NY judges son who secretly filmed sex with women whines HIS life got ruined as he gets off easy

The son of an upstate New York federal judge who secretly filmed sexual encounters with at least 75 women in his Manhattan apartment whined that his life was ruined by the criminal case — even as he got off easy Thursday.Daniel McAvoy, a 52-year-old personal trainer, was sentenced to just 30 days behind bars — a far cry from the up to three years he could have faced — but still had the gall to complain about the “toll” of being prosecuted for his perverted misdeeds.“This case and its process has taken its toll,” McAvoy griped to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Judge Ellen Biben during the sentencing hearing.“It has been a huge financial burden and the mental stress of not knowing how it will end, it’s been difficult to deal with,” he said, adding, “My life came crashing down four years ago.”McAvoy, the son of US District Judge Thomas McAvoy, who serves in Binghamton, was indicted in 2022 on 29 counts of unlawful surveillance after authorities seized more than a hundred DVDs, as well as multiple camcorders and hard drives, from his Upper East Side pad.But McAvoy — who claims to suffer from a voyeuristic mental health disorder — was himself camera shy, refusing to face reporters after the hearing and high-tailing it down 11 flights of stairs so he wouldn’t have to answer for his sneaky exploits.Prosecutor Danielle Turcotte, of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, said McAvoy made the sleazy recording of sexual encounters with “dozens and dozens” of unsuspecting women over more than a decade.“The full investigation revealed that over the course of approximately 15 years, predominantly outside the statute of limitations, the defendant recorded sexual activity with approximately 75 women and catalogued digital records of intimate images and intimate details of the women’s lives,” she said in court.“He kept these illegal recordings of the intimate details of their lives curated on homemade DVDs, on video cameras and files...