Playing the hero led to the arrest of an Atlanta drag personality who, after appearing on television claiming he helped authorities nab his roommate for human trafficking, was identified by a minor victim, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Christopher Thomas Lynch, better known to local gay audiences as Pasha Nicole, is charged with human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, pandering by compulsion and possession of drug related objects, Chief Deputy Sheriff Stan Copeland told the AJC.
His roommate, Steven Donald Lemery, 35, is charged with five counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of human trafficking, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes and pandering by compulsion. Lemery, who danced under the name Steven Lang at B.J. Rooster’s on Cheshire Bridge Road, was targeted by investigators in January after a victim from Alabama alerted authorities, Copeland said.
“Most of the victims were runaways or easy targets,” he said, adding that the suspects used social networking sites to lure potential victims. “They would put the kids in a dependent situation. If they wanted to leave, they’d have to perform sexual favors.”
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