| Man Charged With Producing
Child Porn Is Allowed To Plead to Extortion
Victims Outraged
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 21 – Griffin Kapelus was
charged with production of
child pornography, possession
of child pornography, and
extortion, for directing a
number of victims to sent
photos and videos of
themselves and then
threatening to post them
online.
Kapelus
was allowed to plead guilty
only to extortion.
On
December 21 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Sidney H. Stein held his
sentencing. Inner City Press
covered it.
A number of
victims spoke. Outrage was
expressed at allowing Kapelus
to plead guilty only to
extortion, and thus not
register as a sex offender.
A victim said she
would have spoke at the change
of plea proceeding but was not
notified about it.
Another
victim said there had been no
contact by Probation, which
recommended no jail
time. A victim
said she is unsure she will
even trust a man again, will
always live in fear of these
images resurfacing on the
Internet, how will she explain
them?
Judge Stein
said this was a case with pain
on all sides. He noted the
defendant's history of mental
health issues.
When
Judge Stein issued his
sentence - three years of
probation with Internet
monitoring and no social media
without prior permission -
there was a loud "b*llshit!"
on the line.
Judge
Stein to his credit took note
of it, saying that he had
heard someone expressing a
negative opinion. Inner City
Press heard it too.
The case is
US v. Kapelus, 20-cr-511
(Stein)
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