UFC fighter Maria Agapova said she planned to seek a homeless shelter after abusers tried to sell her into sex slavery in the United States.
Agapova, representing Kazakhstan, has not performed since September 2022 and has repeatedly reported problems in her personal life. She is scheduled to fight Luana Santos at UFC Fight Night on July 13.
“In a week I will probably be homeless. » Are you surprised? But not me. It’s a classic of my life in America. Becoming homeless right before a UFC fight. It’s a classic. Next week I will look for a homeless shelter because I don’t trust people anymore. Since I don’t have money for rent, I live wherever I can. People exploit me and, in the process, neglect my personal boundaries and my life. Including trying to sell me as a sex slave behind my back. Who knows about shelters, charities that aim to help and not exploit, write to me. Florida State,” the athlete wrote on social media.
Agapova said “it all started when” her friend’s cousin Richie Kent, who reportedly owns a leather goods company, invited her to work as a model. An acquaintance asked Maria to “try on some very sexualized clothes” so he could take photos and send them to his loved one. She said many of the proposed options “seemed depraved.” She sent photos of all of Richie’s outfits, after which her cousin “started bombarding him with promises” of high income. Kent’s insistence made Agapova think that this is what scammers usually do: to verify, she asked to send a check for $1,000, which, however, she managed to cash.
Kent invited Agapova to come to New York to see the production with her own eyes and invited her to visit the office of Tyra Banks, with whom he was said to have known. At the same time, he did not clearly answer the question of what position in the company he planned to offer Maria.
“In addition to the lack of information about my location and his business, he constantly said and wrote that he was a slave owner. It seems to spit in my face. Do you think if I’m only 25 I’m completely stupid? Richie stopped responding to my messages. As my friend said, “They offered you sex work, but you refused.” Now he feels bad. »
Having understood the whole situation, I decided to write to Richie that I understood everything. In response, he took offense and even threatened to tell the UFC everything for such “disrespect.”
What happened outraged me. I am a living person with my own life and interests. And they decided to sell me like a piece of meat. And that’s the last thing I wrote to Kent. They are still at large. They continue to sell girls into slavery. And they walk next to normal people and their children,” Agapova noted.
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