In online conversations observed by The Times over four months, pedophiles portrayed model sites as the last of a shrinking number of Internet locations for sexual images of minors. There is even a site that offers images of girls and boys who appear to be 5 or 6 years old, wearing just diapers. The sites say the children come from different parts of the world, including the United States.īased on the images and wording from online advertisements, the sites show toddlers wearing tight thongs, and slightly older children posing evocatively while wearing makeup and feather boas. The sites often include images of "guests": children who are described as a friend of the featured child, but who appear for only a day. Almost all the children appear to be between the ages of 2 and 12.īased on descriptions in online customer forums and in Web pages showing image samples, the children are photographed by people who have frequent access to them. More than 200 of the sites have been found by The New York Times through online advertising aimed at pedophiles, and a vast majority focus mostly on one child. Sparkle is one of hundreds of children being photographed by adults, part of what appears to be the latest trend in online child exploitation: Web sites for pedophiles offering explicit, sexualized images of children who are covered by bits of clothing - all in the questionable hope of allowing producers, distributors and customers to avoid child pornography charges. According to the posted schedule, new photographs of her - many clearly intended to be erotic, all supposedly taken that week - are posted online every Friday for her growing legions of admirers. She has thousands of fans from around the world, membership lists show, who pay as much as $30 a month to see images of her. In just over seven months, the model has become an online phenomenon. She gazes at the viewer, her face showing a wisp of a smile that seems to have been coaxed from off-camera. Her tight panties and skimpy top are soaked and revealing. Two Utah men, Matthew Duhamel and Charles Granere, are facing federal child pornography charges for a child modeling site that featured minors in lingerie.In the photograph, the model is shown rising out of a bubble bath, suds dripping from her body. The filing of criminal charges against Webe Web is at least the second federal criminal case brought against operators of Web sites featuring minors in provocative poses. The bill died in committee amid objections from civil libertarians and commercial interests.įoley resigned from Congress in September after it was reported that he exchanged inappropriate e-mails with a teenage page. Mark Foley, R-Fla., who in 2002 introduced a bill called the Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act to attempt to tighten restrictions on the sale of photographs of minors. The sites also attracted the attention of Rep. Webe Web representatives defended the business model, denying the sites were aimed at pedophiles, but the controversy snowballed, and soon the company was featured in unflattering spots on national news programs like “Dateline NBC” and “Oprah.” Some are posed with facial expressions and in positions that suggest a willingness to engage in sexual activity.” “The children are dressed in underwear, adult lingerie, high heels, etc., and placed in sexually suggestive poses which focus the viewer's attention on the genital or pubic area. “There are no semi-nude or nude images,” she said. No nudity, but ‘sexually suggestive poses’ In an e-mail interview, Martin told that prosecutors will press charges against the defendants for photos showing the young girls scantily clothed but not nude under a federal statute that deems images that “show lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area” to be child pornography. “Here lewd has met lucrative, and exploitation of a child’s innocence equals profits.” Martin said in a statement announcing the indictments and the closure of all the Webe Web sites. “The images charged are not legitimate child modeling, but rather lascivious poses one would expect to see in an adult magazine,” U.S. Authorities said Pierson is cooperating with prosecutors. Photographer Jeff Pierson of Brookwood, Ala., also was charged with two counts of using a computer to “transport child pornography in interstate commerce” from January 2003 through 2004.
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