United States of America v. Brian Lamont Turner

Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering prostitution and transporting prostitutes.

On multiple occasions throughout 2023 and 2024, Brian Lamont Turner, 45, caused multiple adult victims to travel from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the States of North Carolina and South Carolina for the purpose of engaging in prostitution and other sexual activity.

To facilitate these activities, Turner posted commercial sex advertisements online, booked hotel rooms where the women stayed and engaged in commercial sex, and communicated with customers to set-up commercial sex “dates.” Turner received some, if not all, of the commercial sex proceeds.

In addition, Turned posted hundreds of commercial sex advertisements for the eight identified adult victims in this case between October 2018 and January 2024, for which he financially profited.

Additionally, all the identified victims in this case suffered from some form of drug addiction, an addiction that was fueled by drugs supplied by Turner.

First Assistant United States Attorney Robert N. Tracci and Ian Kaufmann, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sean Welsh and Keith Parrella prosecuted the case for the United States.

The Defendant was sentenced to 96 months in prison. The term consists of 60 months on count 5 and 96 months on count 7, to be served concurrently. This term is to be served consecutively to the orders of contempt previously imposed by the Court and run concurrently to the defendants term(s) of imprisonment in Henrico County Circuit Court, case numbers CR24-2192 through CR24-2203, CR24-2204 through 2210, CR25-257, and CR25-2202; SA $200.00; Fine Waived.