A southwest Missouri man accused of keeping a young woman as a sex slave for several years was scheduled to change his plea in a case that federal prosecutors have called one of "the most horrific ever prosecuted" in the district.
A federal judge has ruled that lawyers for a Missouri couple accused of sexual slavery may call an expert to explain bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism to jurors.
A defense attorney in a southwest Missouri sex slave case says federal prosecutors should not be allowed to use intimate relations between her client and his wife as proof that the man sexually abuses women.
A southwest Missouri woman who says she shared her bed for years with her husband and his sex slave has decided she needs help defending herself against five federal charges.