New York Daily News

Ultimate sex scum

- BY VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS and THOMAS TRACY With Barbara Ross and Graham Rayman

AN ADMINISTRA­TOR at Pace University was arrested for watching a sickening live stream of a young boy being sexually abused, officials said Thursday.

Scott Lane, 34, executive director of donor relations and fund-raising programs for Pace, is accused of watching the sickening show from his Hell’s Kitchen apartment under the Internet handle “NYC Perv” — and at times even directing the action.

“Show more face,” he allegedly ordered as the child was sexually assaulted. “F--- him.” The sicko liked what he saw. “Nice,” he wrote as he watched, according to prosecutor­s. “Hot, man.”

Members of the Department of Homeland Security’s child exploitati­on investigat­ion unit arrested Lane at his W. 56th St. apartment Tuesday, charging him with possession of child pornograph­y and the sexual exploitati­on of children, officials said.

A laptop with an applicatio­n to the illicit streaming service was found under his bed, officials said.

Lane is being held without bail. He is expected to be sent to Pennsylvan­ia, where the investigat­ion is centered.

He and several others joined in the sickening live stream this past July 22, according to court papers.

The feed, in which viewers can text in and tell the abusers what to do, was being monitored by Canadian law enforcemen­t officials conducting an investigat­ion into software used by pedophiles who want to share images and videos.

Canadian authoritie­s took screenshot­s of the live stream, catching some of the directions sent by NYC Perv.

“Let us hear the audio,” Lane allegedly wrote. “Make out with him. Get him naked.”

The video wasn’t enough to satiate Lane’s stomach-turning desires, according to prosecutor­s.

“No f---ing?” he wrote as the show concluded, court papers say.

Canadian authoritie­s shared their evidence with Homeland Security, who tracked the IP address of NYC Perv to Lane’s apartment.

He didn’t confess to being NYC Perv — but did see “something that made (him) uncomforta­ble,” according to court papers.

In a statement, a representa­tive for Pace said they found out about the report from the media.

“Lane has been terminated, permanentl­y barred from university property and facilities, and is no longer employed by the university,” the statement said.

The disturbing scandal isn’t the first for the school.

Back in 2011, David Watson, then the 62-year-old director of cultural events at Pace’s lower Manhattan campus, was busted after posting ads online looking for a “nubile girl next door,” according to the Westcheste­r County district attorney.

He showed up at a motel in Elmsford with a photo album filled with pictures of “minor children in sexually suggestive poses,” prosecutor­s charged.

Watson thought he was meeting with a fellow perv with whom he had been communicat­ing about swapping perverse images of kids — only to find out it was really an undercover investigat­or.

He pleaded guilty to one count of possession of an obscene sexual performanc­e by a child in April 2011 and got 10 years probation.

 ??  ?? Pace University administra­tor Scott Lane faces charges of watching kids engage in sex on the Internet while telling abuser what acts to perform.
Pace University administra­tor Scott Lane faces charges of watching kids engage in sex on the Internet while telling abuser what acts to perform.

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