Divorced couple charged with online rape

SEATTLE, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A divorced couple in the Seattle area have been charged with webcasting images of their sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl.

Brian Beston, 36, of Kent and Hollie Beston, 31, of Burien entered not guilty pleas Monday to charges that include first degree rape of a child and molestation of a child as well as transmitting sexual images of a child, KOMO-TV, Seattle, reported. In court documents, investigators say the girl was abused between June and October 2009.

An investigation into the Bestons began when FBI agents investigating a man in San Diego who told Seattle police he had received child pornography from the couple. The San Diego man allegedly posed as a single mother on Craigslist using the screen name jennymomsd and seeking other parents in California and Seattle.

The Bestons allegedly sent the man pictures of the girl being molested and arranged a live feed when he suggested they had gotten the pictures off the Internet.

Police say the couple have both admitted the abuse. They are being held in lieu of $500,000 bail each.