Mansfield woman pleads guilty to federal charges of exploiting 9-year-old child
A Mansfield woman pleaded guilty this week to federal charges of sexually exploiting a 9-year-old child, officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Texas said.
Marisa Witkop, 31, produced four explicit videos of the child and distributed some of them using a social media application, according to court documents.
Witkop was indicted on the charges last October, and faces a maximum of 30 years in federal prison on each count, officials said. Sentencing is scheduled for June 9 in Fort Worth.
The United States Secret Service and the Mansfield Police Department handled the investigation, according to a statement.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in 2006 to combat a “growing epidemic” of child sexual exploitation, according to the statement.
This story was originally published February 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM.
