Raleigh man gets 15 years in prison for trafficking 14-year-old for sex

Kevin Harold Rudolph, 28, of Raleigh, was sentenced Wednesday to 180 months in prison for sex trafficking of a runaway at a Raleigh motel.

Court proceedings showed that Rudolph and co-defendant Marcus Gambrell were selling a 14-year-old girl for sex out of a room at a Motel 6 in Raleigh. A Raleigh police detective who answered an online ad for prostitution found the girl in the room with condoms, an iPad and a bag that contained a firearm and paperwork in Rudolph’s name. 

The room had been rented in Gambrell's name.

On the iPad, officers found photos of the girl.

Both men were charged with sex trafficking of a minor and using the internet to promote prostitution, Gambrell with manufacturing child pornography, and Rudolph with possession of a firearm by a felon. Rudolph pleaded guilty on March 7, 2022.  Gambrell pleaded guilty on January 19, 2021, to manufacturing child pornography. On December 21, 2021, he was sentenced to a 210-month term of imprisonment.

The victim told investigators that Rudolph and Gambrell arranged around 10 to 15 “dates” for her per day, and they kept all the money.