An Ohio father who learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult turned to the police for help
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In the redacted body camera recording obtained by The Associated Press, the father asks if there's anything the police can do. A female officer is heard replying that his 11-year-old could be charged with creating “child porn."“It doesn’t matter," the officer said."She’s still creating it.” Columbus police spokesperson Andrés Antequera said the agency has a nuanced policy that considers each case individually, but that “the focus is to protect the minor through education, counseling and social services, not criminal charges.”
Rebecca Epstein, the executive director of the Center on Gender Justice and Opportunity at Georgetown University's law school, said charges against victims are common. Epstein co-authored a report in April looking at how survivors of sexual assault and abuse are often criminalized. Riya Saha Shah, the senior managing director of the Juvenile Law Center, said the center was part of that advocacy and has continued to raise concerns about sexual exploitation laws being used against child victims.
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