Illinois woman pleads guilty in animal crush video case

Amanda Leigh Fourez, 33, of Catlin, Illinois, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 15 to conspiracy to create and distribute violent animal crush videos. She paid thousands of dollars to produce videos depicting monkeys being sexually tortured, burned alive, and mutilated. The videos were made for distribution in online chat groups. Fourez faces up to five years in prison for her role in the illegal production and distribution of the graphic content.