
Disney Animator Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Horrific Crimes Against Children
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A judge has thrown the book at a former Disney animator who was found guilty on multiple charges of horrific crimes against children.
59-year-old Bolhem Bouchiba was sentenced to 25 years in a French prison on sex trafficking, child rape, and child pornography charges.
Bouchiba was a top Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks animator whose credits include work on “Lilo & Stitch,” both “Incredibles” movies, “Ratatouille,” and last year’s “Elemental.”
Among his shocking crimes, Bouchiba was caught using websites to remotely direct the sexual assault of children as young as two years old for his own amusement.
French newspaper Le Monde reported that Bouchiba was found guilty of paying people to rape and abuse Filipino girls averaging between the ages of five and 10 for him to view on the Internet.
Investigators found that Bouchiba was funding this remote child abuse operation over the course of nearly a decade, paying as much as $1,000 per livestream between 2012 and 2021.
On one side, “you have the graphic designer who amazes children (…) then on the court side, Bohlem Bouchib is a pedophile director who writes his own films of horror,” French Attorney General Philippe Courroye said.
During the sentencing hearing, Bouchiba confessed to his “horrible” and “disgusting” crimes.
His defense argued he should be shown leniency in light of his supposed “psychological evolution” since his 2021 arrest.