Speaker 2: sparked widespread debate, with advocates for sex trafficking victims arguing
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  Speaker 2: that Kaiser's actions were a desperate response to years of abuse.
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  Speaker 2: Kaiser admitted to shooting Vlar twice in the head and
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  Speaker 2: setting his house on fire after he allegedly raped and
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  Speaker 2: filmed her and other underage girls. She claimed she acted
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  Speaker 2: in self defense when he assaulted her after she refused
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  Speaker 2: sex Coecutters, however, disputed the extent of Vilar's involvement in trafficking,
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  Speaker 2: suggesting he was merely a client rather than a trafficker.
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  Speaker 2: They highlighted Kaiser's social media post, which included a selfie
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  Speaker 2: with the caption quote my mugshot end quotes as evidence
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  Speaker 2: of her intent. Kaiser's defense invoked a two thousand and
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  Speaker 2: eight Wisconsin law that provides some immunity to sex trafficking
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  Speaker 2: victims for crimes committed as a direct result of their trafficking.
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  Speaker 2: Despite this, though, prosecutors argued that such laws were not
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  Speaker 2: intended to cover homicide. The case drew significant support from
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  Speaker 2: anti violence groups, who argued that trafficking victims sometimes feel
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  Speaker 2: they have no other recourse. Yasmin Waffa is the executive
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  Speaker 2: director with Rights for Girls, and spoke to Fox six
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  Speaker 2: about the sentencing. It's a heartbreaking decision. We are still
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  Speaker 2: letting so many of these young girls fall through the cracks.
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  Speaker 2: Kaiser is scheduled for a restitution hearing on November eighth.
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  Speaker 2: She will serve eleven years of initial confinement, with a
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  Speaker 2: projected release in twenty thirty three, barring any changes in
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  Speaker 2: her legal circumstances. For the latest crime of justice news,
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  Speaker 2: app with this Crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Gould.