LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A decide set bail Wednesday at $1 million for a brother and sister accused of blackmailing and convincing a girl to file herself sexually assaulting a toddler.
Clark County District Court docket Chief Decide Jerry Wiese issued warrants Wednesday for Alexus Lery, 25; and Marcus Stewart, 26, after a grand jury voted to indict the duo Tuesday. Wiese ordered Lery and Stewart jailed on $1 million bail. Lery appeared in jail information as of Wednesday afternoon.
Every faces fees of conspiracy to commit sexual assault, sexual assault with a toddler, and lewdness with a toddler following incidents final summer season. Police first arrested Lery in October. Stewart was incarcerated in California, prosecutor Jacob Villani mentioned Wednesday.
Police suspect Lery blackmailed Jaeden Choate, 22, who herself is charged with creating the kid intercourse abuse materials. Lery pretended to be an individual Choate was aware of on the time, Villani mentioned, to attempt to sway her from testifying in opposition to Stewart.
Police reviewed the video and described it as a girl, later recognized as Choate, with a toddler who was performing a intercourse act on her, paperwork mentioned. The kid was recognized to Choate and was not random.
“These two are absolutely, morally bankrupt,” Villani mentioned. “This is just evil on their behalf to do this to a child.”
Choate informed police she obtained “random text messages” from a cellphone quantity from a person who “acted like her ‘sugar daddy,’” paperwork mentioned. Choate mentioned the person requested her to make a video of her smearing feces on her physique for $8,000. Choate made the video and despatched it, later studying the one who requested the video was Stewart via Lery, prosecutors mentioned.
“Mr. Stewart then told Jayden that it was him the entire time on the other side of those text messages,” Villani mentioned.
In a single dialog, Lery reportedly mentioned, “That [expletive] will do anything for money. You can’t trust [expletive] like that,” paperwork mentioned. In one other dialog, an individual informed Lery to “call the police and make an anonymous call.”
In July, officers contacted Lery, who they mentioned was the preliminary one that reported one of many movies. Police searched via Choate’s cellphone and obtained different proof, discovering conversations between Lery and one other individual the place they talked in regards to the alleged blackmail, paperwork mentioned.
Following Lery’s arrest in October, Las Vegas Justice Court docket Decide Rebecca Saxe set Lery’s bail at $25,000, information mentioned. Lery later posted bond and was launched with an ankle monitor.
It was not instantly clear if and when Stewart would return to Las Vegas to face his fees. A district courtroom decide may reset Lery’s bail following her arrest.
Choate was scheduled to go on trial this fall.
