Documents: Girl in child porn case kept in Clermont County apartment with sex toys

Inside the bedroom of a Clermont County apartment, where court documents say two people harbored a 14-year-old girl was a bag of sex toys.

In an email Bryan Matthew Otero wrote to a Kansas man who had driven the girl from Indiana to the apartment, Otero said the girl was "slightly excited learning the things I will be teaching her," according to the documents.

Prosecutors said the email also hinted that the girl was not free to leave the apartment.

Otero, 28, and a co-defendant, Eric Zyn Ho, pleaded guilty Monday to federal child sex-trafficking charges. Ho, 26, also pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge.

It was revealed in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati that Otero, who jail records say is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds, identifies as a woman.

Court documents say the Kansas man, Ian Nathanial Smith, met the girl online. He eventually demanded that she perform sex acts on live-streaming video. In late April, Smith picked up the girl from her Indiana home and drove her to Clermont County, "delivering her to the defendants," court documents say.

She was considered missing for several days before documents say the FBI working with other law enforcement agencies found her in Ho's Union Township apartment.

According to court documents: On May 2, when officers went to the apartment, Otero answered the door. The girl was found hiding in a bedroom closet with Ho.

As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Ho will be sentenced to 30 years in prison. Otero will be sentenced to 10 years. Both will be required to register as sex offenders.

Smith pleaded guilty last month in federal court in Kansas to a child pornography charge, records show.

Documents say Smith made arrangements with Otero and Ho for the girl to stay with them until "he could save up enough money for his own residence." The documents also say that after taking her to Ho's apartment, Smith drove back to Kansas.

On April 29, according to court documents, Smith and the girl met Otero and Ho at a Clermont County Family Dollar. She had luggage and $250, which the documents say Smith gave to her.

A few days later, Smith said he received an email from Otero saying the girl could be returned to him "early," but Otero said he didn't want to put Smith "in financial risk/ruin," the documents say.