All articles tagged with #underage girls
FBI released documents revealing Jeffrey Epstein's detailed demands and methods for procuring underage girls, including specific preferences and descriptions of encounters, shedding light on the extent of his criminal activities and those involved.
U.S. Marshals arrested Pastor Joseph Lyle Campbell in Missouri, who is accused of sexually abusing underage girls over a period of more than 40 years, involving multiple victims and multiple church affiliations.
Moroni Johnson, a member of an offshoot polygamous sect, pleaded guilty to conspiring with the sect's leader, Samuel Bateman, to transport underage girls across state lines for sexual activity. Bateman, who faces federal charges, is accused of creating a network to practice polygamy and engaging in sexual acts with minor girls. Several members of the sect, including Bateman's wives and followers, have also been charged in connection with the scheme.
Moroni Johnson, a businessman, pleaded guilty to conspiring with the leader of a polygamous sect to transport underage girls across state lines for sexual activity. The sect's leader, Samuel Bateman, is accused of creating a network to orchestrate sexual acts involving children and has been charged with multiple offenses. Bateman's followers, including his wives and male followers, are also facing charges related to child trafficking and sexual abuse.
Elvis Presley's stepbrother, David Stanley, claimed in a new Amazon Prime documentary that the singer committed suicide by premeditating the medications that killed him. Stanley alleged that Elvis couldn't carry on as worries consumed him that his alleged relationships with underage girls would be made public. The documentary also explores Presley's complicated relationship with his wife Priscilla Presley. Meanwhile, officials at the Elvis estate slammed Sofia Coppola's upcoming film Priscilla, based on Priscilla's memoir Elvis and Me, as a "money grab" produced without the estate's knowledge or consent.
The Cobb County District Attorney's Office has decided not to retry Ross Harris for murder in the hot car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. Harris was initially convicted but the Georgia Supreme Court overturned the conviction last year. The DA's office cited the lack of crucial motive evidence as the reason for not retrying Harris. Harris is still serving a 12-year sentence for exchanging graphic text messages with an underage girl. The DA's office has also decided not to try Harris on separate charges of possessing lewd photographs of two underage girls and sending nude photos of himself to those girls.
JPMorgan Chase was aware of accusations that Jeffrey Epstein paid to have underage girls brought to his home in 2006, according to allegations in a lawsuit by the US Virgin Islands. Mary Callahan Erdoes, head of the bank's asset and wealth management division, admitted in her deposition that JPMorgan was aware of the accusations. Despite concerns raised in 2006, the bank served Epstein for another seven years. The USVI and alleged Epstein victims sued JPMorgan last year, accusing it of facilitating the sex offender's crimes.
Former GOP operative Anton Lazzaro has been found guilty on all charges of sex trafficking underage girls. Lazzaro was charged with seven counts involving "commercial sex acts" with five minors ages 15 and 16 in 2020, when he was 30 years old. Federal prosecutors said Lazzaro paid teenagers for sex with money and gifts. He admitted to having sex with them, but denied recruiting them. Lazzaro's indictment touched off a political firestorm in the Republican Party of Minnesota.
Tony Lazzaro, a former Minnesota Republican political operative and top donor, testified in his own defense in his sex trafficking trial, denying that he paid for sex or the recruitment of young partners. He admitted to having sex with at least some of the five girls, who were 15 and 16, but denied that he paid them for sex. Lazzaro said he joined SeekingArrangement, a site that connects generally wealthy men with younger partners, back in 2013, but denied that he met his co-defendant Gisela Castro Medina on the site and paid her to find other sex partners for him.