
Court document sheds light on B.C. human trafficker’s violent encounters with victims
NEW WESTMINSTER — Court documents in the case of a violent B.C. human sex trafficker say police found graphic videos of beatings and sexual assaults on her phone.
Jennifer Stephens pleaded guilty in January 2025 to 17 charges including assault causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement, sexual assault with a weapon and several other offences related to sex trafficking of a person under 18.
An “admissions of fact” document entered into B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, provided to The Canadian Press, says police in Langley started investigating human trafficking in February 2023, beginning with a phone number.
The document says the phone number was linked to a 13-year-old girl who had been trafficked in B.C. and Alberta, whose services had been advertised on LeoList, an online escort platform.