By Erika Hernandez
24 Oct 2024, 18:02 PM EDT
Authorities reported that A Hispanic man from New Jersey accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida teenager on the adults-only website OnlyFans has pleaded guilty to child abuse.
Ethan Diaz, 22, of New Jersey, reached a plea agreement in a Florida court in September and He was sentenced to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised probation.according to court documents.
He was given credit for more than a year of prison time served. Diaz was ordered not to use OnlyFans and not have contact with the victim during his probation.
Reuters reported on Diaz’s case in a July investigation that documented dozens of allegations in U.S. police and court records that child sexual abuse material appeared on OnlyFans. The complaints cited more than 200 explicit videos and images of children, including some adults performing oral sex on young children.
The authorities said that Díaz met the girl online and convinced her to produce sexual content of herself to sell on OnlyFans.
According to investigators, over about three months in early 2023, Díaz posted dozens of sexual videos and images of the girl on an OnlyFans account that he controlled. He also ordered the girl to post sexually explicit material of herself on the account, they said.
In April 2023, police say, Diaz flew from New Jersey, picked up the girl at her home and was arrested at an Airbnb where prosecutors say he filmed six sex videos with her. He was arrested before he could post them on OnlyFans.
Diaz also pleaded not guilty to charges of custodial interference and unlawful use of a communications device.
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