On cross-examination, Rakaczewski confronted Ritter with his 2001 arrest in New York on similar charges. In that case, Ritter twice arranged to meet people who claimed online to be underage girls but who turned out to be undercover police in Colonie, N.Y. The charges were eventually dismissed and the case was sealed, but prosecutors are using it to try to show Ritter has a predilection for underage girls.

Transcripts of both the 2001 and 2009 chat were admitted:

"You can never tell anyone you did this," Ritter said, according to a transcript of one of the 2001 chats. At the beginning of the 2009 chat, an undercover officer typed to Ritter, "If you like younger, I'm fine."

Ritter's explanation:

"I was severely depressed. My life was unraveling around me," he said.

Ritter was convicted of six of the seven charges against him. All but one were felonies. The maximum penalty for each felony is 7 years.

Ritter's bond was continued pending sentencing.