Swinger ex-reality TV star caged 15 years for child sex abuse, sex with dogs
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One-time reality TV star Tony McCollister and his ex-girlfriend were caged by an Ohio judge for child rape and having sex with dogs.
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The 44-year-old sicko was convicted of rape, gross imposition, and endangering children. He earlier pleaded guilty to charges involving child sexual abuse material and sexual conduct with an animal.
Warren County Common Pleas Judge Robert Peeler sentenced the Neighbors with Benefits star to a total of 15 years to life in prison. Prosecutors wanted him jailed for life. Period.
“He has given up the ability to walk among normal individuals. He should be spending the rest of his life in a place where he cannot ever commit such heinous and horrific acts against another 5-year-old or any other young child,” prosecutor Kevin Hardman said, as per the Dayton Daily News.
“We don’t ask this court lightly for this kind of sentence. We know that it’s reserved for the most animous and vile acts. … That’s exactly what Mr. McCollister engaged in with regard to this 5-year-old child.”
Twisted femme fatale caged seven years
His ex-girlfriend Erica Grove, 43, was found not guilty of rape involving the same child victim but was convicted of gross sexual imposition and child endangerment.
She pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse involving the canines. Grove was sentenced to seven years in prison.
McCollister’s turn in the spotlight happened with the airing of the 2015 reality TV show Neighbors with Benefits , co-starring with his ex-wife Diana. The show was about suburban Ohio couples engaging in the swinging lifestyle.
It didn’t last long and viewer outrage forced it to be torpedoed by A&E after just two episodes.
At sentencing on Wednesday, the father of the 5-year-old victim testified.
“I watched my daughter cry hysterically and have to be held still for multiple blood draws to test for diseases that may have been transmitted to her,” the man told court via Zoom. “I felt helpless watching her endure necessary testing while fearing what the results might reveal.”
He added: “I also watched her scream and thrash at night during terrors, unable to take away her distress.”
Bestiality vids gave cops paws
Prosecutors said the probe into the pedophilic pair began in June 2025 after Google tipped off the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children of possible child sexual abuse material. That tip was forwarded to local cops.
They then zeroed in on McCollister. Investigators also located video files of McCollister and Grove engaged in various types of sexual conduct with two dogs.
“Just when we thought that sex with the dogs was going to be the most horrific part of this case, the detectives discovered evidence of the drugging and raping of a little girl,” one prosecutor said. “It’s really difficult to even process.”
She cheated and he went bad
McCollister told the court that for the first nine months of his relationship with Grove he was a “good man.” And then he discovered that she had cheated and his so-called “sexual immorality” took over.
“I’m trying to own everything I’ve done. And a lot of it is very confusing,” he said.
Grove’s therapist wanted the fiendish femme fatale to be sentenced to treatment, adding that her client feared being battered by McCollister. It was the reality TV star forcing her into the debauched behaviour, the therapist added.
Grove said: “I have absolutely zero, zero sexual interest in my daughter or in any child. But he was so versed in his own sexual world he struggled to differentiate between fantasy and reality. I miss my daughter every single second, every single day.”
‘Unspeakable acts’
Grove had been a nurse anesthetist and retired U.S. Army major, with no criminal history until she met McCollister.
“Everything points to her being a loving mother who wanted the best for her child. But that was derailed,” the judge told her. “You allowed an unthinkable harm to enter your home and target your daughter.
“You allowed a man to perform unspeakable acts. Then you participated in some of those same acts.”