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As little barbie must decide whether or not to cooperate. >> were going to sit down and talk, okay? >> all right. >> dont worry. im not a bad guy. all right? >> investigators determine barbies real identity. despite her initial claim, she is not underage. she is 19-year-old heather jiardan. >> you got kicked out of the house. how old were you? >> 18. my grandma kicked me out because i called her a bitch. >> like her and thousands like her, their path to prostitution began with desperate circumst...

And i got mad at the cops for doing this. sorry i said that. but of course i didnt mean it. he did not rape me. >> our interview with heather is briefly interrupted when police walk miko down the hallway. his very presence seems to affect her demeanor dramatically. >> i dont want to take sides on this. i cant -- its dangerous to take sides on this. >> what do you mean? >> life or death. can we redo that part? >> what do you mean its life or death? as in, like -- like people i know could get hurt...

Bodyguard. >> technically, i feel im doing a good thing by protecting someone. >> and how much do you make doing this? >> on average, i can get -- like on a $200 call i can get 50 bucks for driving a $200 call. on an in-call, it varies on what they want to give me. >> what does heather make? >> whatever she wants. 75% usually and she gives me 25%. >> while miko tries to paint a rosy picture of his arrangement with heather, the 19-year-old gives police the real deal. >> how much do you get to kee...

>> we want to make sure youre safe. >> this is your choice, heather. if you want out now, well make phone calls and nobody will know where you are. >> if you want to make the choice later, thats okay. >> thank you guys. >> unfortunately, the task force can see heather is either too scared or paralyzed to make a change tonight. >> well go this way. >> before heading out the door and back to miko, heather agrees to sit down for an interview. >> so when we first entered the room, you were screaming...

>> heather told police she tried to run away from miko twice in four months but each time hes tracked her down and pulled her back into the game. >> he dont hurt you unless you mess up. >> what do you define as messing up? >> by not listening. >> so if you dont listen to what he says -- >> you get hurt bad. >> okay. >> so you have to obey. especially a girl my size. >> officers will now offer the teen a different way out. >> if you want out, if you want us to get you in a shelter, get you in a p...

>> our interview with heather is briefly interrupted when police walk miko down the hallway. his very presence seems to affect her demeanor dramatically. >> i dont want to take sides on this. i cant -- its dangerous to take sides on this. >> what do you mean? >> life or death. can we redo that part? >> what do you mean its life or death? >> as in -- like -- like people i know could get hurt. >> could you get hurt? >> no, no, no. not -- no. >> are you on anything right now? >> no! >> to appreciat...

Back at the command post, the young woman known to police as lil barbie must decide whether or not to cooperate. >> were going to sit down and talk, okay? >> all right. >> dont worry. im not a bad guy. all right? >> investigators determine barbies real identity. despite her initial claim, she is not underage. she is 19-year-old heather jiardan. >> you got kicked out of the house. how old were you? >> 18. my grandma kicked me out because i called her a bitch. >> like her and thousands like her, t...

And back to miko, heather agrees to sit down for an interview. >> so when we first entered the room, you were screaming. >> yeah. i was screaming. >> so you screamed that he raped you. >> well, he forcefully pushed me onto the ground and i didnt know what that was at first. and then he says, youre under arrest after hes on top of me. it was, like, get off me, get off me. so i thought, okay, this is some weird guy just trying to rape me. and i got mad at the cops for doing this. sorry i said that...

>> life or death. can we redo that part? >> what do you mean its life or death? as in, like -- like people i know could get hurt. >> could you get hurt? >> no, no, no. not -- no. >> are you on anything right now? >> no! >> to appreciate the devastating reality that is heathers existence, one needs only to look carefully at the place that serves as her home today. amidst the sex toys, junk food and filth, a search of the squalid hotel room reveals a trove of letters and childlike drawings. heathe...

>> okay. >> so you have to obey. especially a girl my size. >> officers will now offer the teen a different way out. >> if you want out, if you want us to get you in a shelter, get you in a program to get you out of this life, we can. you have a choice. if you want to do that, well do that. well start making phone calls now, get you hooked up with a shelter and get you a safe place where no one will know where youre at. >> am i being charged with anything tonight? >> no. >> we want to make sure ...