A New Jersey man is on trial for duping a Brooklyn teen into signing a sex contract, and threatened to sue her for breach of contract.
Posing as a owner for several Victoria Secret and Champs stores, unemployed Gregory Schaffer offered the now 18 year old woman into signing what she thought was new hire paperwork. The papers, signed in March 2012, turned out to be contracts to perform a variety of sexual acts with him. Schaffer allegedly claimed that he could sue her if she failed to follow the fine print and that she also had unknowingly signed a confidentiality agreement that prevented her from discussing the arrangement.
Frightful for breaching a legal contract, the girl had sex with Schaffer in a New Jersey office. Prosecutors said his plot stemmed from her Craigslist ad seeking summer employment in the retail field. The 35 year old also convinced her to pose in revealing outfits, saying he had contacts in the modeling industry.
Schaffer’s defense attorney Michelle Gelernt said in her opening statement that Schaffer’s conduct was “deplorable”, but he never coerced the teen into anything and that she willfully replied to his emails after the sexual encounter.
The trial resumes on Tuesday. Schaffer could face up to twenty years in jail if found guilty.
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