BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Central Florida attorney is accused of forcing teen girls into prostitution by telling them they needed to pay off their legal fees and rent for staying at his home, according to the Florida Attorney General’s Office.
Officials said John Gillespie, 71, operated the prostitution ring out of his Melbourne home and victimized girls as young as 15.
Gillespie was recently arrested when he traveled from Brevard County to an Orange County hotel room with the intent to pay a 16-year-old girl $100 to have sex with him and then try to recruit the victim to live at his home, a news release said.
When the arrest was made Saturday, records show an undercover officer was posing as a teenage girl. Authorities said Gillespie would