万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-03-01&03, 未成年模特登台

NBC6 first exposed child modeling websites, sites that they’re still marketing¹ provocative² pictures of underage girls. Now our investigation³ stretches to Alabama where two south Florida men faced child porn charges. One young victim has a warning about how an innocent request to become a star turned into selling innocence⁴. Some of the pictures are disturbing. Jeff Burnside reports:

Savannah Haile is much like any other twelve-year-old girl growing up in eastern Alabama, Tiny Phoenix⁵ City.
"Do your friends know what happened?"
"Two or three"
Now she is talking about something that should never happen to a little girl.
" You’ve always liked being in front of a camera, haven't you?"
"Always."
In 2004 Savannah and her mother Tabitha were contacted by a photographer who saw a picture she put on-line. It seemed stardom was in reach.
"I was very excited, and I was jumping, literally⁶ jumping and screaming at the same time."
The first of three shoots was fine. The second made her uncomfortable.
"Did you tell your mom?"
"No, ‘cause I didn't think anything of it."
"And then the third shoot?"
"Very very uncomfortable. I didn't like the way their outfits⁷ were, um, the way they were on me and the way that, the way I looked."
"It was sexual, wasn't it?"
"Yes."
"I never dreamed there was such a thing as websites like that for children. I felt like I just destroyed my child and I scared her."
Without knowing her photos under the name Bailey became part of the disturbing underworld of child websites showing girls as young as seven. These are by no means the most lurid⁸. Our 2001 NBC6 investigation exposed the operation that is the Webe Web, Jeff Libman, shirtless and Marc Greenberg , running these websites from Fort Lauderdale . They put Savannah's photos online.

"But the mother decided⁹ to fight back and take action. The very next day, she called the FBI."
"I went non-stop. I was on the phone constantly -- Washington, House Representatives, everybody, I didn't care."

Savannah's photographer Jeff Pierson used this Alabama studio to shoot for the south Florida web operators whose sites have been shut down. Pierson pleaded guilty to child porn and he is now cooperating with prosecutors¹⁰. Child advocates say they're not surprised kids like Savannah are tricked.
"We are dealing¹¹ with manipulative, cunning, very greedy individuals who will find a way into exploit. They are going to look for vulnerable people, maybe somewhat naive¹² people."
It 's the poses that lead to child porn charges against Greenberg and Libman even though the models were clothed. Both have pleaded not guilty. Tabitha Haile wishes she had seen our investigation before that third photo session when from a waiting room she realized what was happening.
“I didn't like that at all.”
She felt helpless to stop the photo session she says, because the photographer had casually¹³ displayed a gun, something his attorney called absurd.
I realized she was just intimidating¹⁴ me. And Savannah looked at me. She said, "Momma, let's wipe our face. How do I win, coming all crying?" She said:"Let's do this and get it over with and never come back."
Now they want to warn others.
"Yeah, so they wouldn't be in the same situation as I am."
Pierson's attorney will not comment further. Greenberg and Libman's attorney did not respond to our repeated requests for interviews. Both are out unbound awaiting trial. Jeff Burnside NBC6.

And right now on NBC6.net, click on special reports and watch the full interview with Savannah, download the part of the cast and watch the original investigation. That's NBC6.net

1 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

2 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

5 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

6 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

7 outfits   

n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 )；一套服装；集体；组织v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
• Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have a puncture. 有些骑自行车的人带修理工具，因为他们车胎可能小孔。 来自辞典例句

8 lurid   

adj.可怕的；血红的；苍白的

参考例句：

• The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.这份报纸对这起凶杀案耸人听闻的细节描写得淋漓尽致。
• The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces.血红一般的夕阳映红了他们的脸。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

11 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

12 naive   

adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的

参考例句：

• It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
• Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。

13 casually   

adv.漠不关心地，无动于衷地，不负责任地

参考例句：

• She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
• I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。

14 intimidating   

vt.恐吓，威胁( intimidate的现在分词)

参考例句：

• They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
• This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。