#child-sexual-exploitation

#child-sexual-exploitation

Eric Jacob Layton was arrested in 2023 at his University City home on allegations of posing as a doctor, sports reporter, massage therapist and youth sports modeling agent in order to obtain sexually explicit photographs from minors and arrange in-person meetings with the juveniles, officials said. The FBI said victims who participated in youth sports were primarily targeted and that Layton presented himself as a sports massage therapist named Travis Parkin who specialized in youth athletics, as well as a sports physician named Dr. Alexis Iniesta.

The report highlights flaws in data collection, stating it is impossible to assess the scale of group-based child sexual exploitation due to under-reporting and inconsistent definitions.