Des Moines, IA- A central Iowa woman has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for helping her husband create child pornography.
Radio Iowa reports that court documents show 33-year-old Ashley Marie Butler of Des Moines helped her husband Shane Butler create child pornography at least three times by recording a video as he sexually abused a minor child.
Investigators say they found the videos on the couple’s cell phones. Ashley Butler was sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to produce porn and 15 years for the production of child porn.
Those sentences are to be served consecutively. Shane Butler was also sentenced to 45 years in prison.
