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Well-liked homosexual porn star “Austin Wolf” was busted Friday on fees that he despatched and obtained tons of of kid porn movies out of his Manhattan residence.
Justin Heath Smith, 43, who makes use of “Austin Wolf” as his stage title, traded the horrific movies — together with one exhibiting a 10-year-old little one sure and raped — with an nameless goal of an FBI probe on the encrypted app Telegram, authorities stated.
An undercover FBI agent then used that particular person’s Telegram account to talk with Smith and make sure his establish, court docket papers stated.
The feds raided Smith’s Manhattan residence in April and located round 200 movies containing little one porn on an SD card contained in the grownup movie star’s pc room, the grievance alleges.
Smith, sporting a tight-fitted athletic grey shirt and blue denims, was ordered held with out bail at a listening to in Manhattan federal court docket Friday afternoon.
Prosecutor Getzel Berger described him as a “hazard to kids on-line, hazard to kids offline, hazard to kids all over the place.”
His lawyer, Michael Baldassare, had urged US Justice of the Peace Decide Robyn F. Tarnofsky to order Smith, who has no legal historical past, held as a substitute on 24-hour home arrest with GPS monitoring.
The legal professional pressed the choose to not ship Smith to Brooklyn’s troubled Metropolitan Detention Middle, which is on a 23-hour-a day lockdown after an inmate was stabbed to loss of life earlier this month.
Baldassare argued that his proposed restrictions would make Smith’s “residence the MDC” — however would “let him eat, bathe, not get murdered” and never have a cell stuffed with maggots.
However Tarnofsky, calling the allegations, “very troubling,” stated from the bench that releasing Smith “couldn’t fairly guarantee the protection of the neighborhood.”
Smith is charged with one depend every of distribution and receipt of kid pornography and possession of kid pornography.
He faces a compulsory minimal sentence of 5 years in jail, and a max of 20 years, if convicted on the highest depend.
As federal marshals led him out of the courtroom, Smith turned to face his life companion of 10 years, who was sitting within the courtroom gallery, and mouthed, “I’m sorry.”
He is due again in court docket for an preliminary listening to on July 29.
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