>> yeah, i understand what it is. >> her companion 25-year-old simon hudson eventually pleaded guiltyg proceeds from prostitution. stephanie claims simon is unfortunate victim of a misunderstanding. >> in no way, shape or form is he exploiting you? >> no, never. he found out i was homeless and was living in my car and he said this is ridiculous. you can come and stay with me. i hadn't slept in a bed in so long. gave me his room. i simon showed me a lot of kindness. >> when we sat down with stephanie, by then she had stopped selling sex and her friendship with simon had grown deeper. shortly after our interview, simon was back in the county jail for another probation violation. this time exceeding his 10:00 p.m. curfew. nonetheless, stephanie maintains loyal. >> he makes me want to be better, because he is constantly reminding me how good of a person he thinks i am. >> what do you want people to know about young women who are selling themselves? >> we're not all whores. we're not all trying to get a drug fix. there's people out there that really need help and there really is nowhere el

hudson bay looking to put that value to work. courtney reagan is there with a special guest. >> reporter: good morning, simon.g here with saks on fifth avenue with richard baker. this building the most valuable retail building in the world. we say this is the best than half the real atate portfolio. how do you unlock that value so that it's i realized by investors. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> it's a great commentary on manhattan and new york city. the values we've seen on fifth avenue for a whole variety of different asset classes has been impressive. it's no big surprise to us this appraisal is part of our financing and highlighted the value of this particular building. as the ceo of the hudson bay company we think and our team believes that it's important to let shareholders understand the value of the assets within our company. we go to, we do a lot of work to highlight the value of our real estate so our shareholders can understand where opportunities are and where the value of our company is. additionally, as we highlight the value of our real estate, it creates tremendous value to our balance s