Surviving the Music Industry: Trafficking, Healing & the Fight for Accountability
Featuring Ilonka Deaton
In this powerful episode of Not On My Watch, host April Moss sits down with survivor, advocate, and recording artist Ilonka Deaton, who shares her journey of overcoming six years of trafficking within the music industry and dedicating her life to protecting others from exploitation.
Deaton reveals how trafficking often hides behind influence, opportunity, and institutional protection — and why the fight to defend children must include cultural courage, parental vigilance, and legal accountability. Ilonka brings both lived experience and policy expertise to the front lines of reform, including testimony before judiciary committees and survivor-informed legal advocacy that has reached the United States Supreme Court.
Ilonka also discusses how God brought healing and restoration through faith and her music.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How trafficking operates inside systems of power and silence
- What parents must know about grooming and manipulation tactics
- The connection between trafficking, pornography, and cultural breakdown
- Why legal reforms and institutional accountability are essential to protecting children
- How survivors can find healing, identity, and freedom through faith
Read More: This episode is produced by America’s Future Project Defend & Protect Our Children (PDPC). Subscribe to the PDPC Bulletin for critical updates, parental tools, and ways to take action in your community.
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32 mins