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Adult film star Austin Wolf has been arrested on charges of child pornography.
The Department of Justice announced the news Friday, saying that Wolf — legal name: Justin Heath Smith — has been charged with receiving and sending “hundreds of videos” of child porn using an anonymous account via the Telegram app.
“Those videos depicted children as young as infants, including a video showing a 10-year-old child bound and raped,” the DOJ said, calling that specific video “ghastly.”
The DOJ added that Smith, 43, has also been charged with “possessing hundreds of additional videos containing child pornography in his Manhattan apartment.”
According to the allegations contained in the criminal complaint, Smith’s alleged activity took place over the course of a mere five days in March.
At that point, the FBI “seized and searched” the phone of the individual with whom Smith had allegedly been communicating.
“An undercover FBI agent subsequently began a conversation with Smith’s anonymous Telegram account,” the complaint said.
“In the course of those conversations, Smith revealed details that confirmed his identity.”
In April, the FBI executed a search warrant at Smith’s Manhattan apartment, where agents discovered “an SD card with hundreds of videos containing child pornography.”
Smith has been charged with one count of distribution and receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
The former carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, while the latter carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Reps for Smith did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Anyone with information about Smith’s alleged conduct is encouraged to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
