A Miami-Dade man recorded the rape of a Palm Beach schoolgirl. He made him sell the videos

Using social media, an Opa-locka man coerced Palm Beach and Broward 15-year-old into letting him commit statutory rape, and asked one of the two girls to let him record it on video and sell the videos for him.

The above violations were recounted in the guilty plea of ​​Malik Atkinson, 26, to two counts of online solicitation of a minor to commit a sexual act, crimes for which Atkinson was sentenced to 30 years jail Friday in Miami federal court. After Atkinson’s release, which is at least 25 years and six months away, he will be subject to lifetime supervised release.

Federal public defender Scott Berry, expecting the prosecution to seek a life sentence under the laws at issue, argued for clemency on the basis that Atkinson was “a 26-year-old child in a man’s body”, who lived with his father and had no criminal record. and “acted out sexually through pornography, multiple sexual partners, underage sexual partners, and by filming his sexual exploits.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Schiller rejected Berry’s argument for a 10-year sentence and the testimony of forensic psychologist Dr. Sheila Rapa as to Atkinson’s treatment options. “Despite Dr. Rapa’s analysis and (Atkinson’s) youth, the 10-year minimum sentence is completely insensitive to the crimes alleged in this case: (Atkinson) sexually assaulted two girls, produced child pornography from them and solicited countless others,” Schiller said.

Atkinson actually thought the first girl he lured into his van was 13, not 15. They spoke electronically on several social media platforms, but met virtually on Twitter in 2022.

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A van, a church, Discord and video

The following is from Atkinson’s guilty plea, which includes what the Palm Beach Gardens girl — referred to as “Minor Victim 1” or “MV1” — told investigators.

MV1 called him “Bearie” after they met on X back when it was still Twitter. She never knew him as “Malik Atkinson.” On the Discord app, Atkinson/”Bearie” was “unknown_value#5871.”

Atkinson’s guilty plea includes a Discord conversation from May 4, 2022, during which MV1 tells her that she is 13 and in high school, and Atkinson tries to find a way to meet. His group practice was an obstacle as well as his family’s sleep habits (“Can you sneak out at night or do they stay up too long?” “They stay up too long…”).

On May 9, MV1 told Atkinson that they could meet in “a small church in the middle of town where people are often picked up, so it won’t be super sus and it doesn’t really matter.” It’s a 5 minute walk from her house.

Atkinson told him: “Now ironically I’m in a suspicious van lol…”

He also asked, “Want to try making this a weekly activity?” And when it comes to food, what do you want? Because I’m nice. I’m not just going to rape you and make you a dumpster without feeding you. It’s horrible lol.

They met the next day in Atkinson’s white 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck with a small red and white logo for the first of four or five times. Before their meeting, Atkinson agreed to pay MV1 $40. She didn’t recover, then told him not to worry about it.

“Atkinson admitted to recording the sexual encounters on his cell phone, which he sent to Minor Victim 1,” the guilty plea states. “Atkinson stated that he and Minor Victim 1 exchanged payments for sexually explicit images and videos that Minor Victim 1 sold of herself. Atkinson gave Minor Victim I access to his CashApp account, including his username and password. He said Minor Victim 1 was selling sexually explicit images and videos of herself and directing buyers of said images and videos to send CashApp payments to Atkinson’s CashApp account.

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Oakland Park

Atkinson went to the Oakland Park home of “Juvenile Victim 2” or “MV2” when no one was home at least three times.

She told investigators “she resisted Atkinson’s advances, but Atkinson reassured MV2 that she would trust him and no one would find out.”

She said Atkinson took photos and videos and promised he would keep them private. At his request, she sent nude photos of herself.

The case was investigated by the FBI Miami and West Palm Beach Resident Agency and prosecuted by Schiller.