“Here lewd has met lucrative, and exploitation of a child’s innocence equals profits.”
Martin said in a statement announcing the indictments and the closure of all the Webe Web sites. “The images charged are not legitimate child modeling, but rather lascivious poses one would expect to see in an adult magazine,” U.S. Authorities said Pierson is cooperating with prosecutors. Photographer Jeff Pierson of Brookwood, Ala., also was charged with two counts of using a computer to “transport child pornography in interstate commerce” from January 2003 through 2004.
