Box Elder County Utah Rocked by Arrest of Judge Kevin Christensen in Child Sex Crimes Sting
By Richard Luthmann
A sitting judge, sworn to uphold the law, now finds himself on the wrong side of it. Judge Kevin Robert Christensen, a longtime justice in Utah’s First District Court, faces eight felony charges for allegedly engaging in sexually explicit conversations with minors online.
The charges include enticing a minor using the internet, dealing in harmful materials to a minor, and attempted aggravated sexual exploitation of a child.
Christensen, 64, was arrested following an investigation by the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. Authorities uncovered graphic chat messages on the encrypted messaging app KIK, where Christensen allegedly engaged in explicit exchanges with underage victims.
Federal investigators claim Christensen shared child pornography and even fantasized about abuse with other adults, including former Tremonton Fire Chief Ned Brady Hansen, who was also arrested on similar charges.
Christensen was named Utah Justice Court Judge of the Year at the 2024 Justice Court Judge Conference last year.
In 2023, Brigham City selected Justice Court Judge Kevin Christensen as the Jim Davis Extraordinary Service Award recipient.
This is not just another scandal. This is a crisis. Judges like Christensen make life-altering decisions about child custody, criminal sentencing, and the very laws meant to protect children. Yet, behind the robe, he allegedly used his position to hide a dark secret.
The Corruption in the Judiciary
Christensen’s case is not an isolated incident. Across the country, judges and other officials—people entrusted with the highest legal authority—are being exposed for their involvement in child exploitation.
Just last year, Florida authorities arrested a retired judge and multiple Disney employees in a human trafficking sting.
In Wisconsin in 2021, an openly gay judge was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on “sadistic” child pornography charges.
A simple Google search will show a sordid list of judges that have been convicted in courts of law for moonlighting as predators.
The judiciary, meant to be the pillar of justice, has repeatedly shown cracks when it comes to protecting children.
These arrests raise an urgent question: Who is watching the watchers? How many more judges are hiding in plain sight?
Judges and the Normalization of Predatory Behavior
Christensen’s case exposes a disturbing trend—the growing attempt to normalize pedophilia among elites.
In recent years, academia and media have seen an alarming push to reframe pedophilia as a mere sexual preference rather than the violent crime it is.
In 2021, Old Dominion University placed a professor on leave after backlash over research that sought to rebrand pedophiles as “Minor Attracted Persons”.
The judiciary is supposed to serve as a check against this depravity, not embrace it. And yet, cases like Christensen’s suggest that some in power are more interested in protecting predators than victims.
How Many Children Were Harmed?
Authorities are now combing through Christensen’s online activity to determine if he had other victims.
Prosecutors say his use of encrypted apps suggests there may be more children he targeted.
The public is being urged to come forward with any information.
Meanwhile, the community is left grappling with the horrifying reality that a man who decided the fate of countless families may have been preying on their children all along.
The Bigger Picture: The Crisis in Family Courts
Christensen was a judge overseeing cases involving families, custody disputes, and criminal matters.
The idea that a judge accused of exploiting children was making decisions about child welfare is beyond disturbing. It raises a broader concern about the integrity of the family court system.
Family courts already face accusations of bias, incompetence, and corruption.
Some critics argue that the system, designed to protect children, often does the opposite—placing them in unsafe homes or turning a blind eye to abuse.
The Christensen case underscores why many parents and activists have called for more oversight, transparency, and accountability in the judiciary.
Will the System Hold Him Accountable?
Christensen has been denied bail and remains in custody as prosecutors prepare to present more evidence. But the real test is whether he will face the full force of the law. Too often, powerful figures receive leniency.
If convicted, Christensen should face the same harsh penalties as any other predator.
For now, the public is left questioning: How many more judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials live double lives?
The public deserves answers, and it’s time for a full-scale investigation into those who sit in judgment over the rest of us.
I hope that there is a story on Judge James Towery. He sex trafficked four of my children with my former attorney, Valerie Houghton.
If that wasn’t enough, they forced my youngest daughter (from a second mother) to be under the legal and physical custody of a man that previously drugged and raped a teen. Said mother knew that the child was in danger. She came to court and agreed to my motion to establish paternity. Evidence that the man was a rapist was already in the court record.
But before we could sign the agreement, the mediator rushed us into the courtroom. The judge acknowledged the memo from the mediator about the agreement by referring to the waiver in the defect of service. Then the judge DENIED my motion.
I ended up complaining about this on Judge Towery’s Robing Room webpage. I got this reply:
“Unfortunately, the court sees evidence that the man holding custody raped and drugged someone in the past as “ancient history.” Although in the court of public opinion we all know your child should not be with such a person, the court doesn’t care. This is the root of injustice–the discrepancy between how the court thinks versus a reasonable person’s common sense.”
http://www.therobingroom.com/texas/Judge.aspx?id=15387
These judges and lawyers are sick. How can they force children to be sexually abused? My son already confirmed that my ex-wife was allowing a man to rape him from the time that he was 13. Ms. Houghton says, “It’s not rape it they want it.”
She knew all along about the sexual abuse. Ms. Houghton used the information to secure $80,000 worth of gold coins into trust.
Ms. Houghton plays it off by playing the transgender card to justify her facilitation of pedophilia. She says that it is part of “gender identity” and that she is fighting for “social protections”
I couldn’t make this up if I tried. You can see the her social media posts that I was directed to view. They were included in a State Bar complaint.
https://pdfhost.io/v/jM.L2FJRQ_Petition_for_Review_State_Bar_decision
Valerie used to run clinic in her office for transgender men.
I just don’t understand how she concludes that people who get sex changes are allowed to sexually molest children. This justification to rape children is deranged. I am suprised that a “family therapist” would even post such an opinion.
Valerie Houghton has the protection of the District Attorney, Jeff Rosen. She even says, “I can do whatever I want, whenever I want.”
She harms her clients and business partners, then get the D.A. to file charges against her victims.
Ms. Houghton misappropriated about $10,000,000 from Clyde Berg. Two weeks after Mr. Berg demanded an accounting of the missing funds, D.A. Rosen filed criminal charges against him. The D.A. accused Berg of raping a pregnant woman with a golf putter. He was then jailed for 8 days and forced to wear an ankle monitor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEg1fTduQp0&t=406s
Then after spending $3,000,000 in legal fees during a 3 year year prosecution, Mr. Berg was found factually innocent.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/01/16/silicon-valley-millionaire-clyde-berg-found-factually-innocent-of-sex-abuse-of-wife
Ms. Houghton was eventually charges with the crime of embezzlement.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6981163-HoughtonIndictment-Docket
But after 4 years of her prosecution, Mr. Rosen filed a motion to dismiss. It was stated in the motion that he had enough evidence to secure a conviction at trial. It should also be noted that the dismissal filing came at a time when Mr. Rosen was receiving reports that Ms. Houghton was engaged in the sex trafficking of minors and physically assaulting parents. He just didn’t care what message a dismissal would send to her.
There is a recent news article in the Davis Vanguard about how Ms. Houghton used her legal connections to get the charges dropped.
https://davisvanguard.org/2023/10/is-your-childs-attorney-a-crook/
https://archive.ph/1TAyi
In the end, Ms. Houghton was sued in a civil case by Mr. Berg and other victims. She ended up returning his money.
https://lawzilla.com/blog/clyde-berg-et-al-v-metaview-wholesale-investments-lp/#respond
As one can see, there is no easy answer on how to deal with Ms. Houghton. The best that one can do is to stay away from her.
Judge Towery and Valerie Houghton used to work together in the same law firm. This was my basis when I tried to disqualify him from hearing my divorce case. I filed this complaint in the Northern District of California.
https://www.calameo.com/read/006718309538d136d3b0c
Judge Towery’s reply:
https://www.scribd.com/document/385394394/Judge-James-E-Towery-and-the-Superior-Court-of-California-County-of-Santa-Clara-Response-to-Complaint
My reply to Dismissal:
https://www.scribd.com/document/385394941/Reply-to-Judge-James-Towery-s-Motion-to-Dismiss
My Surreply:
https://www.scribd.com/document/388839353/Surreply-to-Defendants-Motion-to-Dismiss
Before the ruling was made, Ms. Houghton’s assaults intensified. As a result, I filed a “voluntary dismissal” .
Ms. Houghton claims to be “mass producing transgender youth”. She implies in a social media post that she doesn’t protect them in order to achieve this.
Judge Towery has deep connections into the male transgender lawyer world besides Valerie Houghton. He was called a “hero” by transgender lawyer BJ Fadem at an awards ceremony.
https://youtu.be/3TmM6t8hSs0?t=1057