Missouri man gets 20 years for keeping young woman as sex slave

(CNN) -- A Missouri man was sentenced on
Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison for
his role in the years-long sexual torture of
a "mentally deficient" young woman that
included electrical shock and mutilation,
the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western
District of Missouri told CNN.
A federal judge accepted a plea agreement
from Edward Bagley Sr., 46, in a Kansas City
courtroom on Wednesday morning, the
U.S. Attorney's Office said. In January, he
pleaded guilty to one of the 11 counts he
faced for having a sexual relationship with
a minor, who was identified only by the
initials "FV" (or Female Victim) in official
documents. Bagley faced life imprisonment.
Bagley held the victim as a sex slave from
December 2002 to February 27, 2009, in his
Lebanon, Missouri, trailer home. The
woman -- who was a runaway minor at the
time when the abuse began -- was
sometimes "hung upside down," "water
boarded" and had animals she cared for
shot in front of her by Bagley to coerce her
to engage in commercial sex acts, the
indictment read.
"In or about December 2002, (Bagley)
invited FV, a 16-year-old minor, who grew
up in foster care homes, into his residence
after she ran away from home and
promised her 'a great life,' including, but
not limited to, making her a model and a
dancer, and 'making her dreams come
true,'" the indictment read.
"(Bagley) advertised and publicized FV over
the Internet and in live web cam sessions
as his slave who would engage in sexual
acts and could be tortured during live
online sessions, or in person," an
indictment read.
Once the victim turned 18, Bagley had "FV
sign a 'sex slavery' contract" and told her
the contract "legally bound her to him as
his 'sex slave' with a term that 'never'
ended," according to the indictment.
During the six years of abuse, Bagley also
performed abortions on the victim using
things like "vacuums, and clothing hangers
for the purpose of terminating the
pregnancies," the indictment said.
The victim was discovered by first
responders after she suffered cardiac arrest
during a torture session on February 27,
2009, the indictment read.
Five other defendants, including four men
and Bagley's wife, Marilyn Bagley, are
scheduled to be sentenced this week. The
four men were alleged to have traded
Bagley things like "cigarettes, computer
hard drives, sadomasochism videos, coats
and meats" to use the young woman as a
sex slave, according to the indictment.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said that lawyers
for the victim were seeking $738,250 for
physical and psychological trauma to their
client.