A Florida couple are accused of prostituting their child in exchange for drugs from the age of three.
Celeste Chambers, 36, of Tallahassee, was arrested on October 4 after a multi-agency human trafficking investigation that began in March 2016.
Chambers and her boyfriend, Kevin Wyatt, 49, are accused of trading sex with the child for drugs.
Kevin Wyatt, 49, left and Celeste Chambers, 36, of Tallahassee, are accused of trading sex with the child for drugs for thirteen years between February 2003 and March 2016
Kevin Wyatt was wanted on five warrants including sex trafficking
According to WXTL the couple abused their child from February 2003 until March 2016.
Chambers was arrested in Tallahassee in June and will face trial in the new year.
She was also re-arrested last week on outstanding warrants on charges of sexual abuse, lewd and lascivious behavior and child cruelty.
Wyatt, meanwhile, was arrested Sunday on a houseboat. He was wanted on five separate warrants including sex trafficking.
‘Kevin Wyatt prostituted a young girl for 13 years in exchange for drugs,’ the department wrote in a Facebook post.
It’s alleged Wyatt prostituted a young girl for 13 years in exchange for drugs
Wyatt was found hiding on a houseboat off Florida’s East River, near Tallahassee
The youngster was forced into sexual acts with men in exchange for drugs, money or other goods and services.
If she refused to perform the sexual acts as requested, Wyatt would slap and hit her.
‘She has endured quite a bit through this entire ordeal,’ Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Angelie Hightower told WXTL. ‘Her trying to go to school and act normal, just going through some emotional roller coasters.’
The girl who is now 17, is said to be doing much better and is staying with relatives.