A retired New York financier and his personal assistant were charged Friday with sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for sex.

Howard Rubin, 70, and Jennifer Powers, 45, are accused in 10-count indictment.

Rubin was arrested Friday in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Powers was arrested in Southlake, Texas, a suburb in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Neither of their attorneys would comment.

Rubin pleaded not guilty. Powers will appear before a judge on Monday.

Assistant allegedly arranged encounters for Rubin

Prosecutors allege between 2009-2019, the two arranged for women to travel to New York City to engage in sex with Rubin at his penthouse on 57th Street or in luxury hotels. Rubin had converted a bedroom of his penthouse into a soundproof sex "dungeon," prosecutors sa

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