Proxy Sexual Predator Gets Life

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Redford Township 'sexual Svengali' sentenced to life in prison

The Detroit News

Detroit— A Redford Township man accused of persuading mothers in three states to sexually assault their children was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to six counts.

Steven Demink, 41, portrayed as a sexual Svengali who met women on websites devoted to single parents, pleaded guilty to counts related to mothers from Virginia, Idaho and Florida. Demink was accused of forging relationships with women on the Internet and manipulating them into sexually assaulting young children.

"This sentence reflects the outrageous harm this predator inflicted on innocent children," U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said in a statement. "In some ways, the defendant has already imposed a life sentence on them."

Using the pseudonym Dalton St. Clair, he portrayed himself as a father of a 14-year-old daughter. Relying on St. Clair's alleged psychological training, prosecutors said Demink convinced seven mothers to commit sex acts on their children as part of a "re-training" of the children, who ranged in age from three years old to 15 years old, and were boys and girls.

Authorities have rescued seven children in Idaho, Virginia and Florida who were under the care of four mothers.

Prosecutors say he convinced the women to assault their children and photograph or stream the assaults over the Internet.

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110803/METRO/108030426/Redford-Township-'sexual-Svengali'-sentenced-to-life-in-prison#ixzz1U4hGUoDD

Edited August 4, 2011 by IR5FORMUMSIE