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Naomi Floren faced an 18-year sentence after pleading guilty Friday to child molesting, as a level four felony, and promotion of child sexual trafficking, a level three felony, for drugging and molesting a child she was babysitting.
Floren, 21 at the time, was babysitting the 12-year-old victim and their four younger siblings in July last year. According to court documents, Floren drugged and molested the victim, then organized sexual interaction between four different men and the victim, for payment, over the course of three days.
The victim reported these sexual assaults to the Bloomington Police Department on July 12, which led to Floren’s arrest July 18. Police reported photo evidence of these interactions from the victim’s cellphone, and an investigation followed. Floren was arrested on 10 charges, including child molesting, promotion of child sexual trafficking, vicarious sexual gratification and neglect of a dependent.
She was sentenced to eight years for count one and 10 years for count four, which will be served consecutively in the Indiana Department of Corrections with two years suspended for probation. During sentencing, Floren had 263 days of jail credit.
The men who allegedly engaged sexually with the child victim were not charged as they assisted in the investigation.
