90 Day Fiancé star Mike Eloshway The Northern District of Ohio was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted in the Eastern District on two counts of child pornography.

Eloshway, 40, sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan He will be sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison, followed by 10 years of strict post-prison supervision, including monitoring of his computer activities. cleveland.com. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.

Eloshway told the court he “unknowingly” downloaded thousands of images of child pornography during his massive download of adult pornography. He explained that he turned to pornography as a way to cope with severe anxiety after a “bad car accident” and his sister’s cancer diagnosis.

“I hate to be a part of this,” Eloshway said. “It breaks my heart. I have a 5-year-old daughter who is my whole world. I had no intention of seeing any of this.”

Eloshway will also be required to pay $10,000 to a fund for victims of human trafficking, as well as $5,000 to two victims for the images he downloaded. Eloshway’s sentence Lower than recommended child pornography sentence instructions He said he “never had any intention of looking for real children” because he had no previous criminal history and passed a lie detector test.

Eloshway will surrender himself to prison after asking the court to allow him to spend one more Christmas with his daughter. The Bureau of Prisons will determine when he will begin serving his sentence.

in contact previously 40-year-old Eloshway found guilty He was arrested on July 24 for receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography following his conviction by an Ohio jury. The former TLC personality was found to have received, distributed and possessed videos that prosecutors described as “sadistic.”

Eloshway’s lawyer argued that his client’s internet searches were “general”. He said the reality star deleted any material she downloaded that she believed was illegal.

Prosecutors explained in their motion that Eloshway first came to the attention of law enforcement when his IP address was flagged by undercover officers.

Between February 2022 and March 2023, Eloshway allegedly transmitted more than 63,000 files. “Of these, approximately 4,517 files contained sadistic and masochistic content.” Eloshway sent five video files and 57 images to an undercover officer. “These files contained sadistic content and depicted victims being raped as young as one year old,” the government wrote.

On May 9, 2023, a federal search warrant was executed at Eloshway’s home, seizing his desktop computer. The file stated that the father of one was interviewed voluntarily and admitted that he had been sharing files online for approximately 20 years. He maintained his innocence but admitted to searching for explicit “teen” videos.

Prosecutors described Eloshway as “more than an ordinary observer” and noted that he did not delete the 7,000 images on his desktop, although he admitted to deleting the illegal images after viewing them.

Eloshway was first introduced to reality TV audiences with his wife. saint Eloshwayin season 1 90 Day FiancéIt aired on TLC from January to February 2014. The couple met on a language learning website when she was 31 and he was 21. The duo married while on the franchise and welcomed their daughter, Olivia Joan, in 2014 after the show. January 2019.

In Touch acquired exclusively Aziza’s letter to the court in support of her husbandHe is asking for a lighter sentence. “We have a 5-year-old daughter. Her name is Olivia and Mike is a very involved parent. She is very attached to Mike as he is a very loving and caring father. They go on father-daughter dates all the time; “They have common hobbies like collecting rocks, baking bread from scratch, and reading books together,” she wrote in a letter exclusively obtained by In Touch. “Mike is my family and the closest person I have and I can’t imagine my life without him. “He has a good spirit and does not hesitate to help anyone… My family is falling apart and I know he is tormented by feelings of guilt and regret for the irresponsible mistake he made.”