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2 February 2008 Chatmag News.

The Palm Springs Ca. case against alleged Internet predator James Philbrick has ended in a plea bargain. Mr. Philbrick had been shown on the Dateline NBC "To Catch a Predator" reality series, and subsequently tried in a California court.

Mr. Philbrick maintained that the chat room and private conversations were  "role play" and that he was not an Internet predator. In the plea, Mr. Philbrick received 3 Years probation and ordered to wear an ankle monitor for 90 days. Mr. Philbrick will not have to register as a sex offender, according to the terms of the plea.

The owner of Chatmag.com, Peter J. Carr, had been retained by the defense attorneys as a potential expert witness and had been gathering screen shots and chat logs to be presented into evidence, should they have been required.

According to a statement by Mr. Carr, "The evidence I had obtained by daily visits to the particular AOL chat room involved would of, I believe, demonstrated to the court that role play was a common occurrence. There were many instances of solicitation in the open chat room for persons who enjoyed "age play". Working on the Philbrick case has resulted in a personal loss to myself, however I am glad of the final outcome, as far as Mr. Philbrick is concerned."

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