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The abuser - whose name is not being released to protect the privacy of his victim, according to the Department of Justice - was sentenced to 32 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children and other charges stemming from sexual abuse.
During the abuse, the victim was between the ages of 13 and 15, officials said.
Federal prosecutors said that the man pleaded guilty in November 2021 in US District Court to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and second-degree child sexual abuse, with aggravating circumstances.
The man admitted to sexually abusing a teenage girl, and recording it on a cellphone, but claimed that he was only doing so to “train” the victim to fight off would-be rapists, according to officials.
More than 200 explicit images and videos were discovered on his cellphones by investigators.
Additionally, when law enforcement took the man into custody on March 23, 2020, the victim disclosed that he had raped her earlier that day.
He has been in custody since his arrest.
Following his prison term, the abuser will be placed on supervised release for life and will have to register as a sex offender.
Officials noted that in a related case involving the same victim, the defendant pleaded guilty in June 2022 in Prince George’s County to second-degree rape and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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