{"id":18543,"date":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/18543\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:29:10","slug":"former-orange-county-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-targeting-minors-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/18543\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Orange County middle school teacher sentenced to life in prison for targeting minors \u2013 WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A former Orange County Public Schools middle school teacher has been sentenced to life in prison for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and producing child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n

Italo Rafael Brett Bonini pleaded guilty to the charges back in April of this year<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Bonini used the chat app Discord to converse with minors and offered them video game currency in exchange for explicit images and videos.<\/p>\n

Court findings revealed Bonini had over 30 victims across the US, Europe, and Africa within seven months.<\/p>\n

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