[Video] Atlanta drag personality pleads guilty to sex charges; makes emotional plea for mercy
by Dyana Bagby
March 07, 2012 17:25
http://www.thegavoice.com/news/georgia-news/4286-atlanta-drag-personality-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges (http://www.thegavoice.com/news/georgia-news/4286-atlanta-drag-personality-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges)
Former Atlanta drag personality Pasha Nicole, whose legal name is Christopher Lynch, pleaded guilty today to sexual exploitation of children and other charges before a Douglas County Superior Court judge.
Douglas County Assistant District Attorney Rachel Ackley today said Lynch pleaded guilty to one count of pimping, one count of pandering by compulsion and two counts of sexual exploitation of children.
Christopher Lynch, also known as Pasha Nicole, indicted on human trafficking charges
Lynch was sentenced to 30 years to serve 14 in prison, Ackley added.
In a tearful and emotional plea before the judge, Lynch said what happened was a big mistake.
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Posted: 6:29 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Transgender performer sentenced to 14 years for pimping teen
By Tony Thomas
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/transgender-performer-sentenced-14-years-pimping-t/nLNPS/ (http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/transgender-performer-sentenced-14-years-pimping-t/nLNPS/)
ATLANTA —
A transgender performer will spend at least the next 14 years behind bars after pleading guilty to child exploitation this afternoon.
Christopher Lynch, known on stage as Pasha Nicole, could have spent life in prison for his role in what authorities called a human trafficking operation
Channel 2's Tony Thomas was in court Wednesday, where Lynch broke down in tears.
"I don't even know where to begin. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life but this is by far the most utterly stupid one I've made," Lynch told the judge.