"Prosecutor: Lawyer had sex with captive girl, 14" Associated Press November 26, 2014
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia lawyer had sex several times with a 14-year-old girl in the conference room of his downtown office after former clients holding her captive brought her there during business hours, authorities said.
Just paying the retainer fee.
Brian Meehan, 56, a low-profile personal injury and criminal defense lawyer, turned himself in Tuesday to face charges for allegedly patronizing a sex-trafficking ring in March 2012, District Attorney Seth Williams said at a press conference.
The girl was held captive that month just blocks from her Philadelphia home and sometimes hired out 20 times a week.
She was ‘‘sold’’ a month later to another pimp in Camden, N.J., before she turned up in Georgia later that summer as a potential sex trafficking victim, a grand jury report said.
Four other females, some of them minors, were also held captive at the time, Williams said.
The girl told Philadelphia police that she remembered being taken to a law firm near City Hall several times, where Meehan paid to have sex with her, according to the report.
The girl remembered the layout of the high-rise office and described security guards she saw in the lobby. She believed Meehan knew how young she was, but nonetheless paid her for sex and offered her alcohol while her handler waited outside, the report alleges.
Meehan, of Berwyn, Pa., surrendered hours before the charges were announced. He was charged with indecent sexual assault, patronizing an underage prostitute, and other offenses.
Meehan had previously represented the girl’s alleged captors, Williams said. They have been charged and are in custody, but their names were not released publicaly because the grand jury has not yet finished its work on the case.
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