A former North Carolina tennis coach has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for secretly recording minors while they were undressed, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
Benjamin, 47, was sentenced on Monday in a Charlotte federal courtroom for sexual exploitation of a minor. Prosecutors say he pleaded guilty to the charge in December. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he admitted to secretly recording at least three minors on at least two occasions beginning in 2016.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Judge Max Cogburn stated that the sentence should deter other coaches and people in similar positions of trust from committing similar crimes.
Benjamin is a British citizen and could face deportation after his sentence. Officials noted that is not expected anytime soon, since he is already serving a 12 year prison sentence in Georgia for an unrelated child molestation conviction. If he is not deported after his release, he will be under lifetime supervision and required to register as a sex offender.
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