Man charged with alleged child porn via PS3
A Kentucky man has been charged after allegedly persuading an 11-year-old girl to send nude pictures of herself while they played video games online via their PlayStation 3 consoles, according to reports.
Police have charged Anthony Scott O'Shea, 24, of Somerset, Ky., with promoting child pornography, online solicitation of a minor, and sexual performance of a child, the Houston Chronicle reported Saturday. Because the girl lives in the Houston area, O'Shea faces extradition to Texas.
The Chronicle cited court documents stating that O'Shea met the girl while they were playing Warhawk via the PS3's online network late last year. Over several weeks, he persuaded her to send him photos and to perform for him via a Webcam.
According to police, he shared the photos with others online. The girl told police the man "kept pressuring her for more pictures and wanted to set up a meeting with her in order to engage in sexual activity," the Chronicle said.
The girl eventually told her parents, who contacted police.
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Regardless, it's nice how fan boys even announce their stupidity and brand loyalty even when it comes to child predators. What a great person you are.
Why not use "game console". Was there a need to be specific ? Is the brand name of the game console relevant for the story ?
Blaming the victim is the sign of a slow mind.
haha, eleventeen?
Having a Wii on the other hand...
I hope this guy gets locked up with the biggest, meanest, most sexually active inmate in prison.
There's an age at which hormones kick in and biological structures complete the last stage of their progress, it also starts the maturation of the complementary brain processes. The early stages of biological readiness happen before the brain is intellectually ready to deal with it; abusing the trust of a young girl who is still playing with dolls and dreaming of prince charming but mostly because he likes the castle part can really scar her for life.
It's an uneven battle too, full-grown guy with all his cunning against the immature incomplete wits of a child; how wrong can that be ? We don't allow advertising to even happen that way, how about direct promotion ? That guy is indistinct from feces in my book.
What is wrong with you people? Seriously.
A child has been sexually abused and all the cometary has been about game systems and blaming it on an undeveloped mind! To "mrcjacobs" who said she is "just plain stupid!" you're right! She's 11 years old! If she was hanging out in a bar with this guy and didn't know better, well servers her right!.. People like this guy are sociopaths. They get what they want by convincing the child to do light things slowly ramping up to the harder stuff. They imply that they're friends and that it's harmless and the child wants the positive attention so they play along, by the time it gets to the point that they clearly understand what is going on isn't right, the guy on the other end has them convinced it is all their fault so if they stop or try to tell someone, he'll expose their dirty little secret... Yes, as shocking as it may be to the "intelligent" minds here, a child CAN be tricked that easily. Just a reminder - people are calling her a teenager. That's 13+. This is an eleven year old CHILD we're talking about. GROW UP!
Until they reach their late teens, some girls are only too eager to pose in their underwear on Facebook without even being asked to (most infamous example: Miley Cyrus).
The stereotypical image of a pedophile is a dirty old man in their 40s or 50s - recently we've seen a lot of stories about pedophiles in their 20s. I hope stories like this one warn parents that children can be targeted by people who are not much older than them.
But this is still pretty messed up.
Also i find it funny how people still manage to bring in console loyalty.
The internet is an ADULT area, not a kids area, you can't clean it up or make it a Disneyland.
The best thing is to be there and monitor, the next best is to learn how to use technology and severely limit access to the internet. I personally would put a capture system on my child's access and monitor everything if I'm not watching. And YES, I would tell the child I have done this. They want privacy, they can have all they want when I say so, or when they move out. ie: 18 and graduated from high school.
The reality of sexuality is that a "child" or "adult" is what the society dictates they are. In America, only 100 years ago, girls routinely got married at 13 or 14, sometimes less. Kentucky law used to allow a 13 year old male to marry a 12 year old female WITHOUT parent's permission. Most all states have changed the law to the 16-18 age group. Now when a 12 year old got married in 1880, her family and friend all recognized it as a good thing. Now, all her friends and family would look on disapproving. This social pressure is why a girl of 14 today would feel "guilty" about it. Right or wrong, we live within society's rules or suffer the wrath of the law.
Also, since today, we don't teach our kids crap about responsibility, they really shouldn't be allowed to decide on sexual matters. Our present "impulsive, give it to me now" society needs some sort of leash to make some sort of boundaries. I prefer to limited rules, but since the lawyers have taken away the whole concept of personal responsibility, we are stuck with the government's attempts to protect ourselves from our own stupidity.
AND! you are nuts to think that the internet is NOT an adult area. You also probably think that the only people on it speak English and live in the US. Another clueless American giving the rest of us a bad name.
Oh and one more thing, "pedosexuality" is ok by me if it's two kids of the same age, limited manipulation in that case, but if your one of those 12 year old with a 40 year old preponents, give me a break. Go have a kid and then let it run around with adults 3 to 4 times it's age and let's see what happens. Sigh...
As for Lerianis3 - by the standards of virtually every society of humans on this planet, you're wrong. For starters, nature (or God, or whatever) has most humans not being fertile (post-pubescent) until 14 or 15, and the human forebrain (the part of the cerebral cortex) that does risk/benefit judgments (for self-behavior, like smoking, speeding, etc.) isn't fully developed until around age 20. We're born with hands, also, but lack the motor skills to draw or write until we're 6 - 8 years old. We're born with lungs and mouths, but can't speak a language until we're two, and not well until we're 6 - 8 years. So your logic is wrong, and the rest of us are hoping you get therapy for your abnormal, deviant, and (thankfully) rare emotional/cognitive disorder that has led you to sexualize young children (possibly as a result of your own abuse).
NOBODY here is even slightly convinced by your faulty logic - please stop promoting pedophilia or any other crime on this forum, that is NOT it's purpose.
As for Lerianis3: Pedophiles love to talk to one another and try to justify their sickness. They try to worm around a subject to make it sound acceptable. (catchy terminology, faulted annalists trying to make it sound right) Do not fool yourself. What you're thinking is twisted and wrong and can never be acceptable to society no matter how much you wish for it. Act on your misbegotten notions of sexuality and we'll find you and put you in a bad place for a very long time. We'll tell everyone how messed up you are, and forever shun you, watch your actions around our children, and persecute you mercilessly. Don't believe me? Try posting your name and address on this forum and see how much attention you get.
it's your way of thinking that's causing so many problems on the internet, this whole fear that we got do everything possible to protect our children... how about instead of policing the internet you police your damn children? this could have easily been avoided if the parents were involved with their child which clearly they were not.
c'mon. There's always going to be girls who are willing to do this sort of thing; either for ego, to rebel, or because they think they're in love. And there's always going to be guys (of any age) willing to talk them into doing it. It's nothing new and it'll never end.
Teach your children well, give them some morals, make sure they value themselves. That's all we can really do. Or you can stick your head in the sand and just blame it on the pedophiles. Not that they aren't to blame, but the list is far bigger than them.
- by revis750 April 1, 2009 2:03 PM PDT
- Simply having photos of someone topless or naked who is under 18 should not be illegal?we are born naked. (PURITAN prosecutors disagree)
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(41 Comments)Many times the kids who snap photo via cell phone get FELONY charges for life and have to register as sex offenders.
Prosecutors are esp. puritan when they charge a girl for a topless pic but not a boy. A younger girl?s chest is nearly same size as boy.
Women still don?t have equal rights.
Yes, this guy did go too far by asking for her to perform and wanting to meet her for sex?too much age difference, he should be charged w/ something.