Koeckeritz allegedly followed Tate's road map but appeared to be a low-rent version.
A “furry” fanatic has been accused of forcing a woman into being a sex slave and working as a cam girl from his Wisconsin lair.
The U.S. Department of Justice alleges Austin Koeckeritz kept the woman captive. She told cops she had “lost her freedom” and that Koeckeritz held her hostage in a sweltering room.
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The woman said Koeckeritz — an avowed admirer of Elon Musk and Andrew Tate — pocketed most of the six-figure income she generated making the raunchy online videos.
He was being held on $300,000 bond in the Pierce County Jail where he’s facing labour-racketeering charges for allegedly enslaving the woman between August 2020 and Aug. 5, 2022.
The Daily Beast reports that Koeckeritz even paid homage to Musk by calling his sex enterprise the “Boring Company” after the tech entrepreneur’s construction services company.
On LinkedIn, he is listed as the company’s financial services company while his alleged victim is listed as “porn star.”
“Furries” are a group of people who are obsessed with anthropomorphized animals and attend gatherings and conventions. Some enthusiasts don “fur suits” during sexual encounters.
Koeckeritz has also expressed his affinity for Tate, the former British reality TV star who has been accused of rape and human trafficking in Romania.
According to reports, Tate kept a slew of young women at his mansion outside Bucharest where he allegedly forced them into performing online pornography while acting as a guru of sorts for young men looking to have it all.
Koeckeritz allegedly followed Tate’s road map but appeared to be a low-rent version.
He attempted to make money from bitcoin, crypto donations, and drop-shipping so-called “furry” merchandise.
On TikTok, he built a 200,000-strong following on his furry-themed channel.
In addition to the trafficking charge, Koeckertiz is also accused of roping an underage family member into his twisted machinations by forcing her into sexual situations involving his bound victim.
An ex-girlfriend told the Daily Beast that Koeckertiz was a “sociopath” who she believed had the capacity to kill. Since his arrest, she told the website she has spoken with other former girlfriends who he allegedly also forced into porn.
“I’m worried he’s going to come for me,” she said. “He could take my life and tear it up.”
He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on the forced labour trafficking charge.
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