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A 43-year-old Virginia Beach woman, Grace Elizabeth Paradis, has been sentenced to 28 years and four months in prison for conspiring to produce child sexual abuse material. Paradis abused two minor children, ages five and nine, and recorded the abuse, which she then provided to her former boyfriend, Cory Richard Hambley. The abuse occurred in November 2022, when Hambley, who was married at the time, contacted Paradis and encouraged her to produce the material.
Paradis used the promise of the child sex abuse material to negotiate with Hambley, who was married, to commit to marrying her and helping her with a rent payment. She even prepared a contract outlining the grooming and sexual abuse she and Hambley would inflict on future children. Hambley was also sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the conspiracy.
The case was investigated by the Homeland Security Investigations Norfolk office, with assistance from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Virginia Beach Police Department, and Middlesex Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Gantt and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Marek prosecuted the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The initiative marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Sex Crimes
- Defendant: Virginia
- Location: VA
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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