California male nanny Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski, 34, SMIRKS as he's jailed for ... trends now
A California male nanny smirked as he was jailed for 707 years for molesting more than a dozen young boys in his care.
Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was convicted of sexually assaulting 16 boys aged two to 14, as well as showing another child pornography last month.
The 34-year-old babysitter carried out the sordid campaign of abuse from 2014 until his arrest in May 2019. Many of his crimes were filmed and played in court.
'We watched you turn molestation into a game,' Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger told him on Friday.
During his sentencing, the grandmother of one of his victims begged the Menninger: 'A death sentence is too good for him... Please show no mercy on this animal.'
Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was sentenced to 707 years in prison for sexually assaulting 16 boys, as well as showing another child pornography
He was convicted of 34 felonies, including lewd and lascivious acts with a minor after investigators uncovered video evidence of his sick crimes
Zakrzewski, of Costa Mesa, billed himself as a male nanny or 'manny' and bragged about his experience as a childcare provider
Zakrzewski, of Costa Mesa, maintained eye contact with his victim's families as they read their impact statements.
He told them he wants their sons, 'to break through the clouds and shine bright,' but did not apologize, ABC7 reports.
Zakrzewski's crimes came to light after a Laguna Beach family reported him for inappropriately touching their son.
He went on to be convicted of 34 felonies, including lewd and lascivious acts with a minor after investigators uncovered video evidence of his sick crimes.
At sentencing, the families of his victims wept as they read emotional impact statements detailing therapy they have had to undergo.
One mother described having to take her 12-year-old son for tests for sexually transmitted diseases.
'I have grieved my son's childhood while he was still a child,' she said. 'I can't look at his sweet baby photos anymore without crying. All I can see is a child who was being abused and manipulated not to speak up.
'Was it worth it? Did you get what you wanted? Because I fail to see how you could think this would go any other way.'
Zakrzewski's victims were aged between two and 14 and came from across Southern California
At his sentencing on Friday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger told him, 'We watched you turn molestation into a game,' after prosecutors played sick videos of the abuse that he had filmed himself
Victims' families wept in court as they detailed the horrific impact his crimes has had on their children, branding him an 'animal' as they begged the judge to
