Ashley Kolhoff, Child Sex Abuse Material Production, Ohio 2020

Port Clinton, Ohio – A 15-year prison sentence has been handed down to a 22-year-old woman for producing and distributing child sexual abuse material.

Ashley Kolhoff, 22, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced today for producing sexually explicit images of a minor victim and posting them to a website dedicated to facilitating child exploitation. The images were then distributed to nine other members of the website.

According to court documents, Kolhoff engaged in a series of graphic conversations discussing the users’ desire to sexually abuse the victim. These disturbing conversations took place over the course of multiple days.

The announcement was made after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Aber for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Special Agent in Charge Raymond Villanueva of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C., were involved in the case.

Prosecution of the case was led by Trial Attorney Whitney Kramer of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Schlessinger for the Eastern District of Virginia.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the government to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

The victim in this case has undergone significant trauma, and it is the hope of law enforcement and prosecutors that this sentence will bring some measure of justice. The public is urged to remain vigilant in reporting any instances of child exploitation.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant/Respondent: Ashley Kolhoff; Crime: Production and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material; City and State: Port Clinton, Ohio; Exact Date: 2020; Sentence or Outcome: 15 years in prison.

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