The Life Of A Pregnant Prostitute In Cleveland & Chattanooga

I think the "trickthejohns" dot com
website has the right idea. Expose the clients (Johns) and prostitution will come to a screeching halt.

Alecia, We have been trying to find you. Rose and I want to help you. Please call me at 865-803-5891. I have emailed the reporter and have no response. We love you and want to do whatever we can for you and the baby. Please contact your family.

This is the perfect example for legalizing prostitution. I had a business on Main St. for twenty-five years, the police really never tried to stop prostitution or drugs. The police play their little games and the prostitutes play theirs. The police have a photo album of the prostitutes, they know who they are. If we were progressive enough to know we can't stop prostitution, we could keep records on the girl's health and make them get a license. Tax them and the johns, hell they tax us to death. This would place them in area where they could be controlled. The homeless bums are a bigger problem than prostitution. I am tried of picking up after bums, I can't cut the grass on my property without picking up trash, left by bums. Littlefield has created a haven for bums, I worked on the Railroad, the word gets out all over the country that Chattaxnooga will take care of the so called homeless, they ride the rails to central avenue and take advantage of the taxpayers.

Chuck

I woke up in the night thinking "What would Jesus do?" and realized there is only one thing to do--Jesus would have loved this woman with all his heart and would have helped her. Mary Mageline is considered a Saint and doesn't it seem like too much of a coincidence that this woman's baby is due in July, the month Catholics celebrate the Feast of Mary Magdeline in honor of her Sainthood? I would love to hear from Jason Law or anyone who has put together help for this young lady. Is she getting pre-natal care? Does she have relatives that are willing to take care of the baby? If not, would she be willing to have someone take care of the baby without actually giving it up? Jason, you have my email address, please contact to talk.
Linda

I saw this on the news last night and was very intrigued at how this interview was done....she acted like there was not a camera there. ALSO...I kept waiting for the point? It seemed like a joke. She acted like it was a hoot that she was a whore...Jason Law kept giving her the rope to hang herself with...and you could hear him laughing. she almost seemed high or mentally challenged.
Another big joke was on US, the viewers..."where's the news?" The only one I can see it not being a joke to, is that poor baby. Someone please get Amanda in contact with NEW HOPE Pregnancy and see about getting her baby adopted by parents who are ready to raise children.

She admitted to blackmail in the interview. Is this not illegal also? Not only is she a prostitute, she is blackmailing her "clients"!! Her child needs to be taken into state custody as soon as she is born, and placed in a good adoptive home. A child born in this situation usually becomes a product of the upbringing, give her a chance!

Wasn't it stated on the six o'clock news that this young woman was incarcerated at a very early age for another crime? Around the age of 16, I believe? Most prostitutes are victims of sexual abuse at an early age. I'm wondering if she was sexually abused while incarcerated at such an early age and from this sprung a life of prostitution? This is a sad case. But somewhere deep in this young woman's psych, I see someone who is angry and hurt and paying back society for possibly hurting her and not protecting her at an early age, even if it only hurts her in the end. In fact, I've witnessed this same quality in both young men and women who are introduced to the penal system at a very early age, where they are likely to be abused by incompetent and ill trained individuals who prey on children others who are vulnerable and under their power. They come out angry at society and to commit even worse and more violent crimes. Introducing young people to the penal system doesn't rehabilitate them. It destroys them. Then at some point they are released back into society where there's no telling how that anger and hurt will manifest itself and at what time it might just explode. Just one tragedy after another, compounding.

This is an awful story, but one that needs telling. Despite the inappropriate and possibly journalistically unethical question at the end of the story by Mr. Law-"What's your rate now?"-I think it was well done. Is there any way a contact line could be set up for church groups or anybody else who might like to help Ms. Driggens in her condition? Radical, I know. But these are the types of people that need help the most.

Sarah Ruf

To Jason Law, who will likely never read this:

All you have done is to advertise for her business. You gave her name, what she does for a business, the business location, and what she charges. You even gave us a view of her, being a sample of the merchandise. You have done nothing except to increase her business.

Nothing in your story will change anything. The law is doing all they can. Public outrage will not stop anything. The story will be forgotten in a day or two, and that's all the temporary concern that people around here can muster. There is no answer. It's awful for the baby, but nothing like this will ever stop because of a news story, or in this case a free advertisement.

Of course, the real goal and accomplishment of this story is that it made money for WDEF, and that's the only reason for being out there.