Man pleads guilty in federal court to running multi-state sex trafficking ring

Winston Burt also plead guilty to charges in King County Superior Court for assault and drive-by shooting.

SEATTLE — A man pleaded guilty in a Seattle federal court Friday to charges related to the operation of a multi-state sex trafficking ring.

Winston Burt was first arrested in November 2022 in Seattle after he chased after a woman who escaped from his rental home and shot at her.  Prosecutors say Burt “self-identifies as a ‘pimp’ who led a sex trafficking ring through California, Arizona and Washington.”

Prosecutors say the young women who worked for Burt were required to give all the money they earned through

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