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“Hookers: Saved on the Strip” follows former escort and Hookers for Jesus founder Annie Lobert as she attempts to help other women transition out of prostitution. The show premieres Dec. 8 on the Discovery ID network.
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 | 2:05 a.m.
Annie Lobert (far right) meets with the women of the Destiny House, a safe haven founded by Lobert and the Church at South Las Vegas.
A short vacation to Hawaii with a friend who introduced her to the call girl lifestyle quickly changed Annie Lobert’s life from a suburban Minnesota girl to high-priced escort for nearly 16 years.
“I saw those thousands of dollars go through my fingers. I couldn’t go back to a normal lifestyle. I just couldn’t,” Lobert said of her first experience.
She later moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend and pimp and worked as a prostitute full-time for more than a decade. During those years, Lobert was raped, beaten and stuffed in the trunk of her Mercedes and driven to the desert where she was left to die.
A near-fatal drug overdose in 2003 was Lobert’s wake-up call.
She found God and started Hookers for Jesus, a ministry that helps women get out of the sex industry.
Lobert is transitioning once again, now as a reality star, with her new show “Hookers: Saved on the Strip” premiering on the Discovery ID network tonight.
The three-part series chronicles three women living at the Destiny House, a safe haven founded by Lobert and the Church at South Las Vegas, as she helps them find jobs and housing as they begin to reestablish their lives.
Though Lobert and some of the woman detail a life of lavish vacations and expensive cars during their time as escorts, the transitional period is hardly glamorous as the women struggle to find jobs in Las Vegas’ ailing job market.
The first part of the series profiles Regina, a 33-year-old woman who worked as a high-priced prostitute for 14 years. A string of violent events brings Regina to the Destiny House.
The cameras follow Regina has she begins the slow process of searching for a job in Las Vegas. She’s turned away for numerous positions because of her lack of job skills and criminal record.
Regina eventually finds a job at the Little White Wedding Chapel, only to quit a few weeks later because the pay is $9 per hour, a fraction of what she made as an escort.
“It’s hard for these girls because they were making thousands of dollars a night. Minimum wage is a hard reality,” Lobert said.
Other faces on the show include Lobert’s husband, Oz Fox, Church at South Las Vegas pastor Benny Perez, and Tina, the Destiny House manager.
“Hookers: Saved on the Strip” airs at 10 p.m. Wednesdays on Discovery ID.
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