密西西比州前体操教练Sean Gardner在Purvis体育馆洗手间偷拍未成年学员 判90年联邦监禁
美国密西西比州 Lamar 县 Purvis 市的前体操教练 Sean Gardner，因在体操馆洗手间藏设摄像头、偷拍未成年学员更衣与如厕，10月14日在 Hattiesburg 的联邦法院被判处90年联邦监禁。密西西比南区联邦检察官办公室当日宣布这一量刑。
Gardner 现年39岁，居住在爱荷华州 West Des Moines。他此前就三项制作儿童性虐待材料罪名认罪；据法庭记录，联邦地区法官 Kristi Johnson 对三项罪名各判30年、连续执行，合计90年，另判其出狱后终身监管释放、向受害人赔偿约9,290美元，并将其还押美国法警局羁押。
据法庭文件与庭上陈述，案件源于美国体育安全中心（U.S. Center for SafeSport）接到关于 Gardner 在担任体操教练期间对未成年运动员有不当行为的举报，中心将线索转交执法部门后，联邦与地方展开联合调查。执法人员搜查 Gardner 在爱荷华州的住所时查获多台电子设备，法证检查发现大量未成年人未着衣物的照片与视频，其中一些孩子不满12岁，画面看似由隐藏摄像头拍摄；调查人员确认，其中数段录于他此前任教的 Purvis 体操馆洗手间，文件最早可追溯到2017年与2018年，被拍到的数名未成年人是他的前学员。
密西西比南区联邦检察官 J.E. Baxter Kruger 表示：「今天的判决传递出一个无可置疑的信息：凡猎食我们的儿童者，必将被找到、被起诉，并被追究到法律允许的最高限度。今天的量刑确保 Gardner 将用余生为他造成的毁灭性伤害付出代价。」联邦调查局（FBI）负责探员 Robert A. Eikhoff 表示，Gardner 操纵并伤害儿童、辜负了家庭对他的深切信任，FBI 将动用一切资源追查剥削儿童者。
孩子曾在 Gardner 门下受训的家长，可通过FBI为本案设立的受害人信息页获取资源与进一步信息。本案由 FBI 与 West Des Moines 警局调查，助理联邦检察官 Kimberly Purdie 与 Lee Smith 起诉；案件属司法部2006年启动的全国性打击儿童性剥削行动「Project Safe Childhood」的一部分。
Former Gymnastics Coach Sean Gardner Sentenced to 90 Years in Federal Prison for Secretly Filming Young Gymnasts in Mississippi Gym Bathroom
Sean Gardner, a former gymnastics coach in Purvis, in Lamar County, Mississippi, was sentenced on October 14 in federal court in Hattiesburg to 90 years in federal prison for secretly videoing young gymnasts in the bathroom of a gym where he coached. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi announced the sentence the same day.
Gardner, 39, of West Des Moines, Iowa, had pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child sexual abuse material. According to court records, U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson imposed 30 years on each count, to run consecutively for a total of 90 years, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, and ordered him to pay about $9,290 in restitution to victims; he was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
According to court documents and statements made in court, the investigation began after reports were made to the U.S. Center for SafeSport alleging that Gardner, while working as a gymnastics coach, engaged in inappropriate conduct involving minor athletes. SafeSport forwarded the allegations to law enforcement, which led to a joint investigation by local and federal authorities. During a search of Gardner's Iowa residence, law enforcement seized multiple electronic devices; a forensic examination revealed numerous images and videos depicting minor children, some under the age of 12, in states of undress that appeared to have been recorded using a concealed camera. Investigators determined that several of the recordings were made in a restroom at a gym in Purvis, Mississippi, where Gardner previously worked, with files dated as early as 2017 and 2018, and identified several of the minors depicted as his former gymnastics students.
"Today's sentence sends an undeniable message: those who prey on our children will be found, prosecuted, and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law," said United States Attorney J.E. Baxter Kruger. "Today's sentence ensures that Gardner will spend the rest of his life paying the price for the devastating harm he caused." Robert A. Eikhoff, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said Gardner manipulated and abused children while betraying the profound trust their families placed in him, and that the FBI will marshal every resource to pursue those who exploit children.
Parents of children who were at any point under Gardner's instruction can find resources and further information through the FBI's victim information page for this case. The case was investigated by the FBI and the West Des Moines Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Kimberly Purdie and Lee Smith. It was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Department of Justice's nationwide initiative, launched in May 2006, to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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