UPDATE:: Former state senator ordered to pay over $125,000 in restitution to child sex trafficking victim
A former Oklahoma lawmaker sentenced for child sex trafficking has been ordered to pay more than $125,000 in restitution.
Former state Sen. Ralph Shortey is serving a 15 year prison sentence
at a facility in Seagoville, Texas after pleading guilty in Nov. 2017.
Police caught Shortey in March 2017 in a Moore hotel room with a then
17-year-old boy.
The teenager said the two had kissed and “fooled around” when police officers arrived.
$125,850 will go to the victim.
UPDATE:: Ex-senator Ralph Shortey sentenced to 15 years in prison in child sex trafficking case
A former Republican state senator in Oklahoma has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on a child sex trafficking charge.
Ralph
Shortey was sentenced Monday in federal court in Oklahoma City. He had
faced a sentence of up to life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Shortey
pleaded guilty in November in exchange for prosecutors dropping three
child pornography charges against him. He said the plea deal was in the
best interest of him and his family.
This despicable POS is more concerned about his well-being than that of his victim, "'Mr. Shortey feels this is
a necessary step in putting this painful and
humiliating ordeal behind him, for both himself, his family and for the
state of Oklahoma,' the attorney said Friday."
Former state Sen. Ralph Shortey has agreed to plead guilty to a child
sex trafficking offense for offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for
sexual "stuff" last March.
In exchange for his guilty plea, U.S. prosecutors have agreed to drop three child pornography counts against him.
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By making a deal, Shortey, 35, hopes to avoid being locked up for most
of the rest of his life. Still, he will be required to serve at least a
10-year prison term, the mandatory minimum time for child sex
trafficking.
Former Oklahoma state senator has agreed to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking offense | News OK
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