Ex-Zimmer executive is sentenced
Gets 4-year term for using hidden camera to film girl undressing.
From The Associated Press
Gets 4-year term for using hidden camera to film girl undressing.
From The Associated Press
WARSAW — A judge sentenced a former top executive at orthopedics maker Zimmer Inc. to four years in prison for using concealed video equipment to film a girl undressing.
James P. Simpson, 48, apologized during a court hearing Thursday for his actions, but the judge turned down his request for probation. Simpson pleaded guilty Aug. 31 to two charges of child exploitation.
The girl’s father said he hoped Simpson’s sentence would protect her.
“She must have peace of mind that she is safe and that her privacy is protected,” he said.
Authorities in Holland, Mich., told Warsaw police in March that a Holland electronic repair business had found a DVD in a car’s compact disc player showing a girl undressing, prosecutors said. Investigators later learned the girl was younger than 15 and that the recordings were made with a concealed camera equipped with a wireless transmitter, authorities said.
Simpson said in court that he was “committed to staying on a disciplined course of recovery. My behaviors and actions have cost me much.”
Kosciusko Circuit Judge Rex L. Reed said that while Simpson was remorseful and has sought treatment, the girl was harmed even though Simpson did not touch her.
Simpson joined Zimmer in 1999 and was promoted to senior vice president in December before resigning before his April arrest, the company said.
Zimmer has more 6,500 employees worldwide, including about 2,100 in Warsaw, about 40 miles northwest of Fort Wayne. The company designs, develops and manufactures reconstructive and spinal implants as was as trauma and orthopedic surgical products.
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I'm sure that I believe his, "I won't do it again" speech.
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