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The Super Bowl has long been a magnet for sensationalized anti-trafficking narratives that often result in the criminalization of consensual adult sex workers and their clients. However, this year in New Orleans marked a shift—there were no arrests of adult consensual workers or their clients under the usual rhetoric. The Sex Worker Super Bowl Bail Out, typically focused on freeing sex workers impacted by these crackdowns, played a notably different role as the city simply chose not to waste resources on such stings.