Son of former Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice faces life in prison for ‘paying girl, 12, for sex, recruiting her as a prostitute and then advertising her online’
Pascal Calogero III, 59, was arrested on suspicion for paying for sex with a minor
Allegations date back as far as May when the girl who is now 14, was only 12
Calogero III allegedly sent explicit images of victim in emails and text messages to advertise her to other men who also paid for sex
Indictment states Calogero III would pay $120 to have sex with her and the girl earned $1,000 per day but had to turn over all or the majority of the money
The accused worked with ‘J.B.’ to schedule time with other men he advertised her prostitution services to
He will be arraigned October 10 and if convicted, he faces life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000
Public records state he worked as lead programmer analyst for city of New Orleans and earned $77,000 annually. He was also associated with gambling
By LEAH SIMPSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 September 2018
The son of the former Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice allegedly paid for sex with a 12-year-old girl and made her work for him as a prostitute, sharing explicit pictures to promote her to men.
Pascal Calogero III, 59, was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, US Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced Wednesday.
The girl is now 14 and the allegations date back as far as between May 9 and June 5 in 2017 according to a press release from the Department of Justice.
It states that in a bill of information, he is believed to have worked with someone only referred to as ‘J.B.’ to advertise the child’s services via online classifieds.
The suspect is one of Pascal F. Calogero Jr.’s eight children and one of his three sons, Michael Calogero, has his own law firm.
His co-conspirator received telephone calls and text messages for inquiries and arranging times and locations with the victim and those who wanted to pay for sex with the minor.
The indictment states Calogero III would pay $120 at a time to have sex with her and although the girl earned $1,000 per day, she didn’t get to keep the majority.
‘He required her to turn over all, or most, of the money she earned from prostitution to him,’ the release states.
Calogero III allegedly sent explicit images of the victim in emails and text messages between the dates of May 16 and 22 and would at times drive the victim to meet the men at a hotel.
The US Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Louisiana added that many times the crimes took place within his own home in Metairie, Louisiana.
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