O'Keefe paid $100,000 to settle a lawsuit from Juan Carlos Vera, a former employee of ACORN who claimed he was filmed illegally. Vera was fired after the deceptively-edited sting video appeared to show him advising O'Keefe how to set up a child prostitution ring, but Vera actually contacted authorities following the encounter and reported the incident. O'Keefe was also sentenced to three years of probation and forced to pay a $1,500 fine for a separate incident involving an attempt to enter the offices of former Sen. Mary Landreiu (D., La.) under false pretenses.