Shame, Wow!

by Amanda Kloer · 2009-03-31 12:00:00 UTC
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Vince Shlomi, the guy who hocks the ShamWow and Slap Chop on infomercials and the Internet had a violent altercation with a prostitute in a Miami hotel room, a 26-year-old named Sasha Harris, as The Smoking Gun mentioned over the weekend.

Shlomi claims in his affidavit that when he kissed Harris, she bit his tongue.  According to the Smoking Gun,

Shlomi then punched Harris several times until she released his tongue... during the 4 AM fight Harris sustained facial fractures and lacerations all over her face.

This story, sadly, is not out of the ordinary.  It has only gotten a lot of press because it features a quasi-celebrity who sells cooking and cleaning products in a memorable and annoying way.  

It is important to note while that no indications have been made in any media coverage that the woman was in prostitution against her will, she was still violently beaten as a result.  No woman deserves to be brutalized, regardless of her occupation.  Commercial sex is still a very dangerous industry, even for those who enter it willingly with their eyes wide open.  And a woman does not need to be trafficked into prostitution to suffer many of the ill effects of the industry- depression, higher drug and alcohol use and abuse, higher suicide and homicide rates, increased risk of STDs, and increased risk of rape and battery.

We knew this guy was obnoxious.  Now we know he's also abusive.  What I want to know is how we can help the woman, and the many women like her who are victimized through prostitution.

 

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Amanda Kloer is a Change.org Editor and has been a full-time abolitionist in several capacities for seven years. Follow her on Twitter @endhumantraffic
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