Phoenix publishers refuse to testify during sex-trafficking hearing

Carl Ferrer (L), James Larkin (M), and Michael Lacy (R) SOURCE: /Couresty of the Department of Justice
Carl Ferrer (L), James Larkin (M), and Michael Lacy (R) SOURCE: /Couresty of the Department of Justice

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Phoenix executives at the Website Backpage.com invoked the Fifth Amendment on Tuesday to avoid testifying before a Senate subcommittee on sex-trafficking ads.

Former owners Michael Lacey and James Larkin, both of Phoenix, and the company’s lawyer told a Senate panel Tuesday that they were invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

Lacey and Larkin established the weekly alternative newspaper, Phoenix New Times, before selling in 2012.

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