Former US diplomat admits possessing child pornography

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former U.S. diplomat has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

Forty-two-year-old Gons Nachman entered his plea Thursday at federal court in Alexandria.

Nachman admitted having sexual relationships with girls as young as 14 while serving as a consular officer in Brazil and Congo. He also acknowledged documenting the encounters in pictures and videos.

Nachman faces nine to 11 years in prison.



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Envoy faces more sex charges
By Matthew Barakat
March 3, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS



Prosecutors are planning to bring additional child-pornography charges against a U.S. diplomat charged with pressuring visa applicants for sex while stationed in Brazil.



Gons G. Nachman, 42, who has addresses in Alexandria and the District, was arrested last month and charged with possession of child pornography, misuse of his diplomatic passport and making false statements.



In court papers, prosecutor Ron Walutes said he expects a superseding indictment early this month that will add charges of producing child pornography — charges that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, unlike simple possession charges, which have a maximum of 10 years and no statutory minimum.



The child-pornography charges stem from videos Mr. Nachman made of himself having sex with girls as young as 15 in Congo and Brazil, where he was stationed as a vice consul, prosecutors said. According to the criminal complaint, Mr. Nachman required his maid to film and photograph the sex.

more:http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080303/METRO/383316616/1004

[skooooo]

1. Filthy pig.

[enid602]

2. at least it's not . . .

Thank God it wasn't Shirley Temple Black.

[lonestarnot]

3. fucking freak!

[Lance_Boyle]

4. I guess it has to be asked...

is 15 uder the legal age of consent in the jurisdictions where the icky activities were filmed? I think it probably isn't, which is why they're going for the child porn charges instead of rape charges, not to mention the misuse of diplomatic passport and false statements. But I wonder... what if a Brazilian guy of 18 years comes into this country with videos of sexual activities involving his 16-year-old girlfriend? Would he also be on the hook for child porn charges?

[Hugabear]

5. Aren't there places in this country where you can get married at 16?

I'm pretty sure that there has to be parental consent, but I think there are states that allow girls as young as 16 to marry. So if a 19-yr old were to marry a 16-yr old in one of these states, and then film their wedding night festivities, would that be considered child porn? (assuming of course he kept it for personal consumption, and didn't distribute it)

[JohnnyCougar]

6. I think it used to be 14 in Texas until just a few years ago.

I think that's why the cult moved there. I heard they raised it to 16 because of that cult.

[pitohui]

8. yeah well he didn't do the dirty deed in THIS country did he now?

if i spit on the street in singapore, legal in the usa, i will be caned in singapore and so on

the law of the land in texas is not the law of the land the world over

many 3 and 4th world countries have had enough of creeps trawling for young stuff and they want to make an example of anyone who tries it, if you are poor and have nothing but your pride, then your pride becomes very important to you

if you want to marry at 14 i guess you'd better stay home in new hampshire

[pitohui]

7. i thought in most africa nations and now in latin america too you must be 18

i might be a dodo bird but in the african and latin american nations i have traveled to (which is certainly not all of them or the majority of them) i was given information that suggested the female partner must be 18

[pitohui]

9. yes in the usa if any person is under 18 in the film it's child porn

i'm not going to say how i know this but i know this

even in the usa, where it's perfectly legal in many a state to boff underage girls, if you put it on FILM, you are committing a crime *even if she's 17*

you have to be an arrogant idiot to film girls in 3rd and 4th world countries who are not age 18

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. A moderator remove this news this morning

glad a mod put it back up.

[OKthatsIT]

11. Was he a Bush appointee?

[struggle4progress]

14. Dunno. But they recommended him for promotion in 2006:

NOMINATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GENERALIST LIST 2006 #7 ...

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: APER
SUBJECT: NOMINATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GENERALIST LIST
2006 #7
STATE 00005328 001.2 OF 003 ...

6. For appointment as Foreign Service Officers of Class Four, Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service of the United States of America: ...
STATE 00005328 003.2 OF 003 ...
Gons Gutiirrez Nachman, of Florida ...

http://www.afsa.org/state/nomination2006.cfm

[struggle4progress]

12. Diplomat faces sex charges (February 2008)

Foreign Service officer Gons Nachman was charged in US District Court of using his status to pressure female visa applicants in Brazil for sex ... The affidavit said that Nachman had pursued sexual relationships with attractive female visa applicants while stationed in Rio de Janeiro and that he admitted to having sexual relationships with two women ... http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/02/18/2003401889

[struggle4progress]

13. Nudists strip down for cause (April 1995)

Issue date: 4/18/95
Melissa Wagenberg (Daily Pennsylvanian Staff Writer)

... Speaking in front of television cameras and in the buff, Association President and third-year Law Student Gons Nachman, explained the Naturist platform ... Nachman stood with his unclothed counterparts, and fully clothed Naturists handed out literature ...

http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1995/04/18/Resources/Nudists.Strip.Down.For.Cause-2177956.shtml