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Las Vegas couple charged with sexually assaulting girl

A Las Vegas couple was charged this month with sexually assaulting a young girl and filming the abuse, according to a recently released arrest report.

Ashley Steele, 27, and her husband, Carl Steele, 33, are accused of forcing the child to perform a sex act on Carl while Ashley filmed it on Oct. 14, the Metropolitan Police Deapartment report said.

The couple is charged with sexual assault with a child younger than 14, promoting sexual performance of a minor younger than 14, lewdness with a child younger than 14 and conspiracy sexual assault with a child younger than 14.

They are both being held at the Clark County Detention Center on $250,000 bail. They have preliminary hearings scheduled for Dec. 5.

Contact Alexis Egeland at aegeland@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexis_egeland on Twitter.

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