Doctor sexually exploited kids into hanging themselves: DOJ
Left: Dr. Stephen Leedy being interviewed (Brandon Rimes/YouTube). Right: Dr. Stephen Leedy (Florida Hospice & Palliative Care Association).

Left: Dr. Stephen Leedy being interviewed (Brandon Rimes/YouTube). Right: Dr. Stephen Leedy (Florida Hospice & Palliative Care Association).

A physician in Florida is charged with multiple offenses for sexually abusing children he met through social media. The Justice Department reports that he directed them to harm themselves while he watched via video chat.

Stephen Leedy, aged 59, from St. Petersburg, is accused of coaching one of his underage victims to take her own life. The victim, a 13-year-old girl, was found dead with a dog leash around her neck, hanging from a shower head. The charges against Leedy, detailed in an indictment issued on Dec. 26, include three counts of producing child sexual abuse material and two counts of persuading a minor to engage in sexual activities. If convicted, he could face life imprisonment.

DOJ officials revealed that Leedy, a palliative care doctor in the Tampa Bay region, used the username ‘maximumuncle#9112’ to exploit and harm around ten minors online. Through online interactions and video calls, Leedy instructed the minors to create sexual images of themselves and instructed them to harm themselves by cutting, choking, and hanging. In a tragic incident in November 2021, one of the minor victims was found dead after hanging herself in front of her phone following Leedy’s instructions.

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