Woman pleads guilty to paying for sexual torture videos involving monkeys for online group: 'Sick person'
Amanda Leigh Fourez of Illinois pleaded guilty to paying thousands of dollars to commission and distribute 'animal crush videos' depicting the sexual torture of monkeys, part of a deranged online network. She faces up to seven years in prison and a $500,000 fine. Joseph Garrett Buckland of Pennsylvania also pleaded guilty in the same federal case. The videos involved extreme animal cruelty, including burning and genital mutilation of adult and baby monkeys.
- ▪Amanda Leigh Fourez pleaded guilty to conspiracy and distribution of animal crush videos involving monkeys subjected to sexualized torture.
- ▪The videos she commissioned and shared included acts such as burning monkeys alive and mutilating their genitals.
- ▪Fourez was part of online groups dedicated to creating and distributing violent animal crush videos for sexual gratification.
- ▪Joseph Garrett Buckland of Pennsylvania also pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the same case and was charged under a federal animal crushing statute.
- ▪The 2010 federal ban on animal crush videos was strengthened in 2019 to criminalize the acts themselves, not just the videos.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
FBI Woman pleads guilty to paying for sexual torture videos involving monkeys for online group: 'Sick person' Joseph Buckland of Pennsylvania also pleaded guilty in the federal 'animal crush' video case By Alec Schemmel Fox News Published April 28, 2026 4:55pm EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Ro Khanna says DHS must be funded after White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting Rep. Ro Khanna calls the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting ‘absolutely horrific,’ praises Secret Service agents and says DHS should be funded while opposing expanded ICE spending during a Sunday interview on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A woman from Illinois is pleading guilty after paying thousands of…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Fox News — Politics.
Discussion
0 commentsMore from Fox News — Politics
