Cross-dressing man faces sentencing for child porn

Sean Gossman of Adrian convicted of possessing more than 1,000 pornographic pictures of children

Sean Gossman

DETROIT – An Adrian man who pleaded guilty to possessing pornographic images of children, including one of an apparent dead infant, is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday.

According to the FBI criminal complaint report, Sean Gossman admitted to searching for and downloading child pornography after a flash drive was traced back to him last year.

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View: FBI's criminal complaint against Sean Gossman

The thumb drive was filled with 1,039 images of child pornography and 21 non-pornographic images of Gossman. One of the child pornographic images was of an infant with a bag over her head and a rope around her neck. The child appeared dead with the words "nepi-rape" written on her stomach. "Nepi-rape" is defined as "the rape of innocence," according to the FBI's complaint report.

Gossman, who was also known to cross-dress, pleaded guilty to receipt and possession of child pornography.


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