HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Attorneys for a woman identified as Jane Doe have filed a federal lawsuit against several Houston-area hotel operators, including Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, alleging the businesses enabled and profited from a sex-trafficking scheme allegedly organized by a former Klein Cain High School teacher and her adult son.
Jane Doe is represented by civil rights attorneys Bakari Sellers and Jonathan Jackson. The lawsuit alleges she was 17 when she was lured from her home and forced into a life of violence, repeated sexual assault and commercial sex trafficking.
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According to the complaint, Jane Doe was beaten and forced to engage in sex acts more than 10 times a day. The lawsuit describes the Houston area as a major sex-trafficking hub, focusing on the FM 1960 corridor and a one-mile stretch of Bissonnet Street known as the “Blade” or “Track,” areas long associated with prostitution and trafficking.
The hotels named in the lawsuit include Budget Inn, Palace Inn, Days Inn, Camelot Inn and Hotel Royale. The complaint alleges hotel employees knew Jane Doe and other victims were being abused on the properties but failed to intervene. It further claims the hotels benefited financially from the activity.
Houston was the first major U.S. city to adopt an anti-human-trafficking ordinance. In 2020, the city approved requirements for hotel and motel owners, managers and employees to receive training on how to recognize and report potential trafficking.
The lawsuit alleges the hotels failed to act despite warning signs and instead prioritized revenue.
“Jane Doe was a child,” Sellers said. “No amount of makeup could have covered up that fact or hidden the nightmare she was living with. These hotels let that nightmare continue because, for them, their profits were more important.”
“They not only allowed this to happen on their watch. They profited from it.”
The case against the former teacher was dismissed in January 2026 due to insufficient evidence. Her son, Roger Magee, pleaded guilty to child trafficking and is currently serving a 20-year sentence.
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