A man grew hostile with a woman when she refused his advances and then forced her into sex work, California officials said, and now he’s been convicted of multiple charges.

Elon Ocyris Whitaker, 40, from Vallejo, was found guilty of human trafficking for sexual exploitation and other charges following a trial, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni said in a June 5 news release.

Whitaker is scheduled to be sentenced in July.

McClatchy News reached out to his attorney June 6 and was awaiting a response.

Whitaker became friends with the woman and sometimes gave her gifts, prosecutors said.

But when she turned him down romantically, he demanded to be paid back, according to prosecutors. He made her braid hair to earn money, but “when the income from hair braiding did not

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