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Everett man gets 26-year prison term for pimping
Everett man must pay nearly $70,000 to 3 women who worked for him as prostitutes.
By Diana Hefley

He’s a people person who wears his heart on his sleeve.

That’s how convicted Everett pimp Jerome Todd described himself Monday in a federal courtroom. He went on to say he’s been a victim and scapegoat, trapped by the lies of Everett police and prostitutes.

“I shouldn’t have to go to prison for my life for another person’s action in order to free them from guilt,” Todd said. “I am innocent.”

The judge held a different opinion of Todd when he sentenced the Everett man to 26 years in prison.

“You have become dependent on a lifestyle — to be a player or womanizer, or whatever — that requires you to manipulate and exploit women,” U.S. District Court Judge James L. Robart said. “I have little or no doubt in my mind if I sentenced you to time served you’d go back to the conduct that got you here shortly.”

Todd will be on probation for five years and be required to register as a sex offender when he is released. He also must pay nearly $70,000 to three women who worked for him as prostitutes.

A jury in May convicted Todd, 29, of numerous federal sex-for-sale crimes, including sex trafficking. Jurors were convinced Todd forced women to sell their bodies as part of an Internet-based prostitution ring. Todd coerced the women to engage in prostitution for his own benefit, according to court documents.

Todd used the money the women made to support a lavish lifestyle, full of high-end jewelry and expensive clothes, the jury found. He told one witness he pimped women as a way to avoid paying child support for at least 13 children he acknowledges fathering, according to court records.