CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A sex-offender accused of directing child pornography videos over the telephone from prison cursed out a judge and threatened his attorney during a pair of outbursts Monday during jury selection.

Andre Boynton is charged with human trafficking and child rape.

His outbursts Monday came at the start of a trial where he's accused of running a small-time child pornography operation involving four boys under the age of 14 out of his girlfriend's North Royalton apartment.

"B---h, f--k you," he barked during a dispute with Common Pleas Judge Sherrie Miday over the performance of Harvey Bruner, the third attorney to take on his case.

Miday ordered Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputies to escort Boynton out of the courtroom. Boynton screamed at Bruner as he was led out.

"I want my money back," Boynton yelled, pointing at Bruner and hurling expletives as a deputy led him through a door to a holding cell. It was the second time he was taken out of court in the same day.

Boynton was removed from the courtroom earlier Monday, after he slammed the table where he, his girlfriend, Anika George, and defense lawyers Bruner and Jaye Schlachet sat to prepare for the trial.

The couple each face 150 counts including rape, human trafficking, compelling prostitution and child pornography charges. They face a maximum of life in prison with parole after 26 years if convicted.

After the outbursts, Miday ordered that Boynton and George be given separate trials. She also granted Boynton's request to fire Bruner, and moved forward with jury selection in George's trial.

Boynton, who considers himself to be a Sovereign Citizen, challenged the court's jurisdiction to bring charges against him, and repeatedly said he would plead guilty to "the facts, not the crimes" once prosecutors presented him with the "bonded charges."

Bruner asked to withdrawal from the case, citing the arguments that Boynton continued to make. When he agreed that the court had jurisdiction, Boynton erupted, telling Bruner to "go sit with the prosecution."

Boynton then told Bruner that he was fired and that he would bill Boynton $100,000 each time he spoke on Boynton's behalf during trial.

Boynton then lifted his end of the table off the floor and slammed it down and threatened Bruner. Deputies quickly led him out of the courtroom.

He was led back into the courtroom with his feet shackled. His second outburst came as Miday denied Boynton's request to fire Bruner because Boynton has filed a complaint against him with the local bar association.

Boynton snapped when Miday referred to the complaint as an "alleged complaint" because she had not seen a copy of it.

George covered her mouth with one hand during Boynton's outbursts. She raised her hand after he was led out and told Miday that she will not cooperate with her attorney.

Miday asked George if she wanted to waive her right to have a jury hear her case and instead of Miday decide her guilt or innocence. She again responded that she is a beneficiary and does not wish to speak.

Boynton has been in state prison in Marion since 2009 on a life sentence with parole eligibility after 10 years for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl.

But in June and July of 2014, Boynton directed George to befriend young boys and make them have sex with a 14-year-old girl with developmental disabilities whom Boynton knew, prosecutors say.

George carried out the request, and used the promise of video games and cash to lure four boys, between the ages of 9 and 13, to her North Royalton apartment, prosecutors say. She then forced the children to perform sex acts on herself and the girl six times in a five-week span, according to the indictment.

Boynton would listen to the encounters over the phone and tell the children what to do, prosecutors say. George recorded all of the encounters on her cellphone, prosecutors say.

George, who worked as a health aid at a nursing home, is also charged with voyeurism after investigators found nude photographs of 12 elderly patients from the nursing home where she worked, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors do not know what the pair planned to do with any of the images or recordings.

George was arrested in August 2014, and pleaded not guilty to nearly 100 counts of rape and child pornography. Her case stalled after she refused to cooperate with a court-ordered exam to determine if she was competent to stand trial, according to records. A judge in December 2015 sent her to a Columbus behavioral hospital for an examination, and she was found competent to stand trial, according to court records.

Prosecutors filed a new indictment in February 2016 adding Boynton's name and human trafficking charges after investigators uncovered new evidence, prosecutors say.

Boynton filed more than 100 pages worth of motions on his own behalf since his indictment, arguing that the United Nations, U.S., State of Ohio and Cuyahoga County have "deceptively established themselves as holders of the land" that he, as a child of the God Yahweh, has sovereign reign over.

Boynton's previous two lawyers, a public defender and Donald Butler, withdrew themselves from representing Boynton. Miday will appoint Boynton a new attorney.

George has also gone through two attorneys of her own.

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