Becky Gillespie, Child Sex Exploitation, Ohio 2024

A Columbus woman has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 3-year-old victim, as reported by the U.S. District Court in Ohio.

Becky Gillespie, 29, was sentenced on May 27, 2024, to 276 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old victim, recording the abuse and distributing it to other exploiters.

According to court documents, Gillespie sent Snapchat videos on numerous dates in December 2023 to other users that depicted her engaged in sex acts or sexually explicit conduct with the 3-year-old victim.

Law enforcement also discovered a photo of a second young victim, who was posed on Gillespie’s nude breasts in an image on her electronic devices.

Gillespie communicated with another Snapchat user who was under investigation in Australia for numerous child pornography-related offenses. The two traded sexually explicit videos, including the content Gillespie created of the 3-year-old.

As a result of information obtained by Australian Federal Police, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Canberra, and the South Australian Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team, local HSI initiated an investigation into Gillespie.

Gillespie was charged in January 2024 and pleaded guilty in December 2024.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit and the U.S. District Court in Ohio announced the sentence imposed by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Sarah D. Morrison.

The case was represented by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer M. Rausch and Emily Czerniejewski.

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