In an interview with ABC News eight-years-ago, when she first came forward, Allen said she knew there was something strange about Mancuso when he adopted her. Mancuso, 55, was divorced and independently wealthy when he traveled to Russia 15 years ago to adopt Allen and then embarked on five years of abuse against her which included taking pictures of her in Disney World and spreading them online. However, Allen's legal team have chosen their first 14 defendants wisely, they are professionals, such as doctors and lawyers and Mancuso, because they have money.
Kelly, a Baltimore lawyer who filed a Masha's Law claim earlier this year against more than 80 men for two sisters who were aged seven and nine. However, the issue for Allen and her team is that men convicted of child pornography charges are already in financial ruins by the time their criminal cases are over. Justice Department sends them a notice every time someone is caught. Rescued in after a national police investigation into internet pedophiles, Allen decided to go public with her story and Congress eventually passed 'Masha's Law' to give victims the right to sue anyone caught with their images associated with child pornography.Īllen, who is now years old intends to do that and in a federal suit filed in Philadelphia on Friday, the victim names Mancuso and 13 other men all convicted of possessing or transmitting her images online.Īllen and her legal team are able to keep track of who has accessed the despicable images of her online because the U. Originally from Russia, Allen was adopted at the age of five in by an unmarried Pittsburgh businessman, Matthew Mancuso who proceeded to rape and post sickening images of her online for five years.