Cyd Bennette, 38, professes her innocence while being arrested for prostitution on Halloween night in Durham, N.C. We are just friends. We were just talking, Bennette said, referring to the man she had been found sitting with in a car. Bennette has been previously cited for prostitution. Bennette is homeless and uses prostitution as a means to support a drug addiction. She began smoking crack after being molested by her stepfather when she was 16, Bennette said. Im just living and surviving, she said.