Ex-USOC official guilty of child porn charges

DANBURY, Conn. — A former U.S. Olympic Committee marketing executive pleaded guilty in Connecticut to child pornography charges.

John Krimsky pleaded guilty in Superior Court on Friday to promoting a minor in obscene performance and second-degree attempt to commit illicit possession of child pornography. Under the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped two previous charges against him and reduced a third.

The 69-year-old Krimsky faces six years in prison, with three years suspended, and 10 years probation that includes registration with the state as a sex offender for that period, and submitting a DNA sample. He can argue for a reduced sentence at a January hearing. The judge also ordered a pre-sentencing investigation.

Prosecutors said Krimsky's computer, which was seized in 2005, had 329 images appearing to be child pornography, some of children between ages 5 and 15, and that multiple images of child pornography and erotica were sent and received from his e-mail address. The investigation followed a 2005 tip from the New York Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

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