The woman who ran one of the largest prostitution operations in Alaska will spend more than five years in prison.
Judge Philip Volland sentenced 41-year-old Amber Batts to five years in prison for sex trafficking on Monday. An additional six months was tacked on to her sentence for violating probation.
Batts has been on house arrest since pleading guilty to second-degree sex trafficking back in March. She admitted to sending sex workers to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai and the Mat-Su Valley.
An investigator who testified at Monday’s sentencing said Batts had a client list with hundreds of names and typically employed 10 women at a time. In most cases, he said, a person in charge of running a prostitution ring will normally employ just two to four people.
Batts’ husband, Quinn Batts, also pleaded guilty to a reduced sex trafficking charge.
