A YouTube “pimp” who used his Internet series to dole out advice to fellow players and show off clips of scantily-clad strippers will soon stand trial for child porn and sex abuse charges.
Donald Clifton Allen Jr. — a Detroit man known on the streets and in his sleazy home videos as D’Nero Armani — could face up to 30 years in federal prison if convicted following his Dec. 8 trial, the Detriot News reported.
The 50-year-old was charged with a slew of sex crimes after prosecutors accused him of trafficking and shooting explicit videos that featured underage girls. He’s been held in a federal prison since his 2012 indictment.
Allen painted himself as a big-league player on his homemade “D’Nero’s Player Show” YouTube channel, perpetually surrounded by beautiful women in his life of luxury.
“The REAL True Life of a REAL True Player from Detroit, Michigan. Listen to good music, and vibe on interesting topics,” the page read.
In the videos of questionable quality, he offered advice to aspiring pimps — telling them how to “handle” their prostitutes and get rich — from a variety of lavish sets. One episode was taped while he received a back massage, and another featured him in a Jacuzzi.
But prosecutors said the Internet Romeo is a dangerous criminal who exploited teenage girls on video and in real life.
The investigation into Allen began in 2009 after a DUI stop in Troy, Mich. The Driver, Yun Chong Hindy, was jittery and nervous — and kept shooting glances at the couple in the backseat: Allen and a 17-year-old girl.
Hindy later confessed to cops that he witnessed scores of men visit the teen’s apartment. Each time, Allen — who had bragged about his alleged prostitution ring — would leave the girl and the visiting man alone, Hindy said.
Allen “did bad things with young girls,” Hindy said.
Cops raided the apartment and seized video cameras and laptops filled with footage of women stripping. At least one 20-minute clip featured a 17-year-old girl in sexually explicit positions, investigators said.
That footage — considered child porn because the girl was under 18 — tipped off a massive investigation into the YouTube pimp. Some of his alleged prostitutes told cops Allen set their rates between $100 and $150. One underage victim told investigators Allen helped arrange her “dates” with older men at Detroit hotels.
A grand jury indicted Allen in 2012 for the trove of sick videos and the victims’ confessions. He faces charges of possession of child pornography, sexually exploiting children and sex trafficking.
Allen, who has been behind bars for the past three years, has not uploaded a video to his YouTube page since 2010. His most popular clip, a slow-mo video of a woman twerking, has more than 146,800 likes.
