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True Crime

mr_lebowski

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2. That's about what people get, time-wise, if they drive drunk and kill someone ...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2019, 01:35 PM

May 2019

Assuming that the claim that they were only 'twerking' videos, and the girls made the vids of their own volition, and the guy didn't attempt to meet/hookup/touch the girls, nor did he sell or distribute the videos ... and 14 is the youngest ... which I'd assume are all true, based on the article ...

Then 10 years in Federal Prison strikes me as a bit excessive of a penalty.

Not saying the dudes not a huge creep who deserves some time, to be clear.

Just MHO.

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YouTube star gets 10 years in prison for persuading underage girls to send him sexually explicit vid [View all] Eugene May 2019 OP

I guess YouTube didn't make him rich enough to enter the upper tier of America's catbyte May 2019 #1

That's about what people get, time-wise, if they drive drunk and kill someone ... mr_lebowski May 2019 #2