A New York trust funder charged with filming himself raping and sexually assaulting two unconscious women has taken a 10-year plea deal.
Cameron McDermott, 32, of Hempstead, Long Island, had been accused of more than 200 counts of predatory sexual assault, rape, sex abuse and unlawful surveillance against two women and was facing more than 25 years in prison.
Police said that between 2010 and 2013, McDermott had recorded himself drugging, raping and sexually assaulting two women at least 13 times at various apartments in Manhattan. He then saved the videos on his computers and meticulously labeled them according to the actions in the video.
Cameron McDermott, 32, was accused of 200 counts of predatory sexual assault, rape, sex abuse and unlawful surveillance against two women. He faced more than 25 years in prison
The two women, who were said to have known McDermott well, were unconscious during the multiple incidents. Among McDermott’s alleged actions were raping the two women, sodomizing one woman and inserting objects into the other woman’s vagina.
Neither woman was aware of what had been done to them until authorities discovered the videos that McDermott had made of himself engaging in the actions.
McDermott originally pleaded not guilty to the charges in June, but on Friday, he took a plea deal and plead guilty to first degree rape and sexual abuse, the New York Post reported.
As part of the deal, McDermott will serve a concurrent 10-year and a seven-year prison sentence. He will also be forced to register as a sex offender.
As part of a plea deal on Friday, McDermott (pictured in June) pleaded guilty to first degree rape and sexual abuse. He will serve a 10-year and seven-year prison sentence concurrently
McDermott (pictured in June) will also need to register as a sex offender under the plea deal
In court, McDermott answered ‘yes’ when the judge asked him if he admitted to having had sex with a woman who was physically helpless and incapable of giving her consent.
The Post reported that none of McDermott’s friends or family were present in the courtroom.
McDermott is scheduled for sentencing on April 6.
The rape and sexual assault charges came after authorities raided McDermott’s house on January 19, after he allegedly performed a series of lewd public acts, police said.
Among the acts was allegedly walking up to a woman in the parking lot of Adelphi University and urinating on her leg, while he was wearing a black wig, black yoga pants and lipstick.
During the raid, police allegedly found videos of the sexual assaults as well as a hundreds of child pornography images, which were also said to have been carefully labeled according to the ages of the children and the forced sexual acts they were engaged in.
McDermott, who recently worked in medical device sales, was held without bail because it was determined that he was a flight risk.
McDermott’s father, Rick McDermott Jr., spent 25 years as the CEO of bond brokerage firm Chapdelaine & Co, which is now known as Chapdelaine Tullett Prebon, LLC. The family is said to have millions of dollars to their name.