There’s NO SUCH THING as a “John”

Leslie Rubio
3 min readFeb 24, 2019

Rapist, Sexual Assaulter, Sexual Predator, Human Trafficker- Call them what they are, call them by their names…they’re not “Johns”. (coincidentally in the sting operation at Orchids of Asia Spa…two of the 26 men named thus far have the first name “John”).

Robert Kraft is his name. John Childs his name. John Haven is his name; and there are countless other powerful men involved in the criminal operation of sex trafficking. These men are sexual predators who knowingly violated women and girls. These men paid $59 and $79 for “rub tugs” and “happy endings”; contributing to the 150 BILLION dollar business of human trafficking. This particular ring spans from China to the United States; it’s no coincedence that the “spa” is located a mere 30 minutes from Trump’s Mar a Lago.

The Orchids of Asia “spa” housed Asian women who had no access to transportation, and were taken (kidnapped), and moved from location to location in order to maintain the horrific criminal slave trade also known as human trafficking.

Robert Kraft, a billionaire many times over, won’t suffer mentally or emotionally for VIOLATING women. At most, he’ll be charged with a second degree misdemeanor, punishable by as many as 60 days in jail and a fine. Robert Kraft won’t be sentenced to a lifetime of shame or emotional trauma. He won’t be returned to a homeland of poverty in China where the sex trafficking industry is estimated to have 4–6 million sex workers. Robert Kraft won’t suffer with PTSD symptoms; nor will he continue to wear the scars of emotional, physical, and mental abuse that he knowlingly inflicted on women, perhaps girls. (We don’t know enough yet about the victims)

78.7 % of women and girls will be raped before the age of 25. 91% of the victims of rape and sexual assault are female. (National Sexual Violence Resource Center).

“Any thoughts that they didn’t know that these were trafficked women were hogwashed”, said Martin County Sheriff, William Snyder, who helped with the sting operation at “Orchids of Asia Spa”.

In the Bloomberg article, February 23, 2019 titled “Kraft Charges Reveal a Sordid World Thriving in Florida”…

“Kraft is a frequent visitor to the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.” The Patriots owner was in the area this past weekend, attending a fund-raiser for the Everglades Foundation. The 77-year-old Kraft proclaims his innocence in a broader investigation that ensnared two other prominent financiers, including John Havens, Citigroup Inc.’s former president. John Childs, a buyout pioneer, was also charged in a related prostitution investigation. The police say in total 26 encounters are captured on video in the Orchids. “I have received no contact by the police department about this charge,” Childs said Friday in a phone interview. “The accusation of solicitation of prostitution is totally false. I have retained a lawyer.” (See D.A.R.V.O.-Deny-Attack-Reverse Victim and Offender. https://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineDARVO.html)

Both Kraft and Childs have denied any wrong doing. It doesn’t matter that they didn’t personally snatch women and girls from China and bring them to the United States to be molested, abused and trafficked. Their involvement as BUYERS of sex makes them no less CRIMINAL . Robert Kraft, John Childs and John Haven are no less responsible or culpable for their active participation in the sex trafficking business.

Each of these powerful men knew exactly what they were paying for, and they also knew that the women they were soliciting were incapable of refusing their unwanted sexual assault or from walking away from it.

Robert Kraft, John Childs and John Haven are their names. Keep saying their names OUT LOUD…because they aren’t just “Johns”; they are powerful, evil men who view women and girls as a commodity to be bought and sold.

Through their self-seeking act of SEXUAL ABUSE, each of these men actively particpated in human trafficking and in the sexual violence and demoralization of women and girls.

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Leslie Rubio

I am an advocate and activist for women’s rights and equity. Women must take their seat at the table or bring your own chair if one is not being offered.