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United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana
02/20/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/20/2026 15:28
New Orleans Man Sentenced to 41 Months Imprisonment for Sending Obscene Videos to Person He Believed was a Fifteen-Year-Old Female
NEW ORLEANS - MARK BROOKS a/k/a "Baby Nu" ("BROOKS"), age 35, from New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on February 12, 2026 by United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe to 41 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release following imprisonment and payment of a $100 special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to attempted transfer of obscene matter to a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1470, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle.
According to court documents, on or about May 1, 2025, BROOKS contacted an FBI online covert employee pretending to be a fifteen-year-old female named "Ava". Subsequently, after "Ava" told BROOKS that she was only fifteen years old, BROOKS engaged in a sexually charged, text-based correspondence with her. During their correspondence, BROOKS sent multiple sexually explicit videos to "Ava," including videos of BROOKS masturbating while at work, and various rooms in a residence. During their correspondence, BROOKS repeatedly discussed meeting "Ava" in person for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts. On May 13, 2025, BROOKS proposed to Ava that they meet at a restaurant near his residence before proceeding to BROOKS's residence to engage in sexual contact. "Ava" agreed. Law enforcement authorities arrested BROOKS as he walked from his residence to the restaurant.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
United States Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Louisiana State Police in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg, Chief of the Public Integrity Unit, was in charge of the prosecution.
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