A 25-year-old Hungarian man will spend the next 11 years in prison after being convicted of running a horrifying gay sex slave operation out of New York and Miami.
Andrew Vass was sentenced this week to more than a decade behind bars for his part in an elaborate scheme in which he and two others lured young men from Hungary to the United States under false pretenses then forced them have sex on webcams and prostitute themselves to strangers for up to 20 hours a day for months on end.
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One of Vass’ victims, a 24-year-old Hungarian man, testified that Vass and his henchmen threatened to kill his family if he didn’t have sex with men around the clock. The abuse nearly ruined his life.
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“It’s really hard for me to socialize, to mingle with people,” the young man testified. “I started drinking heavily to try and forget. I lost all my friends”
The man also said that Vass would use extra food and cigarettes as rewards for his victims who “slept with enough johns.” Those who didn’t meet their quota were threatened with a sword.
“I was under their control, all day, all night,” a second victim added in a written statement read to the court. “They used me like I was a machine. They sold me to strangers. I was not allowed to be tired. I was not allowed to be sad.”
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According to court documents, Vass started the operation back in 2012. His strategy was to find desperate Hungarian men on social media sites and offer to fly them to New York for legitimate work. The victims “believed they would only be in New York for a few months to make tens of thousands of dollars before returning to their homeland and their families,” Homeland Security Investigations agent Melissa Pavlikowski wrote in an arrest warrant.
Once the men arrived, however, they were made to live in a stuffy one-bedroom apartment and perform sex acts literally all day and night then given just four to six hours to sleep before doing it all again, day after day, week after week, month after month. They were not paid, though Vass and his fellow pimps raked in around $40,000 each per month. And at one point, as many as eight young men all shared the same cramped apartment.
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“Their traffickers used various techniques to keep them enslaved, including isolating them from others, withholding their travel and identification documents and using financial manipulation to keep them in constant debt,” Pavlikowski said.
Though he faced a possible 155 years in prison, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Richard Hersch sentenced Vass to just 11 years.
“I know very well that I am culpable,” Vass told the court. “After I do my time, I would like to start a new clean life and I’m asking for God’s help and I pray every day for forgiveness.”
His other two cohorts, Viktor Berki and Gabor Acs, are still awaiting trial.
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h/t: Miami Herald
Chris Duffy
This man should be executed. Slowly.
Vance McCarter
it’s horrible make himself crime trafficker of sex with people for gay used to be caused by victimized some kind of trouble there..but why?
Xzamilio
1. It’s fucking disgusting and alarming that these kinds of sex rings are still in existence and rampant in the seedy underground world. Only 11 years for that kind of sexual abuse and depravity? Wow.
2. I can’t help but notice how the most immoral people are the first ones to throw up “God” when they get caught in some mess like this. I mean, what can we atheists do, except pretend we’ve been converted and see the light? How about you channel your G-man before or while you’re doing your dirt, not after… “God’s help.” Sure as hell wasn’t any help for the young men sold to all of those dirty ass pervs.
Joe Hernandez
If the victims had been female, the sentence would have been harsher.
Colin McCoy
11 years for enslaving other human beings? People get longer than that for weed, which is why this country is fucked.
Peter Balistreri
11yrs?….. Impale him!
Manny Yoko
I hope he gets enough sex in prison !!! / 24/7 x 11 yrs !!
Rob Powers
Those lucky men
Doug Coone
Hopefully he will spend the next 11 years in his chosen profession
Sebastián Gaspar
11 years seriously? Wtf is wrong? Where’s the gender equality everybody talks about? Had it been female slaves he probably would have gotten so many more years. But apart from that this is so sad, let’s hope someone aids the victims both physically but most important psychologically
Willyam Firth
May he get the same treatment he imposed on his victims while he’s sitting in crowbar hotel! I hope they show no mercy! Karma!
Christopher Malcovish
light this guy on fire
Chris Sledge
I hate to point this out but I’ll say it, had he been trafficking young women he would’ve gotten 10x that but since it was only men they gave him what amounts to basically a slap on the wrist because 11 years is nothing compared to what he did
pengwinofdoom
@Xzamilio: But mention how you’re begging God for forgiveness and a Miami judge might go easy on your sentencing.
Justin Weeks
Just sex I’m sure that’s going to happen to him in prison
Deanna Robertson
Not long enough!!!!!
Nicole Johnson
Holy crap! That’s like almost all day! There’s things cringing and dying inside right now. Eleven years ain’t good enough man. That’s just low even for a criminal, I’m tripping on those hours!
Henry Holland
Hopefully someone takes care of it in prison!!!!
Michael Miller
I hope all of the money he’s stashed is confiscated.
Giancarlo85
I would have sentenced him to all 155 years. Too bad in this country you can’t really appeal a sentence and make it harsher…
Tommy Parlon
He should jailed for life!
Jameer Baptiste
Please tell me what logic would a judge have to only give this sick predator only 11 yr. sentence from charges that carry up to a possible 155 yrs. behind bars? ridiculous!
Jeffrey Kleckner
I want a job lol
SonOfKings
No, justice was not served. That light sentence is an abomination. He should have been give life plus 111 years. This is one of the reasons I tend to avoid porn connected with Eastern Eurpope. That region of the world is rife with pimping, White slavery, horrible drugs, and thuggery. Russian and Hungarian pimps are the worst.
Tom Remillard
Well he should get ready for sex 24/7 himself.
Trad Burmawi
Only 11 years? What a fucked up world.
Michel David Marcotte
Just because it was a gay sex ring does not mean all the men were gay. How many were just young street kids abducted and raped for years on end, the psychological damage alone for 1 person should ensure a 25 year sentence.
Bill Perdue
It’s a terrible crime. Women and children of both sexes are much more likely to be victims. It should be punishable by life with no chance of parole.
David Lalone
Just 11 years???
Ariel Hans Christian
He needs the same treatment. Put him on the clock in Prison. That ass will be teared to shreds.
Stache
I don’t understand how you could force men to have sex though. Women and children yes. No way no how would anyone keep me in that apartment because I don’t have the right documents or some BS that they’ll kill my family. At the very least they’re dealing and having sex with other gay men 24/7 and you’d think someone would offer some help.
Eric Figarro
We should write and call this Judge and at least tell him how disgusting and completely ignorant this is.https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/juddirdetails.aspx?judgeid=998§ionid=136
Stache
This is more of a look at too many gay men. How can you look or have sex with someone I have to assume was clearly not into it? This should be explored more.
Stache
Lastly, this guy is going to now have to watch his own ass now. I mean he is hot and I’m sure his he’s got a nice russian body. Nice prize in prison.
captainburrito
How do u get from 155 to 11…? That serves no deterrent effect given the potential gains from doing this…
Kangol
@Colin McCoy: Michael Johnson was sentenced to 30 YEARS+ for allegedly passing HIV on to a man he had sex with. THIRTY+ YEARS!
This creep Vass apparently SEXUALLY ENSLAVED other men, undocumented immigrants no less, in a brutal fashion, but only got 11 years.
Talk about US “injustice”!
Kevin Stoneking
Only 11 years?
Casey Clark
Wow.
Kevin Stoneking
This man needs to be put down like the sick animal he is.
Stache
@Kangol: One had had a Public Defender who even said she wasn’t up to the job. This guy obviously could afford a better lawyer and thus a better outcome.
Christopher Hayward
In this man’s case, it will be 24 hours a day,7 days a week.
Derrode Louis Rowe
11 years.
Mario Peregrino
He deserves to rot. 11 years isn’t justice for all those young men.
Dow J.
The reason for 11 years is because it’s Florida. Any good rulings ever come out of Florida?
Lazycrockett
This article leaves a lot of information bout this case out. It fails to mention the other 2 bosses that not only were also involved but also kidnapped Vaas and used him as a sex slave for years before he was “promoted”. I think Vass has a bit of stockholm syndrome going on.
BigG
The old god save. Yeah buddy, that don’t work. Trash is trash, no amount of God can save you.
Michael Golden
This is SAD…. but would make a good HBO Movie.
DarkZephyr
@Xzamilio: because they think it makes them look better to the judge and the jury. They are probably coached by their lawyers to bring up God and prayer.
Rich
11 years??? He should never see the light of day again.
Juanjo
The good news is this is federal time which means 11 years is really 11 years. The most he can get off for good behaviour is 1 year and given the crime he might not be able to swing that. I also am disgusted at the lenient sentence given the sentencing guidelines in federal court. Federal judges have to follow very strict guidelines on sentencing and the guidelines for this would appear to have been heavy indeed.
As for the old “god save me” speech, this is what defense attorneys have their client toss out at sentencing when they have little else. As an attorney for over 30 years I know that line for what it is. It is the old “I got nothing but my guy needs to say something to show he is sorry” schtick.
I am curious if this was negotiated deal to get his testimony against the other two who might have considered more of the heavies in the case. If so he got a much more lenient sentence in exchange of his testimony to nail the other two guys. This is a common tactic by prosecutors.
Musk
He’s asking for God’s help and prays every day for forgiveness. I’m asking God, before he forgives Mr. Vass, for 12-15 minutes with him alone — a half hour, tops!
Daniel Richards
Really… 11 years…
missuniverse
Vass needs to be raped anally and orally Daily by the inmates.
Mack
@Michael Miller: And split among his and the other’s victims.
jonjoe
@Stache: Hungarian body, you mean.
jonjoe
I don’t understand why Queerty is not giving the whole story. According to the Miami Herald, Vass was a victim himself of the other two men. The other two men Berki and Acs did to Vass what Vass subsequently did to the young men he brought over. To call Berki and Acs his “henchmen” made it seem like he was the one running the operation. While not condoning Vass’ actions, let’s see what else we can leazrn when the trial of the other two pimps begin before casting the sole blame on Vass.
bicurious
I agree with the few posters who point out that Vass was himself enslaved at earlier on. I am sure his case is much more complicated than the few paragraphs on Queerty can fully explain. Beyond that the guy is pretty gorgeous, he can’t be all bad. Not many humans are only bad.
bicurious
In addition to learning how shockingly common sex slavery is in the modern age it is also greatly upsetting to learn that most shrimp comes to us from asian countries where the people who process the shrimp are in very large numbers kept as slaves in horrendous conditions.
NoCagada
@Lazycrockett: At least they promoted from within…
Chris
Who’s the judge and how can we let him know what we think of this crocked p-o-s sentence?
gayjim1969
@Tom Remillard: No, the prisons will give HIM protection from abuse by putting him in a protected wing. He’ll have more rights than his victims.
gayjim1969
@Lazycrockett: Possibly why he got a lighter sentence? It will be interesting to see what the other defendants will get.
o.codone
Gay men. Liberals. Democrats.
Gay men insist on having liberals in charge of everything, yet when a liberal Judge hands down a sentence gays don’t like you hear pissing and crying for days. Sorry girls, you want liberals in charge, well, you got it.
And, I love how gays, who “don’t judge” are now moralizing about this guys bad behavior and even coming up with consequences. Are you kidding me? Gays live their lives in a “no judgment” zone but the mafia comes out the minute something doesn’t go the way the girls think it should. Get your sh it together ladies. You can’t have it both ways.
martinbakman
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Richard Hersch
cut2deep
11 YEARS??
Leonard Woodrow
I doubt whether a prison sentence will alter this clown’s thinking. You can’t make a silken purse out of a sow’s ear!
Keep him locked up to protect other people.
passingthru
@o.codone: Wrong – appointed by Republican Governor Rick Scott.
o.codone
@passingthru: Yup. You’re wrong. Appointed by Scott makes this judge a conservative? My advice is that you should actually read something before shooting your mouth off. You had your brief moment of being “right” in your little mind. That must have been nice for you. That 30 seconds of triumph. Fleeting though, isn’t it?
vanhattan
@o.codone: Clearly you are a dick. As others mentioned, this judge was appointed to the court in 2012 by a right wing dick like yourself, Rick Scott, Governor of FL in 2012. Had a democratic judge had this case, I am sure he would have received a harsher sentence as deserved.
o.codone
@vanhattan: Let me stoop to your level, name call, try to embarrass, and issue insults like a teenage girl, like you. Snivelling pussy.
I guess you can’t read, or think. Little dick. How do you figure a Democrat judge would automatically hand out harsher sentences than a Conservative one? And, as ALREADY noted above, Einstein, just b/c he was appointed by Scott doesn’t automatically make the judge a conservative. I made the point again because you are apparently cognitively challenged, like all liberal Democrats. Little dick.
Maleko
@Willyam Firth: What we don’t know is how much he has rolled on the other traffickers, if any. The 11 years is a travesty of fairness and justice in he didn’t provide any help to the DA about his co-conspirators. 11 years will still be a tough ride for a cute little 25-year old gay boy (if he wasn’t already, is will be in a few days; sad coming-out party).
Uncle Mark
@o.codone: Rush Limbaugh…is that you? I thought you were vacationing in the Dominican Republic, chasing around the young boys you pay for.
Got to ask…what are you doing on an exclusively gay website…reading gay-oriented articles, and yet spewing bile at those gay members on the message board. Just because you hurl insults at the gays, does not change the fact that you are obviously spending too much time on a gay site, reading gay articles, wrestling with your sexuality, and clearly filled with self-loathing and anger issues. Perhaps you need to seek out a professional to help you come to terms with your sexuality…or maybe you need to O.D on your O. Codone.
o.codone
@Uncle Mark: I’ve made it clear in a million previous posts that I am a fag, but not gay. I do not agree with the gay political agenda and all that goes with it. That idiocy has brought us Obama. The greatest presidential failure in the history of the republic.
If you’re trying to mock Limbaugh with the comments about running around the DR with boys, hahah, you’d do it yourself if you weren’t broke. Finally, Queerty is my focus because of all the anti-christian trolling that goes on here. I like to give the gay christian haters a dose of their own. Queerty is not so much focused on promoting gay politics as it is hating others, especially Christians. So, crazy uncle mark. I hope you have a good day.