Make New York Post a Preferred Source A depraved Ohio pervert who starred on a reality show about swingers has pleaded guilty to child porn and sex with dogs — but wants to go to trial for allegedly drugging and raping a 5-year-old girl.
Tony McCollister, who appeared on A&E’s short-lived “Neighbors with Benefits,” was arrested in Ohio in December along with his partner, Erica Lynne Grove, when authorities discovered explicit material involving children linked to his IP address.
During a six-month investigation, officials uncovered a horrifying video of the couple engaging in sexual conduct with two dogs, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office said in February.
They also found thousands of disturbing, graphic text messages exchanged between the couple — as well as evidence that they drugged and raped a young girl who was under 6 years old, police said. WLWT said the girl was 5 at the time.
McCollister pleaded guilty to 13 counts of pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor and four counts of sexual conduct with an animal, WLWT reported.
He is additionally charged with drugging and raping a child, which will go to bench trial.
Grove was convicted last week of gross sexual contact and two counts of endangering a child, but found not guilty of rape. She also previously pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual conduct with an animal.
Grove’s attorneys argued that the twisted text messages she and McCollister sent were just fantasy, while prosecutors alleged they showed actual abuse.
McCollister briefly starred in “Neighbors with Benefits,” which only aired two episodes in 2015 and followed the lives of swingers in an Ohio neighborhood.
McCollister was portrayed as the leader of the swinger community who aimed “to recruit new neighbors to join their freewheeling lifestyle,” according to one episode description.
