A Contra Costa County woman said she was sex trafficked for years; she’s filed a federal lawsuit against the hotels and motels that allowed it

A Contra Costa County resident is claiming that employees of hotels and motels where she said she was trafficked as a sex worker should’ve been more cognizant of what was happening and done something to help.

The resident, identified as Jane Doe, has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court’s Northern District of California against those hotels and motels. Three of them — the Welcome Inn and Motel 6 at the Embarcadero in Oakland, and the Civic Center Motel in Richmond, still operate in the East Bay.