A Southlake mom and former substitute teacher is expected to be arraigned in a Brooklyn federal courtroom on Wednesday.
The allegations: She helped manage a sex dungeon in New York for her millionaire boss.
Jennifer Powers, 45, left the federal courthouse in Fort Worth on Monday wearing an ankle monitor, a requirement for her release after three days in custody.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York says Powers was arrested Friday at her home in an upscale Southlake neighborhood.
A 10-count indictment accuses retired New York-based financier Howard Rubin and Powers, his personal assistant, of arranging for women to travel to a sex dungeon in a Central Park-area penthouse that was “painted red and soundproofed,” according to the indictment.
Between 2009 and 2019, the indictment says Rubin and Powers “recruited women — often targeting former Playboy models” to have sex with Rubin, who prosecutors say often “exceeded the scope of their consent by violently abusing them,” leading some women to become unconscious.
Prosecutors say Rubin funded virtually all aspects of Powers’s life, including rent on her Manhattan apartment, the down payment on her Texas home, mortgage payments, legal fees and private schooling for her kids, all totaling about $8 million between at least 2018 and 2023.
Powers previously worked as a substitute teacher at Carroll ISD.
In a statement, Carroll ISD said Powers is no longer affiliated with the district and emphasized there is no connection between the allegations and any activity within CISD.
CISD said it has reported the matter to the State Board of Educator Certification, which oversees educator conduct and certification in Texas.
Attorneys for Powers and Rubin have not responded to requests for comment.
If convicted of sex trafficking, both face a minimum of 15 years in prison.