Authorities said a man is accused of using threats of deportation to force a woman from Nicaragua and her daughter into sexual servitude.
The man, Jason White, and the unnamed woman were married for three years.
Sheriff's investigators said Jason White told his wife he would not go to affirm their marriage unless she did exactly what he demanded.
White's mother, Toddie White, said Jason traveled to Nicaragua to marry the woman, but she couldn't become a legal resident until they could prove that they were married for more than two years.
Toddie White claims the allegations are false - "He loved her," Toddie White told ABC.
"He had too much control," Cleveland County Maj. Joel Shores said.
Shores said he not only sent inappropriate text messages through Facebook to his stepdaughter, he also touched the teen.
Stranded thousands of miles away from home, White's wife and daughter have now moved out of the house and are living with friends in Casar, North Carolina.
NC man accused of using threats to force wife, stepdaughter into sexual servitude
Authorities said a man is accused of using threats of deportation to force a woman from Nicaragua and her daughter into sexual servitude.
