Sicko pleads guilty to paying for sexual torture videos involving monkeys for online group: ‘Sick person’
Amanda Leigh Fourez, a U.S. citizen from Illinois, pleaded guilty to paying for and distributing animal crush videos involving the sexual torture of monkeys. She was part of online groups dedicated to creating and sharing such violent content, which led to federal charges. Fourez faces up to seven years in prison and a $500,000 fine, with sentencing to be determined by a judge.
- ▪Amanda Leigh Fourez pleaded guilty to conspiracy and distribution charges related to animal crush videos featuring monkeys.
- ▪The videos included acts such as burning monkeys alive and mutilating their genitals, created at Fourez's request for a sexual fetish.
- ▪Fourez was part of online chat and payment groups focused on producing and sharing animal torture videos, violating a 2010 federal law updated in 2019.
- ▪Joseph Garrett Buckland, another participant, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the same case.
- ▪ICE and the FBI investigated the case, and Fourez faces a maximum of seven years in prison and a $500,000 fine upon sentencing.
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US News Sicko pleads guilty to paying for sexual torture videos involving monkeys for online group: ‘Sick person’ By Alec Schemmel, Fox News Published April 29, 2026, 5:38 a.m. ET Originally Published by: FBI brings alleged China-linked hacker to US in rare extradition Legal experts warn Comey ‘86 47’ indictment faces First Amendment hurdles Patel turns tables on Walz in response to viral tweet on Minnesota fraud raids A woman from Illinois is pleading guilty after paying thousands of dollars to have others make so-called “animal crush videos,” which included depictions of adult and baby monkeys being mutilated and tortured for users in a deranged online chat group.
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