Efrem Zelony-Mindell, a former VICE contributor, was sentenced to 90 months in prison for distribution of child pornography.
Zelony-Mindell, who describes himself as a “non-binary queer” artist, was arrested in December 2022 after engaging in conversations with undercover FBI agents on his desire to sexually abuse children.
“In the conversations, ZELONY-MINDELL repeatedly expressed in graphic and unambiguous terms their desire to engage in sexual activity with minor children and sent the undercover agents numerous images and videos containing child pornography,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York said in a press release.
The press release continued:
In conversations with one of the undercover agents who was posing as the father of a nine-year-old boy, ZELONY-MINDELL made clear that they wanted to engage in sexual activity with the purported child. ZELONY-MINDELL and the undercover agent discussed a plan to meet for the purpose of ZELONY-MINDELL engaging in sexual activity with the child. When told by the undercover agent that the child would be “knocked out a little bit” on sleep medication during the planned sexual activity,…
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