COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A Colorado Springs man who pleaded guilty to felony charges of pimping and money laundering has been sentenced to prison.
Luture Evans, 42, received concurrent 8-year sentences for both charges during a hearing at the El Paso County Courthouse.
I listened in on a stream of the sentencing hearing where Evans, his wife, and his mother all spoke on his behalf, each claiming he is a changed man who is a wonderful father to his two young children.
Evans apologized to his victims in court, but Judge Amanda Philipps was unconvinced by his statements.
"You blamed one of the victims for getting you into this business. That's not how that happened," Philipps told Evans during sentencing. "You made a conscious decision to do what you did. It took a lot of work, planning, subterfuge, potentially some violence and assaultive behavior and control over a number of people to accomplish what you did over a number of years."
Evans told the court: "The person that I am right now is I am a father, I am a husband, I am a person who cares about the community and I do apologize for the stuff that I've done in my past because I do, I regret it because now I have a daughter, I have a son."
The judge allowed Evans to serve his sentences concurrently, meaning he will serve both at the same time. He was immediately escorted out of the courtroom following the hearing.
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