Originally Posted by InfoGuy

If I understand correctly, the defendants are recruiting girls nationally and flying them into San Diego with the pretense to do swimsuit modeling. As most of these girls are young and likely to be naive and have limited resources, they would be more vulnerable to fraud and coercion than someone who is older and has more resources available.

A possible scenario would be the defendants pay for flights into San Diego and say the job is to perform in porn. If the girls don't perform, then they would have to find their own way home. It may be easy for a local girl to refuse the ultimatum in this possible scenario, but difficult for a girl traveling cross country, who would then need a last minute flight costing hundreds of dollars to get home.