A San Diego man who claimed to be a doctor in an attempt to solicit sexually explicit material from a 15-year-old Florida boy has pleaded guilty to a federal count of attempted enticement of a minor.

Eric Jacob Layton was arrested in 2023 at his University City home on allegations of posing as a doctor, sports reporter, massage therapist and youth sports modeling agent in order to obtain sexually explicit photographs from minors and arrange in-person meetings with the juveniles, officials said.

The FBI said victims who participated in youth sports were primarily targeted and that Layton presented himself as a sports massage therapist named Travis Parkin who specialized in youth athletics, as well as a sports physician named Dr. Alexis Iniesta.

Layton pleaded guilty on Friday in federal

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