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SC man sentenced to 30 years for sexually assaulting toddler, livestreaming it

David Allison (Beaufort County Sheriff's Office)

Authorities did not say how old the victim was except that the child was a toddler. — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a toddler and live streaming it, according to WJCL.

David James Allison, 32, was arrested in Beaufort County in 2020 after his wife called police and said she discovered pictures and a Skype conversation on his tablet.

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Beaufort County is on the Georgia/South Carolina border near Savannah.

Authorities did not say how old the victim was except that the child was a toddler.

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Allison pleaded guilty of one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

On July 2021, just days before he was set to stand trail, Allison pleaded guilty to four charges of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

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Allison also pleaded guilty to federal charges because his sexual acts with the victim were live-streamed over the internet, prosecutors said.

Allison was sentenced to 30 years on the state criminal sexual conduct charge and 20 years each on the sexual exploitation of a minor charges. A federal judge sentenced him to 30 years. His sentences will be served concurrently in a federal prison.

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