Louisiana Mother Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Child For Money

Baton Rouge, LA (KPEL) — A Louisiana mother has pleaded guilty after being accused of bringing her child to a pornographic photo shoot with a 'self-identified pedophile'.

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The very criminals parents and law enforcement work to protect children from on a daily basis was intentionally brought a child for a sexually explicit photoshoot by their mother.

Louisiana Mother Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Child For Money

Hannah Kinchen, age 40, from Gonzales, Louisiana, admitted to coordinating with a photographer who is a known pedophile to hold a photo shoot to boost the child modeling career, according to WAFB.

Authorities reported that Kinchen even went as far as posing the victim, who was wearing revealing garments, for the photographer.

Kinchen received the images through an online file sharing site, and some of the graphic images that were classified as child pornography were sold, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Project Safe Childhood is actively working nationwide to combat child exploitation and abuse found in heartbreaking cases like this one.

As of now, Kinchen will be sentenced this summer in July and faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and the potential of a maximum penalty of 20 years.

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