Onetime American Idol contestant Brandon Cox was sentenced to 70 years in prison Wednesday for possessing more than 200 pornographic photos and video of children described by an Alabama prosecutor as “horrific,” People confirms.
A spokesperson from the Alabama Bureau of Investigation tells People jurors returned a guilty verdict in January against Cox, a 33-year-old from Wetumpka who appeared on the long-running Fox singing competition in 2012.
At trial, the jury was shown 275 files investigators were able to recover from Cox’s computer, the spokesperson confirms.
But Cox, who was eliminated early on in the show, maintained his innocence, even at his sentencing,...
A spokesperson from the Alabama Bureau of Investigation tells People jurors returned a guilty verdict in January against Cox, a 33-year-old from Wetumpka who appeared on the long-running Fox singing competition in 2012.
At trial, the jury was shown 275 files investigators were able to recover from Cox’s computer, the spokesperson confirms.
But Cox, who was eliminated early on in the show, maintained his innocence, even at his sentencing,...
- 4/14/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
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