He lures a young teenager | A repeat cyber predator pretended to be a teenager

A cyber predator didn’t take long after his release from prison to reoffend. The 50-year-old pedophile pretended to be a teenager to lure his young victim. At the same time, he shared his deviant fantasies with an adult in his victim’s entourage.

Blaise Rodi pleaded guilty last week at the Montreal courthouse to numerous charges, including production of child pornography, luring a minor and arranging with an accomplice to commit a sex crime against a minor. His accomplice, Nicole Dion, pleaded guilty last summer to counts of luring and child pornography offences.

Blaise Rodi and Nicole Dion meet on a singles group on Facebook, where their exchanges take a sordid turn. Blaise Rodi wants to invite her to a private group of pedophiles. He sends her photos of young girls, while Nicole Dion sends him images of a young girl she knows.

Last January, Blaise Rodi sent his accomplice two videos showing a young child (5 to 8 years old) having sexual intercourse with an adult. Blaise Rodi then boasted about being the aggressor of a little girl in one of the videos. However, he did not admit in court to having committed this sexual assault.

The cyberpredator introduces Nicole Dion to a teenager and his mother on social media. Characters created by Blaise Rodi. Using the teenager’s identity, the pedophile takes the opportunity to get in touch with a young girl in Nicole Dion’s entourage.

For weeks, the teenager played by Blaise Rodi talks about sexuality with the young victim. He sends her links to pornography and insists on having naked photos of her. To manipulate her, he tells her, for example, that other girls her age do it.

By insisting, the cyberpredator convinces his young victim. But he keeps asking for more photos.

Blaise Rodi had a history of similar offences. He had been sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2021 for possession and production of child pornography and for counselling someone to commit a criminal act that was not committed. At the time of luring the teenager in 2023, he was therefore subject to an order prohibiting him from using the internet.

Observations on the sentence to be imposed will take place next December. He remains in detention until then.

M^e Marissa Maria Kazadellis represents the public prosecutor, while Mr.^e Catherine Paré-Gascon defends the offender.