An Aurora man received a deferred sentence after he took a deal and pleaded guilty in a child “sextortion” case that targeted middle and high schoolers, Arapahoe County court records show.
Jamir Deante Bright was arrested in December 2024 on suspicion of three felony “sextortion” charges, including two counts of child sex exploitation and one count of criminal extortion.
Bright pleaded guilty to an added felony count of possessing child sexual exploitation material on May 18. He also pleaded guilty in a separate case on that date to misdemeanor harassment for posting private images, and was sentenced to four years of probation, court records show.
Sextortion is a form of exploitation where children are blackmailed, most often through the threat of publishing an explicit image, Aurora police said. It also includes sharing sexual images for money.
Students from several middle and high schools reported being sexually exploited by anonymous Instagram accounts in January 2024, which were later linked to Bright, police said. The Rangeview Raider Review, the student paper at Rangeview High School, sparked the police investigation by publishing an article about the anonymous account that obtained dozens of explicit photographs of students and sold the uncensored versions, or forced students to pay to have their photos removed.
If Bright successfully completes his probation, the felony charge will be removed from his record.
