About the Protagonists

Angela-Williams

Angela Williams

Angela Williams is a sex trafficking survivor — but her experiences in trafficking do not define her or her future. Her roles as a mother and a follower of Jesus are much more important to the woman she is today.

Angela spent more than a decade in what’s known as The Game, the pimp-prostitute subculture, in which she was trafficked by several different pimps. She left that lifestyle in early 2017. Since then, she’s worked as an advocate for victims and survivors, often speaking late at night with girls and women in crisis, spending countless hours counseling them and trying to find them help.

So far, Angela has appeared in three documentaries speaking about her experiences as a survivor: Surviving Sex Trafficking, Buying Her, and High Class. She is also the lead plaintiff in an ongoing public interest lawsuit that seeks to hold the state of Nevada accountable for the conditions that led to her trafficking.

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Donald Hoier

Donald Hoier is an expert on sex trafficking in Las Vegas. For 14 years, he served as a sergeant in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Vice Section, where he first led a team dedicated to enforcing prostitution laws, then later headed a team tasked with targeting pimps.

In all, Don spent 23 years working for Metro, retiring from the department and the Vice squad in 2015. Today, he serves as an expert witness on sex trafficking cases for the Clark County District Attorney and the local Office of the Special Public Defender, as well as teaches classes on the topic.

Don, a Marine Corps veteran, is married to psychologist Dr. Shera Bradley, who once ran a program for juvenile sex trafficking victims. He and Bradley are the parents to two elementary-school-age boys.

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