American adult film actor Justin Heath Smith, otherwise known as Austin Wolf, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity and for engaging in a pattern of activity involving prohibited sexual conduct.

In addition to the prison term, the 44-year-old was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and a US$40,000 fine. The sentence was imposed by US District Judge Paul A Engelmayer, who also presided over the guilty plea.

“Justin Heath Smith’s crimes against children are horrible,” said United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, in a media release on Monday. “He targeted kids as young as seven, and every New Yorker wants him and those like him off our streets for as long as possible and never again near our children. The women and men of our Office, and our law enforcement partners, are laser-focused on ridding our streets of those who sexually exploit our children. The message to predators from our Office is clear: there is no place for you in New York other than prison.”

According to the plea agreement and statements made in court, since at least 2023, Smith repeatedly preyed on and tried to sexually exploit minor victims. In late 2023 or early 2024, Smith and an adult male reportedly met with a 15-year-old minor, during which the man performed oral sex on the minor while Smith masturbated. Smith also reportedly had sex at least three times with an individual whom Smith believed was 15 years old, but who was in fact an adult. He reportedly recorded one such encounter, a threesome with the adult male.

It was also revealed that Smith reportedly tried to make other arrangements to meet with other minors to engage in sexual activity. In January 2024, Smith reportedly made plans with another man to sexually abuse a purported nine-year-old child that the man claimed to be babysitting. Smith travelled to the man’s building for the encounter, which the man called off while Smith was waiting downstairs. In February 2024, Smith also reportedly made plans to meet a purported 14-year-old for sex, including discussing the specific sex act that the purported minor would perform on Smith.

Smith reportedly provided his cross-streets so that the purported minor could travel to Smith’s apartment. The planned encounter did not ultimately occur.

Smith also reportedly solicited child sexual abuse material from at least one minor and multiple individuals who purported to be minors.

Prior to his arrest, Smith reportedly made plans to meet with an individual who claimed to be the father of a seven-year-old child and who offered to make the child available to Smith for sexual abuse.

Federal law enforcement executed a search warrant on Smith’s residence before the planned encounter could occur. Following that search, Smith was found in possession of approximately 1,291 files containing child pornography, including around 75 files showing infants or toddlers and some videos depicting the violent rape of young children. Smith also shared child pornography with at least 15 other individuals.