I am raising funds to cover legal costs after my work space was raided by Police Scotland in connection with an allegation of brothel keeping a case that was later dropped due to lack of evidence.
Nearly 2yrs ago, I operated a small, safety focused establishment where I both worked and occasionally rented a room to other independent sex workers. It was a clean, controlled environment a place to work free from harassment, violence, or fear. This was my workplace.
Despite this, my business was raided by more than 20 police officers armed with a battering ram, treating it as though it were a criminal operation. The police appeared to have already decided I was running a brothel, despite there being no evidence of harm, coercion, or trafficking.
I was arrested and held in a police cell for six hours. During this time, I was treated harshly and without compassion. When I expressed fear about being unable to pay my bills and support my child, an officer laughed at me and said, βLooks like your pockets wonβt be so flush.β My livelihood was ripped away, and my ability to care for my family was thrown into uncertainty.
Without my knowledge, the police also contacted social services. I only found out when they arrived at my door the very next day. I was terrified. After the way the police had treated me, I genuinely feared my child could be taken from me.
At the time, I was renting out a room to independent sex workers as a harm-reduction space a safer alternative to working alone, on the street, or in unsafe environments. No one was being exploited. No one was being controlled. It was about safety, dignity, and survival.
Despite this, police carried out a highly visible raid. They seized my phone, my smart home devices, and even all the condoms on the premises. My neighbours and my clients were exposed. My privacy, reputation, and safety were torn apart. Brothel keeping is a serious offence that carries the risk of 7 years in prison, meaning I was suddenly facing the possibility of losing everything.
The case was later dropped. No charges remain. No wrongdoing was proven. But my record still stained.
But the damage did not end when the case was closed.
Since the raid, I have lived with panic attacks, PTSD symptoms, sleep disturbance, depression, self conscious issues,hyper vigilance, and a constant fear of someone knocking at my door. My income collapsed. My reputation was damaged. My sense of safety in my own home was destroyed. Every day still feels like I am waiting for something terrible to happen.
I am now seeking legal advice to challenge not just the investigation itself, but the way the police used their powers the disproportionate, invasive, and harmful way this was carried out. I believe my rights to privacy, dignity, and safety under the Human Rights Act were breached.
This is not just about me.
Across the UK, sex workers and those who try to create safer working conditions are routinely targeted under brothel keeping laws, even when no exploitation exists. These laws punish harm reduction and push people into more dangerous, isolated situations.
Right now in Scotland, sex workers are also fighting against the Nordic Model a system that has been shown internationally to increase harm, violence, and stigma. Police Scotland supports this model, and that makes this fight even harder and longer. Sex workers deserve to be able to work together for safety without the threat of arrest, raids, or family separation.
I am asking for support to help cover:
β’ Court and filing fees
β’ Advocacy and accountability work related to this case
Every contribution helps me take a stand against harmful policing and defend the right to safety, privacy, and dignity.
If you canβt donate, please share and support sex worker led organisations doing vital work, including:
β’ SWARM
β’ National Ugly Mugs
β’ English Collective of Prostitutes
Thank you for reading, for sharing, and for standing with me financially or in solidarity.
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