Kidnapped and sex-trafficked woman fights her way out of motel room, escapes pimp: NJ prosecutors

A New Jersey woman fought her way out of a brutal sex-trafficking trap after enduring months of abuse by dozens of men at the hands of a pair who kidnapped her, said prosecutors.The woman, who told investigators she had been threatened with the murder of her family if she refused to cooperate, allegedly endured days of abuse before risking everything to escape from a New Jersey motel, NJ.com reported.Now, two alleged traffickers are facing a staggering list of charges, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office.Tamier Brown-Miller, of Philadelphia, and Dezeree Smith, of Collingswood, N.J., were indicted last week on charges including kidnapping, human trafficking, racketeering and promoting prostitution.Authorities say the pair ran a commercial sex trafficking operation between July and October 2025, moving victims through Cherry Hill, Atlantic City, Gloucester City and Philadelphia.One of the victims was a girl under 18.

One adult victim first met Brown-Miller and Smith through social media and initially considered them friends, according to court records.That changed during a house party in Philadelphia, where Brown-Miller — whom she knew as “Mier” — allegedly threatened to kill her family if she refused to work for him.Prosecutors say he made good on those threats about two years later, when he kidnapped her.The woman was standing outside a 7-Eleven near Brown-Miller’s Philadelphia neighborhood when a black car with tinted windows pulled up.

Brown-Miller sat in the passenger seat while another man drove.Terrified because Brown-Miller allegedly always carried a handgun and had threatened her family again, she got into the car, investigators said.She was taken to a Holiday Inn in Philadelphia, where prosecutors say she was forced to have sex with men for money over the next two days.She was then driven across the Delaware River to the Super 8 Motel in Gloucester City.Brown-Miller allegedly confiscated her phone and posted online escort advertiseme...