Story Created:
May 8, 2008 at 4:37 PM CDT
Story Updated:
May 8, 2008 at 4:37 PM CDT
TYLER, Texas (AP) - A jury in Tyler took four minutes today to convict an organizer of an East Texas swinger's club -- involving children.
Now comes the penalty phase for 29-year-old Shauntel Mayo of Tyler, who faces life in prison.
Mayo was found guilty on charges that she forced three siblings, ages 7-10, to have sex with each other or perform sexual acts for club members who paid to watch.
Mayo was convicted of engaging in organized criminal activity and two counts of sexual performance of a child.
Mayo's boyfriend, Jamie Pittman, earlier this year was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
The Tyler Morning-Telegraph reports some jurors cried during testimony in Mayo's trial.
Children testified how Mayo and other defendants began teaching them at age five how to dance and perform sex acts.
The children were given drugs, which the adults called "silly pills," to help them perform.
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