In 2013 the press in Utah started writing about a former California resident, Laurin Crosson, who had moved to Midvale and started the non-profit organization Rockstarr Ministries (RM). The stated mission of RM is :

«RockStarr Ministries is a group of people dedicated to serving victims of human trafficking and others in the adult industry, providing them with accurate information about available resources, religious information, and assisting them in encountering God’s love, and finding the human respect and compassion they deserve. We strive to provide hope for building better lives.» (RM website)(Edit 11.12.16: RM has been moved)

After a while, huge discrepancies between Ms. Crosson’s claims about her past and the factual evidence became apparent. This article seeks to unveil some of those claims and warn people of Ms. Crosson’s questionable methods.

Upbringing

Laurin/Lauren speaks of her childhood as having been raised in Newport, San Diego in California. She was born in Los Angeles. She claims her parents were both doctors and that she grew up in an upper middle-class home, and they might have been. According to records her father was a high school teacher (group photo), and her mother was part of the counseling staff at several schools. Her mother has a PhD and is currently a coordinator for the Counseling and Educational Leadership Program within the Division of Administration and Counseling doctors.

She speaks of having attended a boarding school in the East and of having studied at Cal State Fullerton. Her claims are that she was bright and popular, studied Biology and Pre-Med, was and athlete, champion ice skater (link added July 1) and star softball player. (SLTrib) (YouTube link added July 1-no longer available per 17.04.2018)

As a child she saw herself as different from the rest of the family and as a teenager she discovered this was because she was of an Afro-American background. Her straight hair was supposedly kinky enough to need ironing. However, neither parent appears to be of an African-American descent themselves (Don’t know black with Laurin Crosson: starts at 14:12). On 2015 April 2, Laurin/Lauren claims to have been racially profiled as black by the police following her while she was driving her convertible. (See comment of June 30th for why the answer to this question is important.)

July 09 I received a copy of Ms. Crosson’s father’s official Orange County death certificate

Laurin goes by more than one last name. Hanipale and Mota are from her marriages to two different men. Laurin Colleen Crosson / Lauri Hanipale / Lauri C Hanipale / Laurie Hanipale / Laurin Mota / Lauri Crosson Mota. These names are found on her various court cases regarding domestic violence, unlawful detainer and one criminal charge in California.

Entry into and experiences with trafficking

Laurin claims that she entered the trafficking business in two ways:

Her first version seems tailored to her audience, BYU students. Crossom claims she entered the industry through modeling while still in college. One of her fellow models was also a porn star and a pimp. ( BYU

The second version also seems tailored to another audience, young parents. This time Crosson entered the industry because «money was desperately needed to support my kids and put a roof over our heads.» As a result her children were taken away from her. ( Facebook

During her time as a prostitute Ms. Crosson speaks of pimps who quite graphically abused her but who also seemed to give her time off for marriage and children. She co-habitated with at least one man for a longer period. One of those was her fiancee and father of her first child. This man ended up being shot to death In 1991

Ms. Crosson claims to have spent her last twenty years before moving to Utah in the business. Even some of her time after she came to Utah was spent as a prostitute, although this time her pimp did let her attend church once a month (on her busiest day of work) and even sent her by taxi to get there. ( Facebook Huffington Post ) (Quote added August 3)

) (Quote added August 3) One of her wilder claims is based on what is called the Myth of the Superbowl Huffington Post There is also the matter of the amount of money Crosson claims to have brought in. According to Levitt ( 2009 escorts



Leaving the trade

Not only her entry and working years merit different versions from Lauren Crosson. How she is supposed to have left the trade also varies. Once again her stories are adjusted according to their intended audiences.

In 2007, after 15 years with her pimp, Lauren fled from California to Utah and met up with a Mormon bishop. ( SLTrib

Another version tells of repeated attempts to get out of the business, but that her 30 prostitution charges and lack of network kept her from succeeding. ( Morgan Pratt Robinson

Her next version included a pimp’s gunshot wound to the head. Sadly she was kept from honest work due to being repeated tossed into jail for not paying her fines. ( City-Weekly

In one version she added the detail of having been fished out of the Gulf of Mexico, hearing the voice of God and running to Utah after being shot in the head. ( BYU

And, finally, she lived with her pimp in Utah after she had moved there. (The name of the alleged pimp was removed after a request by one of Laurin’s keepers on June 28th. This information is available on the net.)

Once in Utah Lauren claims she is forced to register as sex offender, stating that all prostitutes must do so. But a search of both national state bottom-bitch collar-bone

Being a sex offender is supposed to be what keeps her from getting a place to stay and work. But that argument falls apart when she isn’t registered as one.

Her stories and comments have gotten progressively worse as she has been confronted with them. A Facebook exclamation after being questioned about a point shows a woman who seems to be coming apart at the seams.

Rockstarr Ministries

Lauren Crosson founded Rockstarr Ministries in 2013. There are certain questions the board of Rockstarr Ministries needs to ask itself about its involvement with Ms. Crosson.

Is the bureaucracy behind her new safe house in order? Are there, in fact, homeless sex offenders living there? Is Lauren qualified to take care of them? Is the financial situation of the home in order?

Are all of Rockstarr Ministries papers in order? 501c3 : It seems my link was outdated. RSM are now a registered 501c3 charity (Added by author Jun 28, by April 2018, they no longer have the 501c3 shown on their website. On a fundraiser, they still claim to be non-profit Now their license is involuntary dissolved Application with zoning offices re. safehouse

Has Lauren actually helped any woman at all? One person did not make her flight ( Facebook One person slit her throat ( SLTrib Have the people she previously lived with heard of any people «Prostitutes, strippers and porn stars call Laurin Crosson all the time» ( City-Weekly Where are the 15 people she claims to have saved? Who helped Lauren get these women away and finance their escape? ( BYU

Is the board of Rockstarr Ministries aware of their financial responsibilities should Rockstarr be fined?

Is the board aware of their criminal responsibilities should Lauren face charges for her fraud-like activities in collecting money under false pretenses?

I was contacted by someone who was very concerned about protecting the trafficked who left the street and felt I did not understand the issue. Most of my answer is in the comment below.

I will respond to serious comments. Anything else ends up spammed. Questions about issues will be addressed. As you see above, I have changed one sentence and updated my information on another point. Such changes will be dated and in cursive.