Court Rejects Bizarre “Saving the Girls” Story, Affirms Conviction in Doral Sting

A Florida man’s cinematic defense, claiming he was inspired by the movie Taken to “save” two underage girls from sex trafficking, has been unequivocally rejected by a federal appeals court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the conviction and 15-year prison sentence of Ralph Kevin Tovar, a 31-year-old Hollywood, Florida, resident.

Tovar was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempted sex trafficking of a minor and attempted enticement and coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The court’s opinion, filed on Friday, details Tovar’s elaborate but ultimately unbelievable story.

At trial, he testified that after responding to a fake online ad, he did not intend to engage i

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