Billings man indicted on child sexual abuse, child pornography crimes dating back 31 years

A Billings man was arraigned Tuesday on a 20-count federal indictment alleging child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, child pornography, aggravated sexual abuse and other crimes involving multiple victims dating back 31 years, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

James Kirby King, 57, pleaded not guilty to an indictment unsealed Tuesday in federal court.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston presided. King was detained pending further proceedings.

As alleged in the indictment, from about 1992 to 2018 in Hays, on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, King sexually abused and attempted to sexually abuse minor children and adults.

In addition, King is accused of drugging minor children and an adult while sexually abusing and attempting to sexually abuse them; incest; sexually exploiting children; and child pornography crimes.

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The indictment identifies the victims as two minor girls, a victim both as a minor girl and a female adult, a female adult and one minor boy. Some of the victims were under age 12 at the time, some were under age 16, and some were adults.

The indictment charges King with:

• Aggravated sexual abuse of a child, three counts.

• Incest, four counts.

• Sexual exploitation of children,

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