41-year-old clinician Yu fell in love with a Tokyo host, racked up a $165k bar tab, and was coerced into sex work.
41-year-old Yu, a clinician and divorced mother of two, fell in love with a host in Tokyo's red-light district after years of online interaction. Spending every spare moment with him, she dropped thousands of dollars on marked-up drinks. The host encouraged her to run up a bar tab that spiraled out of control. When Yu couldn't pay the 25 million yen ($165,000) she owed, she was coerced into sex work.
June 08, 2024
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