YouTube singer Austin Jones faces at least five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of child pornography Friday, the Chicago Tribune reports. In a 27-page plea agreement cited by the Associated Press, Jones admitted to encouraging six 14- and 15-year-old girls to send him sexually explicit videos of themselves from 2010 to 2017. In 2015, he faced allegations of impropriety when he was accused of asking female fans to send videos of them twerking. He later apologized in a YouTube video, explaining that there were no nude videos and no physical contact. With sentencing set for May 3, Jones faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison with a maximum of 20 years.

Source: Huffington Post February 03, 2019 03:11 UTC