"The woman, known as Jane Doe, initially claimed Boyland forced her into prostitution and held her to a $1,000 per day quota, and police said the text messages between them proved it. On the witness stand, she testified that everything she said was a lie. To be honest he's the only man that came in my life and actually took care of me. So when he tries to leave, it's like I try to use his background to make him stay, which is not okay, Doe testified."
"She added, He doesn't have me sex working. He's never asked me to sell my body. He's never told me to do anything of that sort. When asked about the messages, Doe said she hatched the ruse when she had time alone with two different electronic devices, allowing her to fabricate a conversation about sex work. Literally those messages, that's me texting me, she testified."
Lavell Boyland, 37, faced charges of human trafficking, pimping, resisting police and child cruelty after an arrest in May. Prosecutors dismissed the case following a preliminary hearing when the alleged victim recanted and said she fabricated allegations and text messages. The woman said she invented messages and used Boyland's background to try to make him stay. A judge allowed pimping charges to proceed but dismissed the human trafficking count. Police testified at the hearing. Weeks later, police in Alabama arrested Boyland in a remarkably similar case involving the same woman.
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