Youth pastor accused of trafficking teenage girl, living off of her earnings NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

A youth pastor and counselor appeared before a judge in bond court, charged with one count of living off the earnings of a teenager who worked as a prostitute. 

According to a complaint affidavit, Stephen Johnson, 40, met the alleged victim on a social media app when she was 12 years old and selling nude content online. 

Investigators say the girl met someone on the app who she thought was a woman who offered to help her sell more nude content, but that woman was really Johnson. 

According to the complaint, the acts continued until the alleged victim was 17 and flew to Birmingham, Alabama, where the suspect allegedly posted her on escort ads and directed her to engage in commercial sex acts for money. 

“He trafficked a minor in another state, your honor, a 17-year-old,” prosecutors said in court. 

The affidavit states the two moved to South Florida when …