Darrell Davis, Sex Trafficking, California 2025
A Sacramento man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to sex traffic an 18-year-old woman in San Diego.
Darrell Davis, 22, of Sacramento, was sentenced in federal court on September 11, 2025, to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $9,950 in restitution for conspiring to sex traffic the woman by coercion and physical violence.
The victim contacted the San Diego Police Department for help on January 10, 2025, and identified her trafficker by his moniker, 'Benzo.' The victim told investigators that she first met Davis when she was 17 years old and was introduced to the pimping and prostitution subculture.
Davis created commercial sex advertisements featuring the victim on an adult website and kept a ledger of all the victim's prostitution earnings, as well as a ledger on earnings of at least two other women under his control.
On January 11, 2023, the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force arrested Davis outside a hotel in Chula Vista. Upon the execution of a search warrant of the room Davis was staying in, investigators recovered a loaded non-serialized handgun and ammunition.
'The smiles in online ads are a mask,' said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon. 'Behind the misleading photos are coerced victims being controlled, threatened and abused while traffickers cash in. This is exploitation at its ugliest; victims treated as a disposable product, not human beings.'
Defendant: Darrell Davis
Case Number: 23-cr-00549-LL
Charges: Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking through Force, Fraud or Coercion - Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1594(c)
Maximum penalty: Up to life in prison and $250,000 fine
Investigating Agencies: San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force, San Diego Police Department, San Diego County District Attorney Office, Department of Homeland Security Investigations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Diego
Location: San Diego, California
Date: January 11, 2025 (arrest date)
Sentence: 10 years in prison and $9,950 in restitution
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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