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Alleged father-son pimping duo Vincent George Jr., left, and Vincent George Sr. sit before the judge as they listen to testimony Tuesday in a Manhattan courroom.
Two self-proclaimed prostitutes took the stand Tuesday in defense of Vincent George Jr., 33, who along with his father, Vincent George Sr., 55, faces charges of sex trafficking.
“I love him … He’s a good father,” said Danielle Geissler, 31, of Allentown, Pa., who has an 8-year-old girl with George Jr.
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‘We slapped each other around some times but never over work or staying in the life,’ Danielle Geissler said Tuesday regarding alleged pimp Vincent George Jr., referring to the hooker lifestyle.
“We slapped each other around sometimes but never over work or staying in the life,” she added, referring to her vocation.
The violence only occurred during their “low” moments, Geissler said, which came when she wasn’t sexually satisfied.
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Danielle Geissler strides through the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday during the trial of alleged father-son pimp duo Vincent George Sr. and Vincent George Jr.
“If I didn’t get it, I’d hate the world,” she said. Geissler worked for George Jr. for 14 years.
Ex-stripper Heather Keith, 28, told a similar story of love for her polygamist pimp.
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From left, Danielle Geissler, Desiree Ellis and Heather Keith, who will all testify at the trial of alleged father-son pimp duo Vincent George Sr. and Vincent George Jr. trial, outside the Manhattan courthouse.
The Jamestown, N.Y. native said she was a drug-addict until George, Jr. helped her clean up. She got a tattoo of “King Kobe,” George Jr.’s nickname, above a bar code.
Prosecutors insisted the ink was a sinister indicator of George Jr.’s enslavement of the women who called him “daddy.”
But Keith, who is 8-months pregnant with a baby that doesn’t belong to George Jr., said that wasn’t the case. “I got it because I cared about him, I loved him,” said Keith. “It was my way to show we were together.”
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Desiree Ellis, who will be testifying in the trial of alleged father-son pimps Vincent George Sr. and Vincent George Jr, leaves the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday.
The circus-like spectacle had the packed Manhattan criminal courtroom aghast at the cult-like devotion to the younger alleged pimp.
The Georges were busted last year for allegedly using a music recording company and livery car service to launder millions of dollars for their bordello on wheels.
The women — who referred to each other as “wife-in-laws”— would drive into the city from Allentown, Pa. for eight-hour shifts, according to testimony.
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Defense lawyer Howard Greenberg speaks on behalf of clients Vincent George Jr. and Vincent George Sr., who are on trial for charges of sex trafficking, money laundering and other crimes.
When George Jr. entered the courtroom, he looked over at three of his beaming girls, raised his eyebrows in acknowledgment and flashed a sleazy smile.
Geissler said she started working for George Jr. on her 18th birthday, and he made sure she always had enough money to pay her mortgage and bills. She bragged of a house, two cars, vacations, clothes and “a full fridge.”
But after prosecutor John Temple pressed Geissler, she revealed the brutality of the pimp-prostitute business arrangement.
She admitted she paid her mortgage to another man who actually owned her house, but promised to give it to her as soon as she paid off the mortgage. She also admitted she has no bank account and failed to pay her credit cards.
Defense attorney Howard Greenberg said the dirty work was harmless.
“The women, simply put, worked as hos because they wanted to,” he said. “Of course they’re promoting prostitutes … what’s the big deal?”
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