SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) - A violent pimp re-entered his trade after serving 11 years in prison for it, and faces new charges that could send him back for life, federal prosecutors said.
William Earl Flavors, 40, of Seattle, pleaded not guilty Monday to sex trafficking by
force, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation into prostitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Flavors was sentenced in May 2000 to 14 years in federal prison for taking two teenagers from Washington to Orange County and forcing them into prostitution.
He was released in late 2011 and arrested again in Long Beach, where a woman told police he had attacked her. Flavors pleaded guilty to state pimping charges last year and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. A federal judge then revoked his supervised release and ordered him returned to prison for 4 years.
If convicted, Flavors faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and up to life in prison for sex trafficking by force, and up to 10 years for each of the transportation charges.
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