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Oregon photographer gets 40-year prison term for drugging, sexually assaulting teen models
Oregon photographer gets 40-year prison term for drugging, sexually assaulting teen models
Oregon photographer gets 40-year prison term for drugging, sexually assaulting teen models

Published on: 08/04/2026

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Robert Koester promised aspiring teen models careers in fashion, then flew them to his rural Yamhill County farm where he used hidden cameras, drugs and violence to assault at least eight victims over four years.

A photographer who drugged, raped and recorded his abuse of at least eight teenage models at his rural Yamhill County farm was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in federal prison.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/08/oregon-photographer-gets-40-year-prison-term-for-drugging-sexually-assaulting-teen-models.html

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