A 66-year-old former Eden Prairie man has been sentenced to serve one year in the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility and five years of supervised probation for posting nude images of a woman online without her consent.
Stephen Edward Langsdorf, who now lives in Bloomington, was charged in September 2024 and convicted May 12 in Hennepin County District Court on four felony counts of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images. A fifth count was dismissed.
The sentence includes an upward departure, ordered to allow Langsdorf to complete sex offender treatment and other programming during his probation. Court records state the departure also allows for enhanced supervision and accountability over five years, as agreed upon by both parties.
Langsdorf was committed to the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud for 17 months, but that sentence was stayed for five years. He must report to the Hennepin County workhouse on May 27 to begin serving his 365-day jail term.
Langsdorf was also ordered to complete a sex offender treatment program, undergo a mental health evaluation and to follow numerous probation conditions, including no contact with the victim, no internet use without approval and restrictions on viewing or possessing sexually explicit materials.
The charges stem from a September 2023 incident while Langsdorf was living in Eden Prairie. According to the criminal complaint, he uploaded nude photographs of the woman to a website known for explicit content. The woman, also an Eden Prairie resident, told police she learned from a federal agent that nude images of her had been found on Langsdorf’s computer. She later located and provided additional images and email evidence to Eden Prairie police, which led to the investigation.
The complaint stated that five separate galleries containing explicit images of the woman were uploaded to the website under usernames linked to Langsdorf.
Langsdorf pleaded guilty to four of the charges on Feb. 3.
In 2024, a spokesperson for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office confirmed the victim is an adult but declined to provide further identifying information.
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