How Police Cracked Canada's Largest Child Pornography Ring
What the Toronto Police found was even worse than they’d expected.
What the Toronto Police found was even worse than they’d expected.
Robert Kolker The Walrus Aug 2017 25min Permalink
Ricky Rodriguez was born in the role of the messiah. His father was David Berg, the leader of the polygamous/incestuous cult The Children of God, which published a book documenting his early life:
In 1982 a shop in Spain printed several thousand copies of a book that was then distributed to group members around the world. Bound in faux leather, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, the 762-page tome meticulously chronicled Ricky's young life and was intended as a child-rearing manual for families. Its title, The Story of Davidito, was stamped in gold. With its combination of earnest prose and unabashed child pornography, it is perhaps the most disturbing book ever published in the name of religion.
Eventually, he left the cult and found work as an electrician. But revenge called him back.
Peter Wilkinson Rolling Stone Jul 2005 Permalink
A college football coach is falsely accused of producing and possessing child pornography.
Eli Saslow ESPN May 2013 15min Permalink
Calculating restitution for victims of child pornography.
Emily Bazelon New York Times Magazine Jan 2013 20min Permalink
How investigators nabbed a key member of a group called “Lost Boy.”
John H. Tucker LA Weekly Jan 2012 25min Permalink
What happens when a decades old video, featuring the artist Larry Rivers’ prepubescent daughters bare-chested, is claimed both as child pornography and as an important part of the archive of a major American painter.
Michael Shnayerson Vanity Fair Dec 2010 25min Permalink
Featuring the debut of the “Ghost Sex Defense.”
Josh Levin Slate Jun 2008 Permalink
The “Shaggy Defense,” the “Little Man Defense,” and more—live from R. Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trial.
Josh Levin Slate May 2008 Permalink