Amanda Leigh Fourez pleads guilty to distributing and creating monkey torture videos
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Updated · Fox News · Apr 28
Amanda Leigh Fourez pleads guilty to distributing and creating monkey torture videos
8 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 28
Fourez, from Illinois, admitted to paying thousands of dollars to commission and distribute 'animal crush videos' depicting adult and baby monkeys being tortured and mutilated in online chat groups.
She faces up to five years in prison for conspiracy and seven years for distribution, with fines up to $500,000. Another group member, Joseph Garrett Buckland, also recently pleaded guilty to related charges.
The case was investigated by ICE and the FBI under federal animal cruelty laws, which were strengthened in 2019. Sentencing will be determined by a judge after reviewing federal guidelines.
Seven years in prison for commissioning torture: Is this justice enough for such a crime?
American buyers are being jailed, but what fate awaits the video creators in Indonesia?
Does the psychology behind animal torture videos signal a future threat of human violence?
How did investigators follow the digital money trail to expose these secret torture groups?
Beyond arrests, what is being done to dismantle the torture networks operating in Indonesia?