What neighbors thought was a rowdy party mansion packed with luxury cars, alcohol-fueled gatherings and weekend chaos turned out to be the center of a disturbing human trafficking investigation — as detectives found the property to be operating as an OnlyFans hustle house.
Police raided a sprawling Bellevue, Washington, mansion before dawn Thursday after months of complaints from residents who said crowds regularly flooded the normally quiet neighborhood. Bellevue is an elite neighborhood famous for its associations with tech wealth, including former resident Jeff Bezos who founded Amazon while living there.
“They started having parties every Saturday night,” one neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons, told FOX10.
“Just piling out of cars. Some of them would be brandishing bottles of vodka, reveling in the street on their way to the house.”
Neighbors said the activity began shortly after new tenants moved into the home last fall.
What initially appeared to be an out-of-control party house quickly became a headache for residents dealing with blocked streets, traffic and late-night noise.
“It became a real nuisance because nobody could go anywhere,” the neighbor said. “So, we all started calling 911.”
But Bellevue Police said the investigation uncovered far more than a neighborhood nuisance.
Detectives believe the property was operating as an OnlyFans content house, according to court documents.
During the raid, investigators allegedly recovered over 300 cell phones, more than 50 laptops, a notebook listing women’s names and earnings, a whiteboard labeled “Content Plan,” financial records and multiple luxury vehicles.
Court documents allege several women were recruited to create adult content for sites including OnlyFans and Chaturbate — an online video chatroom — after being promised thousands of dollars in monthly earnings.
The women later told detectives they were locked out of their accounts and unable to access money they had earned.
The alleged victims also claimed they were forced to spend at least eight hours a day chatting online with fans in addition to recording content.
When they resisted the demands, court documents state they were threatened, beaten and restrained.
Police arrested one man during Thursday’s raid. He is being held on $5 million bail and was expected to appear in court on Monday.
For neighbors, the raid finally answered months of questions about the activity taking place behind the mansion’s doors.
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