Hampton man sentenced to 17 years in prison for production of child sexual abuse material

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

According to court documents, on Jan. 15, 2023, Skylar James Duvall, 24, used a screen recording application that allowed him to create videos of what he was viewing on his computer screen to record a live streaming of a minor being sexually abused by her guardian. As the live stream was being recorded, Duvall chatted with the guardian to arrange a determined amount of time and payment to the guardian for certain sex acts to be committed against the victim.

Investigators found additional CSAM on Duvall's electronic devices, including over 500 images and 700 videos of CSAM and thousands of files of potential CSAM and CGI/animated child exploitive videos and images.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C., and the Hampton Police Department investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Devon E.A. Heath prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorney's Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

For more information about HSI's efforts to protect children from sexual predators, visit Know2Protect.gov.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District CourtLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACERLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. by searching for Case No. 4:25-cr-25.