Wilmington man sentenced to at least 27 years in prison for running a sex trafficking operation

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington man was sentenced today to more than 27 years in prison for sex trafficking and operating a prostitution enterprise.

According to court documents and other information presented in court, Christopher Todd Evans, 41, operated an “escorting” website and business for over a decade between 2010 and 2022. The business was initially called Cape Fear Entertainers and later called Cape Fear Escorts.

Evans rented office space in downtown Wilmington and even made victims sign bogus “contracts” promising not to engage in sex trafficking and prostitution. Through Cape Fear Escorts, He prostituted more than 200 adult and minor females, and used manipulation, control, threats, and occasionally violence to coerce women to prostitute and give him their earnings.