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rss Complete transcript of 'Sexfairy' interview Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 6:11 PM Below is a verbatim transcript of Dan Noyes' interview with the woman known as "Sexfairy." Dan Noyes: You told me that you want people to know something. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": That I'm not this dominatrix that everyone has- I'm a simple girl who turned in someone that was doing something extremely wrong.
Story continues below Advertisement Dan Noyes: So tell me who you were at the time this all happened? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": 30-year-old mother of three, stay at home mom, chattin' on-line. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": I was introduced to him, to Bernie. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": A friend of mine had said an acquaintance of mine had said, "Look, I know somebody," and she was interested, I was interested in doing the domination thing and he was submissive and so she introduced me to him, chatted back and forth and that's when this whole melee' happened. Dan Noyes: So, the domination thing, was that something new for you or was that something you had been doing? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": It was something new, fairly new. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": I just think it was another aspect of sexuality that I was interested in and exploring that piece and then this is what it turned into. Dan Noyes: I wonder where on the internet you found the friend who then introduced you to Bernie. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": I had actually known her prior, I did not meet her on-line. I don't know where she met him on-line, but she did meet him on-line. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": She gave me his screen name and we chatted back and forth on IM. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": IM, and that's exactly how we met. Dan Noyes: Before that one day when he sent you the child porn, how many times had you talked to him? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": I talked to him probably a good two, maybe three weeks prior to that. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": Same thing, domination submission conversations. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": At first, I just thought he was a submissive guy that was trying to explore his sexuality, as well, and then it started turning as we all know, turning a little bit more dark. Dan Noyes: So, tell me about that day, the day that it all kind of blew up, tell me what happened? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": It was a simple day, I remember it was in December, close to Christmas, you know, my kids weren't home and I was chatting on-line like I always did, he had popped up chattin' on-line, he had asked me as we all know from the IM's, "I like to trade pics." "Well, send me some," cause he really had never sent me any pics. Dan Noyes: And just to be clear here, he's the one who had brought up the idea of pictures. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy":Yes, and he as I said sent me pics and up in my mail came up child porn. Dan Noyes: He had sent a few pictures at that time, was the very first one child porn? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": I don't quite remember the order that it went in. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy":It was from my best recollection it was a mother or a woman who appeared topless and two children who appeared adolescents, they were probably in their teens, maybe a little bit younger, and in a sexually compromising position. Dan Noyes: And you asked Bernie about the picture, he says it's a 14-year-old boy, a 12-year-old girl, the mother in her thirties was topless, the mother was guiding the young girl, the 12-year-old girl's hand onto the 14-year-old's penis. Dan Noyes: When you saw that, what went through your mind? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": Oh my God, basically, I was, my stomach wrenched, my stomach turned, I was trying to figure out what do I do? And that's when I came to the conclusion I needed to call the Oakdale police department. Dan Noyes: I want to explore that a little more, when you say your stomach wrenched, how so? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": It was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen, children shouldn't be put in sexually compromising positions at all, and then to be taking pictures of and sent around the internet was just mind-blowing to me. Dan Noyes: And here you are, you're a mother of three young girls, at that point, a two-year-old was your youngest, right? Dan Noyes: So, you see this photograph and it really had an effect on you. Dan Noyes: How quickly, once that picture popped up, how quickly were you on the phone with police? Maybe a little bit longer, but it wasn't at all even close to an hour, it was less than that. Dan Noyes: Because I see in the transcript, you say, "Brb," be right back, and you're on the phone to police. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": They told me, well, we'll come out and they did and they look at the photo and they said that they were going to check my computer--to keep on talking to him to see if he can send me more photos which he then did. The conversations got a little bit more sexual as in one of those from IM's, it started, it just got worse and worse. Dan Noyes: He was bringing up things about kids, about his own kids, and it's clear at different times you dissuade him from involving his own children. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": He had asked me permission several times if he could do sexual things with his children or have his children watch and I simply said no. It was just not even a question in my mind that "A" he was involving me, trying to involve me in something illegal "A", and "B" it was just something that was just disgusting, and I just even couldn't bear to think about it. Dan Noyes: And at one point, he describes being there at the computer in his boxer shorts and his-- I guess a tank top t-shirt and his daughter had walked in. I guess he said that she wanted to say hi to you, and you told him to put on his pants. And he, you know, just cause someone is as sick as that and to even ask me that, doesn't mean his children need to be put in any compromising position, and I have children myself, and I wouldn't want anyone to do it to mine, so I was watching out for his children, or trying to. Dan Noyes: I just want to be clear, at any point before Bernie Ward sent you child porn, had you expressed an interest in children? Dan Noyes: So, describe the chat to me, was it all about man and woman? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": It was about man and woman, domming, at one point, it did get into a conversation about man on man, but it was all adult consensual things that we were talking about. Dan Noyes: Did you ever express an interest in children? Dan Noyes: You contact the police, they tell you to keep on chatting with Ward to get a record, some evidence to prosecute him with. Dan Noyes: So, describe that scene to me that you were talking about. It was around Christmas time and you're there with your three young daughters. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": I'm on a website tracking Santa for my girls, and up pops Bernie Ward on my next IM screen and I have to continue on talking to him while tracking Santa for my children. Dan Noyes: So you're tracking Santa on one screen and here's Bernie Ward with the sex talk on another, with your daughters there, of course you're trying to shield them. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": Back and forth, my children were never by my computer, they were just asking me where's Santa's at and I would go on there, tell them where's Santa's at and I tried to continue on my conversation with Bernie Ward. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": I was trying to be a mom, but I was also trying to do what I was supposed to do for the police, and it was almost like I was being pulled in two different directions because at any given time, my children would be sitting there, I could be talking to Bernie Ward and I would have to go out to get my children from the school bus. So, it was almost like I was being torn between the two almost because I wanted this man put to justice and I wanted this evidence, but I also had to take care of my own. Dan Noyes: How many photographs of child porn did he send you? Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": If I remember correctly, it's four years ago, it's about three or four. Linda Figueiredo, "Sexfairy": They're pretty sexual in content, I...
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