CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A Clarksville man charged with the kidnapping, rape, and sex trafficking of a 15-year-old girl pleaded guilty in Montgomery County circuit court.

Ralph Goodwin, 68, of Clarksville, pled guilty to attempted rape for providing money to an adult to engage in sexual activities with a 15-year-old girl in Kentucky.

He agreed to an 8-year prison sentence to be served concurrently, or at the same time as, his federal sentence. Goodwin was scheduled to begin a jury trial on Jan. 27, but instead entered two guilty pleas.

Goodwin was also charged and sentenced at the federal level for this crime. In the Kentucky federal court, Judge David J. Hale sentenced Goodwin to 10 years in federal prison in July 2016 for the sex trafficking of a 15-year-old female, including soliciting the minor to engage in commercial sex acts and transporting the minor with the intent that the minor engage in prostitution.

According to the federal affidavit,  on August 7, 2015, a 15-year-old female was approached by Crystal Bradshaw  in a Louisville, Ky, park. Bradshaw took the minor female to a Marriott Hotel in Louisville to engage in sexual contact with Ralph Goodwin, in exchange for a monetary payment. According to the affidavit, Bradshaw received $700 from Goodwin, but the minor was not paid.

Further, after two days, Goodwin drove the minor to his home in Clarksville.

Eventually, the minor contacted a friend on Goodwin’s computer. The friend contacted the minor’s mother, which resulted in the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office discovering the minor at Goodwin’s Clarksville home.

Bradshaw later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sex traffic a teen and was sentenced to eight years in federal prison by Judge Hale.

According to court records, Bradshaw admitted that in June of 2015, she made contact with Goodwin through a “sugar daddy” website. They met shortly thereafter and established a relationship wherein Bradshaw would have sexual relations with Goodwin in exchange for money and other things of value. In August 2015, she admitted to approaching the 15-year-old girl for Goodwin.

Goodwin was charged in a separate and unrelated case with molesting a minor child. He open-pled to attempted aggravated sexual assault.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 2, 2020, by Judge Jill Ayers.

The sentence will be served consecutively, or in addition to, the 10-year federal sentence.

He must register as a sex offender and will be subject to community supervision for life upon his release.