The BBC reported: \u2018Wilkinson, who failed to appear at court for sentencing, was\u00a0found guilty on Tuesday of drugging five men, voyeurism offences against three and the rape of one<\/a>.\u00a0The court heard Wilkinson advertised on Facebook and Instagram to lure men<\/a> to his home where he had set up a makeshift studio.He would then ply them with drinks laced with sedatives, allowing him to sexually assault them, and in some cases take photos of them they did not consent to.\u2019<\/p>\n Wilkinson could \u201cbarely use a camera<\/a> and was still having trouble using photoshop even into 2016\u201d according to one photographer who was reached by the defendant for advice. He also told prospective models he was an international \u201cjetsetting\u201d photographer named Simon.<\/p>\n \u201cWilkinson is a gay<\/a> man<\/a> who preferred to have sex<\/a> with straight men<\/a> without their being aware of it,\u201d the prosecutor told the jury.<\/p>\n The prosecution presented evidence of a Skype conversation between Wilkinson (\u201cStraightboylover\u201d) and another Skype user in which Wilkinson spoke of\u00a0having a \u201cfetish\u201d for \u201cstraight boys<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n Wilkinson\u2019s M.O. was similar in several cases,\u00a0Bristol Post<\/em>\u00a0added<\/a>: \u2018All described how he plied them with alcohol as soon as they arrived being very \u201cpushy\u201d and telling them the alcohol would bring out the veins in their arms and make them appear more muscular. He would almost always arrange for them to stay and for them to go for food and drinks afterward. With the men<\/a> describing not being able to remember past a certain point in the night later waking up in Wilkinson\u2019s bed or on his sofa with a bad head and different states of dress. When police would later show them pictures of themselves that were found in Wilkinson\u2019s possessions all would insist they had never agreed to full nude<\/a> and intimate pictures and had no recollection of them being taken. Miss Regan said: \u201cHe stupefied and overpowered his victims in order to sexually assault them.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n One model told police he woke up in a stupefied naked<\/a> state to find Wilkinson behind him:\u00a0\u201cI am definitely sure he was doing stuff to me. He was trying to have sex<\/a> with me.\u201d<\/p>\n Six other models who gave evidence described similar experiences.<\/p>\n The paper added<\/a>: \u201cIn total, 39 men<\/a> had their photographs taken by Nigel Wilkinson, 28 of those men<\/a> had stayed the night at his home.\u00a0A further 69 men<\/a> in were contacted by Wilkinson but some of them did not reply or if they did they rejected his offer. Police were able to contact 51 of the men<\/a> to check on their welfare but many of these did not want to engage with the force.\u201d<\/p>\n The case is similar to that of\u00a0a Miami man<\/a>, Bryan Deneumostier,\u00a0arrested in July<\/a>\u00a0for posing as a housewife and promising men<\/a> sex<\/a> before luring them to his home, filming them without their knowledge, and putting those films on a pay website called Straightboyz. Deneumostier was recently sentenced<\/a> to three years in prison.<\/p>\n The post \u2018Fitness Photographer\u2019 with \u2018Straight Guy Fetish\u2019 Gets 16 Years for Drugging, Raping Male Models<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n