Gipson Gets 30 Years in Prison

(St. Louis, MO) A Jefferson County man, 23 year old Kyle J. Gipson, is facing 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in U. S. District Court to one count of production of child pornography. Gipson is also ordered to pay a $5,000 assessment that will go into a fund for victims and prevention programs. A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Eastern District office in St. Louis indicates, according to Gipson's plea, he was the monitor and gatekeeper for a social media group focused on child sexual abuse material. He possessed child sexual abuse material involving the 2 year old victim and others. He also discussed his sexual abuse of the victim with others on social media. In March of 2023, an undercover FBI agent in an online group dedicated to discussing and trading original images of child sexual abuse learned of Gipson. The agent and Gipson began communicating on the social media platform Wickr and later moved to Telegram. Gipson's plea agreement shows he sent the agent a picture of the victim and said he had sexually abused her. He also sent a nude picture of her and offered to provide access so the girl could be sexually abused, according to his plea. Gipson was arrested after a court approved search of his home March 13.