Missouri Woman Gets Prison for Forced Prostitution

(St. Louis, Missouri) In October 2013, 27-year-old local woman, Carla "Black Barbie" Mathews, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

Earlier today, Carla Mathews was sentenced to 10 years in prison for forcing two women to prostitute themselves.

Prosecutors say Mathews and her brother, Carl Mathews, 33, forced the women to engage in prostitution between 2010 and October 2012.

Carla Mathews took away their food stamp cards “to control them and deprive them of food and drink,” prosecutors said. they said she also arranged the encounters, drove them there and supplied them with Ecstasy and clothing beforehand.

Details on incarceration are unavailable.