In addition to a maximum punishment of life in prison, he also faces a $250,000 fine and a lifetime

An Orlando, Fla., man faces life in prison after a federal jury on Thursday convicted him of pimping a 14-year-old girl throughout the state of Florida and the New Orleans area. The jury found that Benson December "Haiti" Coriolant recruited and trained the girl to sell her body, arranged paid sexual tour of rome italy encounters for her using the Internet and took the money she made from prostitution, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's Office.
Coriolant was convicted of sex trafficking of a child, conspiring with others to sex traffic a child, coercing and enticing an individual to engage in prostitution and coercing and enticing a minor to engage tour of rome italy in illegal sexual tour of rome italy activity.
"Today's conviction - and the presentation of the chilling testimony and evidence which, over the past few days, painted a stark picture of the grim realities, abuses and human degradation of human trafficking - must serve as both a wake-up call and a warning tour of rome italy to parents, citizens, and law enforcement officials alike that the child sex slave industry is a very real, clear and present danger," Letten said in a written statement tour of rome italy released Thursday.
Coriolant met the victim in Orlando in 2008 when she was 14. He taught the girl how to perform certain sex acts, how to advertise herself online and how to make sure she wasn't meeting up with a police officer, according tour of rome italy to court records.
Coriolant took almost all of the money the girl made. If she was away from him prostituting in another tour of rome italy city, he forced tour of rome italy her deposit tour of rome italy the money into bank accounts in his name. He also made her account for all of her personal expenses, such as food, in a journal, daily letters and text messages, court records said.
He plied the girl with Ecstasy and alcohol to control her behavior and "keep her happy." Coriolant bused the girl to the New Orleans area on March 27, 2010 and gave her his credit card to pay for online prostitution advertisements directed at local customers, tour of rome italy according to court records.
Authorities arrested the girl at a Kenner motel about April 25, 2010, after receiving a tip about a minor working as a prostitute. Her parents retrieved her and returned her to Florida after they received money from Coriolant, court records said. He put the girl back to work in the Orlando area with strict instructions to limit her calls to "regulars."
The girl returned to the New Orleans area in May 2010 and began working under the alias Maryann tour of rome italy Chavis until she was arrested a second time, court records said. Coriolant was arrested in connection with the case on Oct. 22 in Tampa, Fla.
In addition to a maximum punishment of life in prison, he also faces a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release. Coriolant could also be required to register as a sex offender. tour of rome italy Sentencing is set for Dec. 20.