Erotic book author pleads guilty in Oklahoma City federal court case


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USA – OKLAHOMA – A sex bondage book author has pleaded guilty to sending obscene material to a 17-year-old girl from New York who wanted to be a “submissive” in his polyamorous family.

Charles Michael Segaloff, 59, of Lawton, told an Oklahoma City federal judge Friday that he would have been the girl’s “dominant” in a type of “BDSM” relationship.

Segaloff has authored multiple books under the pen name Michael Makai, including “Domination & Submission: The BDSM Relationship Handbook” and “The BDSM Coloring Book: An Activity Book for Kinksters with Crayons,” an FBI special agent reported in a court affidavit.

“BDSM” stands for bondage, domination, sadism and masochism. Polyamory is described as being romantically involved with more than one person at the same time.

Segaloff initially was indicted in January after traveling in December to New York to pick up the girl. He brought her to Lawton to engage in a “BDSM” sexual relationship with him and his 26-year-old girlfriend. The agent reported the girlfriend was “a submissive to Segaloff by choice.”

Segaloff had been charged with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a juvenile, kidnapping a juvenile, sex trafficking of a juvenile and enticement of a juvenile.

On Friday, Segaloff, instead, pleaded guilty to one felony count of sending offensive material to an individual under 18. U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton will choose Segaloff’s punishment later. Records show Segaloff could face up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

A plea agreement also requires Segaloff to register as a sex offender.

Before the judge accepted the guilty plea, Segaloff was asked by a prosecutor to explain what he was admitting to in the case. Segaloff said he sent Facebook messages to the girl that suggested she be part of his “extended family.”

The prosecutor said the communications were obscene and dealt with “BDSM” and polyamory.

According to the affidavit, the girl and Segaloff emailed for months about his erotic books and the polyamorous lifestyle. The agent reported the girl found Segaloff on Facebook because she was curious about the “BDSM” lifestyle.

At the time of the emails last year, the cultural interest and presence of “BDSM” had been increasing. This was, in part, due to the 2011 erotic romance novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” being made into feature film that released in February 2015.

The girl “stated she left New York because she believed she was coming to a better life with Segaloff and his girlfriend,” the agent reported. “She was aware she would be entering into a polyamorous lifestyle and would be a submissive to Segaloff who would be the dominant.

“(The girl) stated that as the submissive, she is to do what she is told, as long as it did not make her feel uncomfortable.”

During Friday’s hearing, Segaloff described the dominant-submissive relationship as “very similar to a 1950s household,” where the father is king of the household and the mother “fulfills the role of a housewife and follows the guidance of the husband.”

According to the affidavit, Segaloff asked the girl to perform sexual acts with him and his girlfriend. The girlfriend “stated that Segaloff and the juvenile have had sex together and that it bothered her that they did so without involving her,” the agent reported.

Before the juvenile was found and interviewed, the girlfriend took the juvenile away from Segaloff’s house after finding out police were investigating, the agent reported.

Segaloff’s defense attorney, Joseph G. Shannonhouse IV, contended in a court document that “it is undisputed and defendant would ask the court to take judicial notice of the fact that the age of consent in the state of New York is 17 years of age … and that the age of consent in the state of Oklahoma is 16 years of age.”

Segaloff was convicted in 2003 in Washington state of second-degree assault with sexual motivation, court documents show. Segaloff is being held in Logan County jail, awaiting sentencing.

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