NJ woman accused of showing child sex abuse online
A New Jersey woman faces charges she repeatedly sexually abused a 5-year-old girl she was baby-sitting and streamed video of an assault over the Internet while laughing about it in a chat session.
Jennifer Mahoney is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor on three occasions last fall.
Court documents filed by prosecutors say the girl was abused in a bathtub and Mahoney told her she needed to be rinsed "like a mermaid." They say Mahoney has been in custody since Dec. 14, the day after three videos were found on the computer of a Texas man to whom she streamed them.
Mahoney is a waitress from Manalapan, 35 miles southwest of New York City. She's due in federal court Jan. 30. Her lawyer said today she plans to plead not guilty.