Date: 10-14-2024

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United States of America v. Vincent Jerome Thompson; Lukumond Adebola Olatunji

Case Number: 3:22-CR-42

Judge: Ed Kinkeade

Court: The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Tarrant County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth

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Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Narrating Child’s Sexual Assault on Video
Man Who Narrated Child’s Sexual Assault on Video Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Vincent Jerome Thompson, age 42, and his coconspirator, Lukumond Adebola Olatunji, 46, were indicted in January 2022. Mr. Thompson pleaded guilty in June 2024 to production of child pornography and aiding and abetting; Mr. Olatunji pleaded guilty to kidnapping a minor two months later.

“No child deserves to suffer the degradation this child endured,” said U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton. “The callousness of the defendant’s commentary on the video he shot, even as the victim plead with the perpetrators to be let go, shocks the conscience. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is proud to stand up for this little girl – and every child abused in this manner.”

“This defendant and his cohort coerced and sexually abused a child without regard for the lifelong trauma their actions would cause their victim, “said Travis Pickard, Special Agent in Charge of HSI Dallas. “Protecting minors from child predators remains a high priority for HSI. We will never relent in our efforts to apprehend those who seek to abuse our most vulnerable citizens.”

According to plea papers, the men admit that on Oct. 23, 2021, they approached a 14-year-old girl and offered her a ride home. They then drove to an alleyway where Mr. Olatunji sexually assaulted her in the backseat of the car. Mr. Thompson recorded the assault on his cell phone, providing commentary as the assault progressed.

On the video, the child can be heard saying, “I don’t want to do it no more,” and “can we go?”

The pair then took the child to a nearby motel, where both men continued to sexually assault her. After approximately five hours inside the motel room, the child ran out of the room carrying her backpack and shoes. Police responded and searched the motel room, where they found condom wrappers and drug paraphernalia.

In interviews with law enforcement, both men admitted to engaging in sexual intercourse with the child. Mr. Olatunji admitted that the child repeatedly told them that she did not want to have sex anymore.

At Wednesday’s sentencing hearing, the prosecutor noted that the victim was intellectually disabled.

Homeland Security Investigation’s Dallas Field Office and the Dallas Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jenna Rudoff and Joe Magliolo (fmr.) are prosecuting the case

Outcome:

Defendants were found guilty and sentenced to Mr. Thompson to 240 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime term of supervised release, and ordered to register as a sex offender.

Mr. Olatunji is slated to be sentenced in December.

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