''Girl in Room 13'' is a television movie that premiered on

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on September 17, 2022. Part of Lifetime's '' Ripped from the Headlines'' series of movies, it is about

human trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...

and opioid addiction. The film stars

Anne Heche Anne Celeste Heche ( ; May 25, 1969August 11, 2022) was an American actress, known for her roles in a variety of genres in film, television, and theater, receiving numerous accolades, including a National Board of Review Award and multiple Emmy ...

, who completed production prior to her death. Heche appears in the film posthumously at the time of broadcast. The film is dedicated to her memory. The film has played a role in conspiracy theories that arose after Heche's accidental death, falsely claiming that the film was about Jeffrey Epstein's

sex trafficking Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. It has been called a form of modern slavery because of the way victims are forced into sexual acts non-consensually, in a form of sexual slavery. Perpetrators of the ...

ring and that Heche's car accident was actually an assassination by figures involved in the trafficking ring who wanted to silence Heche. Skeptics point to her apparent attempts to fight off firefighters while being wheeled into an ambulance as evidence that her car was remotely hijacked and crashed in order to silence her for helping shine the spotlight on pedophiles in positions of power, who may have been part of Epstein's sealed client list.

Plot

While recovering from a swimming injury, Grace (Larissa Dias) becomes addicted to opioids, and begins obtaining them illegally. She is ready to end her addiction with the help of her mother, Janie (Anne Heche), but is kidnapped by her drug dealer ex-boyfriend Richie (Max Montesi), who holds her prisoner in a motel room (numbered Room 13) to break her down and sell her into human trafficking. The story centers on Janie's search for her missing daughter and her fights with the police to get them to take the case seriously.

Cast

Cast with named characters, in credits order: *

as Janie * Larissa Dias as Grace * Max Montesi as Richie * Saskia Wedding as Red * Matt Hamilton as Burt * Brian Cyburt as Rex * Erika Bruci as Toni * Rhona Rees as L'Ryane * Taya Seaton as Ivy *

Jason Deline Jason Deline is a Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian, and director. He is best known for his role as Ernie in '' Ready or Not'', and for voicing the character of Drago in ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' and its reboot ''Bakugan Battle Planet''. ...

as Officer Munson * William Matzhold as Cray * Brahm Taylor as Derek * Madonna Gonzalez as Beth * Sarah Peguero as Rosa * Harmony Yen as Li

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External links

* {{IMDb title, 21663074 2022 television films American drama television films Lifetime (TV network) films Films about human trafficking Films about child abduction

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