# California man jailed for exploiting teenager in online clothing business

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/la-man-27-piled-boy-14-with-adderall-and-made-him-work-24-7-selling-second-hand-clothes-online/
- Published: 2026-11-11T21:59:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T22:18:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16285135/los-angeles-california-man-sentenced-child-selling-clohing-adderall.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Brandon Holguin received five years in prison for trafficking a 14-year-old for labour.
- Prosecutors said he gave the boy Adderall and made him prepare clothes overnight.
- The teenager was found after being left by a Los Angeles freeway.

## Summary

A California man has been sentenced to five years in prison for exploiting a 14-year-old boy as unpaid labour for his online second-hand clothing business. The case highlights how promises of help were used to lure a child into labour trafficking, while separating him from his family.

Prosecutors said Brandon Holguin, 27, met the boy at a thrift shop and later took him to a motel, where he gave him Adderall and made him prepare hundreds of clothing items through the night. After the boy became ill, Holguin left him by a Los Angeles freeway; the teenager reached a nearby location where people called 999, and he was reunited with his family. Holguin pleaded no contest to three felony counts and was ordered to pay $4,300 in restitution.

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