Crime

Disgraced Former Olympic Boxer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sex Crimes Against Minors. 'You Have a Problem,' Judge Says

“You are the textbook example of a child predator,” U.S. District Judge Robert Molloy told former Olympic boxer John Jackson as he sentenced him to 25 years in prison.  The star athlete was arrested in February 2019 after the father of a minor girl went to local police to report that Jackson had been having sex with his daughter. On April 22 2022, Jackson was found guilty by a federal jury of a slew of sex crimes, including child pornography, first-and second-degree rape, and transportation of a minor for sexual activity. During his trial, prosecutors played a V.I. Police Department interview with Jackson in court, where Jackson confessed to having sex with a 15-year-old victim, also admitting that the minor gave him oral sex on his birthday. The jury was also shown video footage recorded by Jackson of him having sex with the victim. At the time, he was 30 years old.  The court also heard evidence that Jackson had supplied his victims with cannabis brownies, which he never partook i...