CHANDLER, Arizona — A State Grand Jury indicted former Tampa Bay Buccaneers safeties coach Mikal Smith on charges of “Conspiracy, Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, Money Laundering in the First Degree, Pandering, Receiving Earnings of a Prostitute, Sex Trafficking, and Threatening or Intimidating.” His co-defendant, Aprel Mae Rasmussen, was indicted on charges of “Conspiracy, Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, Money Laundering in the First Degree, and Pandering.”
Between December 2018 and September 2019, Smith and Rasmussen are accused of operating and maintaining an illegal prostitution enterprise. It is alleged that Smith and Rasmussen induced and encouraged an adult female victim to engage in acts of prostitution for over two months. Smith purportedly used constant surveillance and threats of retaliation to keep the victim under his control.
A detective with Chandler Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant Attorney General Rachel Nava is prosecuting this case.
