Wisconsin Man Charged With Child Porn After Altering Video of School Song To Look Like Kids Were Listening To Sexual Lyrics

Evan Emory, 21, is the focus of a curious case of pornography in Wisconsin. Emory convinced a first-grade teacher at Ravenna’s Beechnau Elementary School to allow him to come into her class and sing two kid-themed songs. He videotaped the songs and then went home and substituted sexual lyrics to make it look like the kids were listening to provocative songs. He now faces a potential sentence of twenty years for the crime.

The video was posted on YouTube and a parent saw it. The lyrics include the following lines: “I like the way you make your body move. C’mon, girl…See how long it takes to make your panties mine…I’ll add some foreplay in just to make it fun. I want to stick my index finger in your anus.”

While it was promptly removed, Emory was arrested and charged with manufacturing child sexually abusive material. While I find his actions obnoxious and deserving of punishment, I do not see the basis for pornography charges. The children themselves were not engaged in any sexual act or exposed to any sexually explicit material or language. Indeed, they never saw the video. I have not seen the video but I also question whether sexually explicit lyrics would constitute sexually abusive material. There are serious constitutional questions of overbreadth and vagueness as well as potential free speech implications in future cases.

It would seem that a more appropriate charge would be trespass since he gained entry on false pretenses or some variation of fraud.

Emory played the video as part of a “variety show” at downtown Muskegon’s Club Envy.

Source: MLive