James Howard Johnson (pictured), who molested and pimped out his stepdaughter from a minor until well in to her teens, was convicted this week on 17 felony counts, ranging from rape to child molestation to pimping and pandering. A Georgia, Fulton County, judge handed the 49-year-old three consecutive life terms in prison plus 87 years.
Johnson began sexually abusing his stepdaughter back in 2000, when she was 7 years old.
When the child became a teen, he began holding sex parties in his Atlanta home, where he would pimp the young girl out to men for money. Court records indicate that Johnson forced the child to drink liquor and take the drug ecstasy in order to enhance her sexual prowess with male strangers. Johnson would also have the child solicit men via sex chat lines. The child was also forced to recruit her male friends and have them join in the parties.
The child's mother, who is Johnson's ex-wife, and his current girlfriend testified in court that he also prostituted them as well.
After being sexually tortured for seven years, the teen in question ran away to an aunt who lives in Missouri. The young girl recounted her horror story to the relative who immediately notified the authorities.
Johnson was arrested in 2008 by the Atlanta police.
While the the young lady's identity is still being withheld, at 18 years old she graduated from high school with honors and received a scholarship. She is now attending a private university.
According to the district attorney's office, there will be further prosecutions down the pike with regards to this case. Investigators are still working on finding out the names of the men who attended the sex parties held by Johnson.