The phrase "Diamond Kitty" evokes old-school scenes of Playboy-like parties, women lavished with gifts, mansions brimming with celebrities, and parties that last until the wee hours of the morning.
In reality, the life of a ‘Diamond Kitty’ was anything but glamorous.
According to Fulton County prosecutors, it entailed hours of stripping, contracts, and handing your money over to someone else.
"Diamond Kitties" is the name Kenndric Roberts created to describe the women who lived with him in a million-dollar home in Sandy Springs and worked in what, he says, was a burgeoning entertainment business.
That all came to an end in March of 2017 when one of the women called 911 to say she was being held against her will. What resulted was a case that’s gone on for more than a year and resulted in more than 50 charges against Roberts, including human trafficking.
11Alive News spoke with several of the women who lived in the house, as well as Roberts himself, to get an idea for what an average day was like for a Diamond Kitty.
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11 a.m. or noon – Wake up
The women slept late because they work until the early morning hours from their shifts at The Pink Pony and one other club, Follies, according to Roberts. Roberts said he usually left the house around 7 or 8 a.m. to go to work at a music studio or other business ventures.
Breakfast
The women would usually have a healthy shake made from a recipe left by their home chef, or even premade by the chef.
Morning – Counting the money
Roberts said every girl counts the money they made from dancing, fills out a balance sheet, and make deposits.
Afternoon – Exercise, shop, or grooming
Roberts’ rules were that the women always stay together. They decided what to do as a group, whether it’s shopping, getting their nails or hair done or something else.
If they leave the house, he required them to stay together. Roberts said that was for safety purposes because most of the women were not from Atlanta and he feared for their safety. Roberts also claimed the group had been robbed at gunpoint once so he installed cameras inside and outside the home to record everything.
Dinner – Cooked by a home chef
Roberts and the women decide, as a group, a meal plan for each week and communicate that to the chef. He says at one point they were spending $1,200 to $1,300 a week on food.
He reduced that to $700-$800 a week by hiring a chef.
Evening – Work
Seven-hour shifts at The Pink Pony or, a few times, Follies. Despite working seven to eight-hour shifts five days a week, Roberts says he didn't consider full-time work because the girls had the freedom to take breaks and spent much of the time entertaining clients by talking to them.
2 a.m. -3 a.m. – Return home
The girls would return home from work.
Weekends
The women had Sundays off because the clubs they danced in were closed. As a group, they chose one other day of the week off. Roberts said they weren’t allowed to go to clubs or after-hours spots because he felt that was not safe or business-like.
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