Man Accused Of Sending Pornographic Material To "Dance Moms" Cast Going To Jail
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A California man accused of sending pornographic material to the cast of the show "Dance Moms" is going to prison.
He was sentenced Tuesday in a San Diego courtroom, where he had some strange ramblings for the judge.
Phoenix Sundown reached a plea agreement with authorities on charges he sent pornographic materials to some of the girls featured in the reality TV show "Dance Moms," last year.
Before being sentenced, Sundown directly addressed the court.
Sundown: "Hillary for president."
Judge: "Pardon me?"
Sundown: "Hillary Clinton for president."
At one point, Sundown also said: "I feel as those my experience with Paris Jackson made all this work."
The judge then sentenced Sundown to three years in prison. As a part of the plea agreement, he admitted to sending harmful pictures to minors and animal cruelty.
"There are several Youtube videos with a mouse in the picture," said Deputy District Attorney Carlos Campbell. "The mouse is injured at that point. He took the mouse, put it in a toilet, he put lighter fluid on the mouse and then lit it on fire. You see the mouse panicking prior to dying."
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Last September, five packages arrived at the Murrysville Post Office addressed to the some of the girls on "Dance Moms." The bomb squad destroyed the packages, which contained what inspectors described as inappropriate content for minors.
"I believe it's a fair deal," said Campbell. "We have no evidence that any of the minors actually saw the pictures. I know they are routinely intercepted by managers."
Sundown will have to register as a sex offender, upon his release from prison.
"I think he's probably got some psychological issues," Campbell added.