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Sex offender sentenced to five years in federal prison for uploading bestiality video

File photo of the federal courthouse in Jefferson City.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for uploading an “obscene bestiality” video to his Google account, according to a Thursday press release from the Department of Justice.

Brian Joe Gravatt, 48, was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole.

Gravatt was required to register as a sex offender due to his prior convictions of statutory rape and statutory sodomy, the release states.

According to the release, Gravatt pleaded guilty on April 4 to one count of transporting obscene material. Gravatt admitted that on Oct. 28, 2020, he uploaded a 33-minute bestiality video to his Google Photos account.

The video was discovered by law enforcement while investigating a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a complaint of suspected child pornography, according to the release.

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