Italo Brett Bonini, a former Orange County teacher, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for enticing children into sex acts online using video game currency.

Bonini was a music teacher at Hunter's Creek Middle School.

In a handwritten letter to the court and the victims, Bonini expressed remorse, writing, "I deserve to be punished, there is no doubt in my mind about it because every action has a consequence, and I am ready to accept mine for engaging in this shameful behavior with children."

Background

Investigators reported that Bonini chatted with two young children from Maryland through the online communication platform Discord.

He was accused of offering an 8-year-old boy and his younger brother video game currency in exchange for the victims showing their genitals on scre

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