Woman Sentenced to 20 Years for Using Minor in Porn

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By Aaron Hepker

Story Created: Aug 16, 2012 at 4:52 AM CDT

Story Updated: Aug 16, 2012 at 4:52 AM CDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Bettendorf woman who used a minor to produce child pornography has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that 37-year-old Amanda Diener received the 240-month prison term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to sexually exploit a child.

Prosecutors said that Diener used an unidentified female minor to whom she had access to perform sex acts, photograph them and send images to a Massachusetts man identified as Hobart Yates.

Yates and Diener also admitted that Diener performed sex acts on a live webcam that Yates watched.

U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt also sentenced Diener to 15 years of supervised release after her prison term.