Sydney author guilty of child abuse after book, Daddy’s Little Toy, depicted adult role-playing as toddler | New South Wales

The Christian author behind an “undeniably offensive” novel about young children could face time behind bars after the book was found to contain child abuse material.

Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, 34, wrote Daddy’s Little Toy under the pseudonym Tori Woods and released it via an online pre-release in March.

The book is about an 18-year-old woman named Lucy who plays the role of a toddler with Arthur, an older man who is his father’s best friend.

Mastrosa was charged after the book sparked outrage and was found guilty Tuesday on three counts of child abuse.

“The defendant wrote a book that sexually objectifies children,” Judge Bree Chisholm said.

“The reader is left with a description that creates the visual image in the mind of an adult male engaging in sexual activity with a minor.”

The 34-year-old sat with her husband in a packed courtroom at Blacktown local court as the judge read out details of the 210-page novel.

The court heard the book’s cover was a pink pastel color and the title was written in children’s alphabet blocks.

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Numerous trigger warnings at the beginning of the book include age gap, daddy weirdness, infantilization, physical abuse, profanity, suggestive scenes, and slut shaming.

Lucy’s genitals and her sexual activity with Arthur, pretending to be a toddler, are described in detail.

Sitting down to read the entire book, Chisholm noticed that it was implied that the heroine was a child, even though it was repeatedly mentioned that she was 18 years old.

In the novel, Arthur refers to Lucy as “baby girl” or “my little girl”.

It is also stated that the young man exhibited childish behaviors such as throwing tantrums, needing to take a bath, wearing diapers and playing with children’s toys.

It is also described using childlike language such as “wee wee”.

“More importantly, these descriptions and language are used in some parts of the book to describe a character who resembles a young child with whom sexual activity occurs,” Chisholm said.

“The language is repeated over and over.”

He found that the book invites the reader to imagine what child abuse legislation prohibits.

While finding Mastrosa guilty of possessing, distributing and producing child abuse material, the judge said a reasonable reader would therefore find the book undeniably offensive.

The 34-year-old did not react when the verdict was announced but sometimes sat with his eyes closed as Chisholm read her findings.

Earlier in the hearing, Mastrosa’s barrister, Margaret Cunneen SC, questioned police claims that the novel contained child abuse material.

Sen Const Liam Matson was tasked with reading the entire novel.

He stated that it contained sections depicting offensive content about someone implied to be a child.

Cunneen said the character Lucy, who works in a toy store and wears children’s clothes, is 18 years old throughout the novel.

Even though, as a consenting adult, he talked like a child during sex, he told police it was role play, which was legal.

“Daddy dom do you know anything about the sexual fantasy area called little girl?” he asked.

“I did some light reading,” he replied.

In a pre-publication, digital copies of the novel were released to advanced readers.

Crime Stoppers’ complaint led police to find 16 hard copies of the book at Mastrosa’s home while executing a search warrant in March.

He wore sunglasses and did not speak to reporters as he left the court with his wife and lawyer on Tuesday.

He will be released on bail and will be sentenced on April 28.