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YouTuber Convicted of Having Underaged Fans Send Explicit Videos

Fort Collins Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child Attorney
YouTuber Convicted of Having Underaged Fans Send Explicit Videos

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A YouTuber was dangerously close to being charged with Internet Sex Exploitation of a Child after having sexual conversations with underaged girls.

Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when an adult asks a child that they know is under the age of 15 to touch themselves or expose themselves while communicating online. A YouTuber was recently convicted of child porn after he encouraged his fans to send him naked photos and videos. He had online conversations with 6 girls, ages 14 and 15 where he requested they send him sexual videos of themselves. If he had asked them to perform the sexual acts while video chatting or talking to them on the phone, he would have been charged with Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child along with the Sexual Exploitation of a Child charges.

Larimer County Internet Sex Exploitation of a Child Lawyer: Definition of Internet Sexual Exploitation fro Youtuber

The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-405.4 – is

(1) An actor commits internet sexual exploitation of a child if the actor knowingly importunes, invites, or entices through communication via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message, a person whom the actor knows or believes to be under fifteen years of age and at least four years younger than the actor, to:

(a) Expose or touch the person’s own or another person’s intimate parts while communicating with the actor via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message; or

(b) Observe the actor’s intimate parts via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message.

So, there are two ways this crime can be charged:

  1. You ask someone under the age 15 to touch themselves or show their intimate parts while texting, instant messaging, calling, FaceTiming, or video chatting; or
  2. You show a person under the age of 15 your intimate parts while texting, instant messaging, calling, FaceTiming, or video chatting.

Sentence for Internet Sex Exploitation of a Child in Loveland and Estes Park

As a class 4 felony in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child is subject to the indeterminate sentencing, meaning the minimum for this crime is 2 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and the maximum is life.

If you or someone you love has been charged with Internet Sex Exploitation of a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007. Together, we can protect your future.

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