https://www.wave3.com/2022/04/01/louisville-woman-charged-with-husband-human-trafficking-involving-minors-sentenced-prison/

Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 8:21 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Louisville woman who was arrested back in 2019 on human trafficking charges involving minors with her husband has been sentenced to federal prison.

Monica Bradley was sentenced on Tuesday to more than 21 years in prison followed by a life term of supervised release for charges of production and possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Over the course of multiple years, Bradley had produced and possessed pornographic images of five child victims, according to court documents.

One of the victims was taken by Bradley to her husband, Curtis Bradley, with the intent he would engage in sexual contact with the child. Monica Bradley was then compensated with cash and drugs.

The incidents began when the victim was only 11 years old. Documents state Curtis Bradley had assaulted the victim more than 100 times.

Curtis Bradley was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison on March 4.

“We will continue to aggressively prosecute predators who sexually exploit the most vulnerable individuals in our communities, the children,” United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett said in a release. “I commend the outstanding work of AUSAs Zimdahl and Tieke, HSI Nashville, LMPD, and our partnership with the Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. As a result of a combined effort, the defendant faces a very significant prison sentence without the chance of parole.”

The investigation was handled by the United States Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations and the Louisville Metro Police Department.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10676177/Las-Vegas-mom-accused-trying-smother-baby-blanket-home-birth.html

A mother-of-three from Las Vegas has been accused of repeatedly trying to smother her newborn baby daughter with a blanket because she thought the infant, whom she delivered in the toilet at her relatives’ home, was 'probably evil.'

Ashely Hollingsworth, 22, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of attempted murder and child abuse.

According to records, police responded to MountainView Hospital on Sunday morning for a report of a baby girl who had been dropped off at the facility by her mother.

The baby's father told police that Hollingsworth gave birth in the bathroom of a Las Vegas home on Saturday night, and her family then transported the mother and child to the hospital, but the new mom refused to go inside and ran away, despite bleeding profusely.

Hollingsworth’s aunt and uncle told detectives that they discovered her newborn baby in the toilet in their guest bathroom, reported Las Vegas Review-Journal.

According to the woman's uncle, on the way to the hospital, he heard the infant stop crying and found Hollingsworth pressing a blanket to her daughter's face. He said she tried to smother the baby twice before he took the child away from Hollingsworth.

When they arrived at MountainView Hospital, Hollingsworth fled, but she was found two hours later in the vicinity with a large wound on her head and blood on her pants. She told police that she was 'beat up by a rock,' but they concluded that the injuries were self-inflicted.

n her booking photo, the 22-year-old woman appeared with two massive purple bruises around her eyes and swelling on her face.

Hollingsworth was taken to University Medical Center for treatment and was questioned by the police again on Tuesday, telling them that she had two older children under age 5 who lived in California with their father.

Hollingsworth has an unspecified medical condition but said she has not been taking her medication during her latest pregnancy.

During the interview with the police, Hollingsworth 'continuously talked about prophecies and other religious ideations,' and said she believed her baby was 'probably evil.'

'After seeing the baby's eyes, smelling what she described as an abnormal scent, and the baby grunting at her, Ashely decided to wrap the blanket around the baby's head,' the report stated, according to News10.

As of Friday, Hollingsworth remained jailed without bail pending her arraignment on April 4.