Ex-porn star Austin Wolf sobs as he admits child sex crime: ‘I knew it was wrong’
Former porn star Austin Wolf sobbed as he claimed to take responsibility for getting a minor to engage in a sex act during a Manhattan federal court hearing Friday.
The adult star, real name Justin Heath Smith, pleaded guilty to one charge, enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, during his plea hearing in front of Judge Paul Engelmayer.
“In late 2023 or early 2024, I induced a 15-year-old to engage in a sex act, I don’t remember through text or [social media], but phones were definitely used. I know what I was doing was wrong,” Smith, 44, told the courtroom while beginning to sob.
“I apologize. I knew it was wrong when I did it. I don’t blame anyone else for my conduct. [although] It was another person engaging in the conduct. I take full 100 percent responsibility for my actions and I am prepared for the consequences,” he said.
ADA Getzel Berger detailed Smith’s crimes, including interstate commerce, enticing a minor to engage in activity in the facility of another individual, and oral sex with an individual younger than 17 years old.
Lesser pornography charges will be dropped at Smith’s sentencing, although feds had busted him a year ago for allegedly exchanging hundreds of child porn videos — including one showing a 10-year-old child being bound and raped, prosecutors announced,
The feds had raided Smith’s Manhattan apartment in April 2024 and found around 200 videos containing child porn on an SD card inside the adult film star’s computer room, his criminal complaint said.
Smith, who appeared buff and clean-shaven — despite wearing a nervous expression — cried and hugged his attorneys as he was led away by court marshals with a chained waist and handcuffs.
One man, who did not wish to share his name but identified himself as a “former fan” of Smith, attended the hearing.
I wish I could get a refund on all the money I spent on his videos,” the man told the Post.
Smith’s intention to plead guilty “ to a mandatory minimum charge with a significant advisory range” under sentencing guidelines was announced in a court filing Tuesday by his attorney, Thomas H. Andrykovitz.
He was initially due to appear in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday, but it was extended until Friday to “fully prepare” for his guilty plea, court filings show.
Berger previously described him as a “danger to children online, danger to children offline, danger to children everywhere.”
He will face a mandatory 10 years in prison, and a maximum punishment of life in prison, Engelmayer said.
Smith has been held without bail in Brooklyn’s troubled Metropolitan Detention Center since his arraignment nearly a year ago.
His sentencing is scheduled for Sep. 9.
