United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas

10/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/09/2024 15:52

Man Who Narrated Child’s Sexual Assault on Video Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Press Release

Man Who Narrated Child's Sexual Assault on Video Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas

A 43-year-old man who narrated the sexual assault of a 14-year-old on video has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

Vincent Jerome Thompson and his coconspirator, Lukumond Adebola Olatunji, 46, were indicted in January 2022. Mr. Thompson pleaded guilty in June 2024 to production of child pornography and aiding and abetting; Mr. Olatunji pleaded guilty to kidnapping a minor two months later. Mr. Thompson was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 240 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime term of supervised release, and ordered to register as a sex offender. Mr. Olatunji is slated to be sentenced in December.

"No child deserves to suffer the degradation this child endured," said U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton. "The callousness of the defendant's commentary on the video he shot, even as the victim plead with the perpetrators to be let go, shocks the conscience. The U.S. Attorney's Office is proud to stand up for this little girl - and every child abused in this manner."

"This defendant and his cohort coerced and sexually abused a child without regard for the lifelong trauma their actions would cause their victim, "said Travis Pickard, Special Agent in Charge of HSI Dallas. "Protecting minors from child predators remains a high priority for HSI. We will never relent in our efforts to apprehend those who seek to abuse our most vulnerable citizens."

According to plea papers, the men admit that on Oct. 23, 2021, they approached a 14-year-old girl and offered her a ride home. They then drove to an alleyway where Mr. Olatunji sexually assaulted her in the backseat of the car. Mr. Thompson recorded the assault on his cell phone, providing commentary as the assault progressed.

On the video, the child can be heard saying, "I don't want to do it no more," and "can we go?"

The pair then took the child to a nearby motel, where both men continued to sexually assault her. After approximately five hours inside the motel room, the child ran out of the room carrying her backpack and shoes. Police responded and searched the motel room, where they found condom wrappers and drug paraphernalia.

In interviews with law enforcement, both men admitted to engaging in sexual intercourse with the child. Mr. Olatunji admitted that the child repeatedly told them that she did not want to have sex anymore.

At Wednesday's sentencing hearing, the prosecutor noted that the victim was intellectually disabled.

Homeland Security Investigation's Dallas Field Office and the Dallas Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jenna Rudoff and Joe Magliolo (fmr.) are prosecuting the case

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Updated October 9, 2024
Topic
Project Safe Childhood