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The 53-year-old millionaire trader in New Jersey could get a five-year jail term after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual acts with a 15-year-old girl. He even once put his private plane in autopilot mode for the purpose.

Stephen Bradley Mell, of Bedminster, is now due for sentencing on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to federal charges of engaging in interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual activity and receiving child pornography in December 2018.

Mell, a father-of-three who had a brokerage firm, was accused of committing sex acts with a 15-year-old girl whose mother had approached him so that he could give her flying instructions, according to a report in Daily Mail. 

Ahead of his sentencing, Mell's legal team has argued he is a 'humble man' who was on 'multiple anti-depressants' after falling into 'a spiral of depression' brought on by survivors' guilt over giving up his seat on a fatal helicopter trip with friends in 2012.

Mell was also pleaded guilty earlier this month for engaging in sexual activity with teen and will face sentencing in July on a state charge. Mell began his own charity, Air LifeLine, which flew children with medical needs to any place in the United States for treatment.

By Sowmya Sangam