Florida couple allegedly recorded videos of child rape and incest – and shared them on Facebook
"This case absolutely sickens me," the local sheriff said. "This, in my opinion, is lower than any scum I've been around in a long, long time."
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A Florida couple is charged with various sex crimes after allegedly sending each other child sexual abuse material in a chat on Facebook. The resulting investigation into the pair revealed extreme depravity, including repeated abuse of an infant and toddler, according to law enforcement officials.
Sierra Campany, 24, stands accused of one count of forced fondling of a person under the age of 12. Nicholas Bassler Jr., 24, stands accused of one count of capital sexual battery on a person under the age of 12, according to Manatee County Court records reviewed by Law&Crime.
“What you’re looking at here is pure evil,” Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells said during a Wednesday press conference.
Content warning: references to extreme child sexual abuse follow.
“On Sept. 14, forensics on a cell phone showed video of Campany sexually battering a 3-year-old as well as a 10-month-old child,” Wells said. “Campany was interviewed by detectives and confessed to sexually battering the three and 10-month-old child.”
An affidavit of probable cause filed in Campany’s case contains graphic depictions of child sexual abuse. In the document, a deputy describes scenes from a video in which the defendant allegedly performs oral sex on her 3-year-old daughter and masturbates.
“She admitted to video recording this using her cell phone,” the woman’s probable cause affidavit reads. “Sierra confessed to taking numerous videos of [her daughter] in a sexual manner.”
On Sept. 15, additional forensic examination turned up “videos” of Bassler also sexually battering the 10-month-old, the sheriff said. After being arrested pursuant to a warrant, Bassler “made incriminating statements” that supported his own charge, Wells said.
