Formerly well-connected Anton ‘Tony’ Lazzaro, 32, found guilty of seven counts involving five girls aged 15 and 16
donor was convicted on Friday of enticing teenage girls with gifts, cash and money in exchange for sex.
“The unusual application of this federal sex trafficking statute to his activities is frighteningly broad, conflating what is nothing more than arguably an act of prostitution with federal sex trafficking,” Stacy Bettison said. “He believes he has strong grounds for appeal, and he will vigorously seek reversal of his conviction. Mr Lazzaro trusts he will be vindicated.
“He wanted sex, and not just any sex,” federal prosecutor Melinda Williams said during closing arguments on Friday. “He wanted sex with minor girls under the age of 18. And he had a plan to get it.” “The prosecution clearly disapproves of Mr Lazzaro’s playboy lifestyle,” Gerdts said. “And frankly, as the father of three daughters, so do I. The opprobrium is well deserved, but that is not why we’re here.”
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