Woodstock rapist who videotaped girl's gang rape resentenced

WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County judge resentenced a Woodstock sex offender to prison after he did not seek recommended treatment and failed to disclose a social media account to police while registering as a sexual predator.

Corion V. Simpson, 20, was originally sentenced in June 2015 to spend 135 days in McHenry County Jail and four years of reporting probation after he admitted to his involvement in raping a 15-year-old girl. He also was required to undergo sex offender counseling and register for life as a sex offender.

Assistant State’s Attorney Sharyl Eisenstein said Simpson brought the 15-year-old girl to a party in December 2013, where he and three others raped her, while a fourth recorded the incident. The video later was placed on Facebook and used to intimidate the girl, Eisenstein said.

After his initial sentencing, authorities said, Simpson did not follow treatment recommendations and was arrested in December of last year after authorities said he maintained a social media application without disclosing it upon registering as a sexual predator. Detectives said they found a social media profile Dec. 17 that Simpson used a number of times.

McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather resentenced Simpson to four years in prison on the aggravated criminal sexual abuse charge and two years on the charge of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender. Those sentences are set to run concurrently, she said.

Prather said Simpson initially was given “the deal of a lifetime” and decided to do nothing with the opportunity.

“What have you done in the last year?” Prather asked the defendant, adding that she didn’t believe Simpson took the charges against him seriously.

Simpson said he apologized for his actions and wanted to move on from his past mistakes.

Eisenstein said the defendant was given a chance at probation and, instead of taking that opportunity, he continued to make poor decisions. She also said Simpson has “complete disregard for following the law.”

Angelo Mourelatos, Simpson’s attorney, said his client has since accepted responsibility for his actions. He also said his client has a support system of his mother, Sharonda Love, and other family members who are willing to help him get back on track.

Love said she reached out to several employment agencies and picked up counseling brochures to ensure her son had options if he were to remain on probation and return home.

“I want him to get the help and counseling that he needs,” Love said in court.