Slidell Man Guilty of Possessing Files Depicting Sexual Exploitation of Children

NEW ORLEANS - Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that BROCK TAYLOR GUILLOT ("GUILLOT"), age 27, from Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty June 5, 2025, before United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe, to possession of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children under the age of twelve years old, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 2252(a)(4)(B).

According to the court documents, in or around January 2020, Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") investigated the sharing of files depicting the sexual exploitation of children (i.e., Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)) via an instant messaging mobile application. During the investigation, an individual, subsequently determined to be GUILLOT, transmitted a series of files depicting the sexual exploitation of prepubescent children via the mobile application. Law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at GUILLOT's residence in February 2021 and seized several electronic items that belonged to GUILLOT. A review of the GUILLOT's cellular phone identified at least 1 image and 518 videos depicting the sexual victimization of children. Some of the child victims were less than approximately three (3) years old at the time the CSAM was created. GUILLOT possessed his collection of images and videos depicting the sexual victimization of children on his cellular phone, and in multiple accounts GUILLOT maintained on a social media instant messaging mobile application.

GUILLOT faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty (20) years. GUILLOT also faces at least five (5) years, and up to a lifetime of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee. GUILLOT may also be required to register as a sex offender. Sentencing before Judge Ashe has been scheduled for September 25, 2025.