Crime & Safety

Kirkwood Man Asks for Sentencing in Sex Slave Case

The lawyer of Bradley Cook has asked a federal judge that a sentencing date be set for her client.

's lawyer filed a motion Tuesday in federal court for either a July sentencing date for her client or a hearing about his detention in solitary confinement in a Lafayette County jail, according to an AP article on KMOX's website.

Bradley Cook, of Kirkwood, pleaded guilty in federal court in December to commercial sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, for his involvement in the .

Cook will serve 20 years in federal prison without parole. The plea agreement does not provide him any credit for cooperating with the government, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Western District of Missouri. Cook is the third defendant to plead guilty in the human trafficking case.

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More details about the case can be found in a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

More details about the motion filed by Cook's lawyer Tuesday can be found at KMOX.

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