ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- Federal prosecutors said Jason Khan used a foot fetish website to lure women with fake foot modeling jobs before sexually assaulting and raping them.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said June 8 that a three-count indictment charging Khan with sex trafficking offenses was unsealed after his arrest in the Northern District of New York.
“As alleged, Jason Khan lured his victims in under the lucrative promise of being a foot model, before he repeatedly and violently sexually assaulted and raped them,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.
“We commend the victims for their courage in coming forward, and we urge anyone else who has been a victim of Khan, or knows anything about his alleged crimes, to do the same. Our investigation is ongoing,” Clayton said.
“Jason Khan allegedly operated a website to exploit multiple women’s employment aspirations and lure them to hotel rooms before brutally raping them,” said FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr. “The FBI-NYPD Human Trafficking Task Force continues to target sexual predators who abuse women.”
“This defendant lured women to hotel rooms under the false pretense of offering employment opportunities, and then raped and sexually assaulted them,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch.
“This horrific behavior has no place in our city, and we will not allow predators to prey on vulnerable women. The NYPD will always protect survivors of sexual assault and work to stop the deception, exploitation and abuse of traffickers,” Tisch said.
According to the indictment and court filings, Khan lived primarily in New York City and Albany and operated FootPadNYC.com from at least 2019 to 2021. Prosecutors said the site’s employment section promised women they could “get[ting] paid to have your feet worshipped.”
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