Joshua Clayton Brady, Child Pornography, Virginia 2023

Joshua Clayton Brady Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Pornography

A Chesterfield County man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography. Joshua Clayton Brady, 36, made sexually explicit videos with multiple female victims between the ages of 14 and 16 using the internet application Skype.

According to court documents, Brady met these victims on various dating websites, falsely representing himself as a member of one of two wealthy families in the United Kingdom and the United States. He sometimes threatened to expose the victims’ activities on those websites to their parents to coerce their participation in the sexual activity.

Brady engaged in similar conduct with adult women he had met online. He reapproached a victim several years after recording her, when she was a college freshman, and induced her to wire him money and allow him to use her credit cards by threatening to release the videos he had made previously.

The case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force is composed of FBI agents, along with other federal agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, announced the sentencing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael C. Moore and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel E. Fishel prosecuted the case.

Brady's sentencing serves as a reminder of the importance of online safety and the need for awareness about online sexual exploitation. The Eastern District of Virginia launched the 'UnMasked' program in 2021 to educate the community about the prevalence of online sexual exploitation involving children and young adults.

To report an incident involving online sexual exploitation, call 1-800-843-5678 or submit a report at report.cybertip.org. To request an UnMasked event at your school or organization, please contact EDVA’s Community Outreach Coordinator at USAVAE.UnMasked@usdoj.gov.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/chesterfield-county-man-sentenced-production-child-pornography