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South Florida Man Sought Sex With 7-Year-Old Girl: Police

EDITOR'S NOTE: Some of the details of this story may be disturbing to some readers.

A South Florida man who said he wanted to have sex with and marry a 7-year-old Pembroke Pines girl who is a model and actress has been arrested on numerous charges, authorities said.

Sean William Diebold, 39, was arrested Wednesday on charges including using a computer to solicit, lure or seduce a child, promoting the sexual performance by a child and using a computer to solicit a parent or guardian for consent for sex with a child, according to an arrest report.

According to the report, the mother of the girl contacted police on Aug. 7 to report that the child was being targeted by an online predator who was making sexual comments on the girl's social media account. The woman said her daughter is a child model and actress and has multiple social media accounts that she solely operates.

Diebold started making comments on the girl's account on Aug. 5, saying he "wanted to marry the child and impregnate her," the report said. He would also "constantly comment on how beautiful and sexy the child was when new images of the child were posted to the account," the report said.

The family was so worried about the comments they placed the girl in temporary hiding, the report said.

After reporting the incident to police, a detective starting posing as the girl's mother on Instagram and sent a message to Diebold thanking him for following the daughter on social media. He immediately responded "your virgin so beautiful," according to the report.

The detective also cautioned Diebold to be careful about what he posts on social media, and Diebold sent his phone number and they began communicating by text and voice calls, the report said.

Diebold sent messages to the detective nearly every day for at least a week, confessing his love for the child and making comments about having sex with her, the report said.

"He communicated...constantly and at all hours of the day and evening wherein the topic of conversation was him engaging in sexual acts with children," the report said.

Diebold reiterated in the messages that he wanted to marry and impregnate the girl, said he masturbates to images of the girl and "dreams to be with a virgin child," the report said.

He also sent photos of his genitalia and asked for photos and videos of the girl naked, the report said. He also asked for permission to visit their house and said he wanted to become a part of their family, the report said.

"The defendant recommended that I introduce porn to the child in order to teach her how to have sex," the detective noted in the report.

Diebold also talked about wanting to move to China because he believes it's legal to have sex with a 7-year-old girl there, and inquired about what countries allow adults to have sex with children, the report said.

Diebold, who listed as living in Cutler Bay, was arrested by the FBI. He told authorities he "never had intentions of having sex with the child but wanted to get the attention of the FBI for employment opportunities," the report said.

The report said Diebold had been arrested in 1999 for having sex with a minor. He appeared in court Thursday where his public defender said he denies the charges.

A judge ordered him held on $475,000 bond on the 11 charges.

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