New Jersey moneyman behind sick ‘monkey crushing’ videos gets just 4 years in prison

Tamara Ceaikovski

A New Jersey man was sentenced for his role as the middleman in a monkey torture ring where people paid for repulsive “monkey crushing” videos depicting the young chimps being physically and sexually abused by a child. Giancarlo Morelli was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to create and distribute the horrific fetish films to would-be buyers, according to the US Department of Justice . Morelli and co-conspirator Nicholas T. Dryden of Cincinnati were cuffed in June 2024. The duo