Man from Kansas City pleads guilty to child porn charges
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Kansas City man, who was arrested on child pornography charges while working as a cabaret singer in Mexico, has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Wyatt Christopher Maxwell, also known as “Louis Whitaker,” 24, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of attempting to produce child pornography.
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According to Wednesday’s plea agreement, the Overland Park Police Department received tips in February 2021, via the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline, that Maxwell was producing child pornography with a 16-year-old resident of Overland Park.
Maxwell reportedly uploaded the child pornography to various online accounts. The child victim told investigators that Maxwell had been recording sexually explicit videos of the two of them for several months. Some of the recordings were created at Maxwell’s residence and some were created in a nearby park.
A federal indictment shows Maxwell lived in Kansas City, Missouri, at the time of the alleged crimes. He then moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he went by the name “Louis Whitaker” and worked as a cabaret singer.
Investigators found 39 videos of child pornography that were downloaded on Maxwell’s cell phone, 96 videos of child pornography involving the child victim, and 24 images of child pornography involving the child victim.
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Investigators confirmed payments from Maxwell’s OnlyFans account totaling $49,151, and from Maxwell’s JustForFans account totaling $2,954. There were 153 videos uploaded to the JustForFans account, 16 of which depicted sexual activity involving the child victim.
A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
