Marc Jack, the father of controversial transgender high school athlete Mael Jack, has been sentenced on federal charges of distributing child pornography.
In February 2022, a tip from the freeware messaging platform Kik Messenger led law enforcement officials to believe that Old Man Jax was trading child pornography under the name “wayne9985,” and he was brought under suspicion by federal investigators. It was done.
The information appears to have been reported through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's centralized reporting system. redux.
The report found that wayne9985 uploaded 49 images that appeared to depict child sexual abuse. Investigators say they traced the IP number back to Jack's home in Newbury, New Hampshire.
A search warrant was subsequently executed on Jack's home and his electronic devices were seized. Investigators say he confessed to the crime. Other files of similar nature were also allegedly found on his device.
He was not detained at the time, but was left on recognizance and required to appear in court for prosecution. He later pleaded guilty before a grand jury to knowingly distributing child pornography.
The man's son, Mael Jacques, was allowed by a federal judge to join the girls' soccer team at his New Hampshire high school, despite state law banning men from participating in girls' sports. is controversial.
In response to the ruling, girls' soccer teams at a New Hampshire Catholic school and another school recently began a boycott.
Despite the boycott, Kearsarge Regional High School refused to bow to pressure to remove boys who identify as girls from the girls' team.
The boy testified in court on behalf of his father, saying his father was determined to “improve from past mistakes.” Furthermore, the boy claimed that his life would be damaged if his father went to prison.
“The work I began working with the ACLU regarding my presence as a transgender girl in the sports world also relied on his emotional support in my testimony and in my meetings with senators,” Mael said in court. spoke. “If he is sentenced to prison, it will have a negative impact on the future of me and my younger brother because without his salary, we will not be able to receive financial aid for university tuition.”
Mael argued that she needed to keep her father in her life because her mother did not support transgenderism.
Marc Jacques hinted that his son might commit suicide due to the emotional pain of being transgender, as suicide rates among transgender children are high.
“Transgender teens have the highest suicide rate in the United States, and I fear for Mael and what will happen to her if she is forced to live with her mother and stepmother in a home where she feels unsupported and unwelcome. ” said the elder. Jax insisted.
Marc Jacques was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison.
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