Batavia Chiropractor Gets 60 Years for Recording Child

David Hanson, 44, received two 30-year prison terms from Judge DJ Tegeler. The charges were for producing and distributing child sexual abuse material, involving a child under 13 who was secretly recorded while fully nude. Hanson is required to remain on the sex-offender registry throughout his life. He has credit for 370 days already served and can earn day-for-day sentencing credit.

About 30 victim impact statements were read in court by victims or the prosecutor, and 18 more were submitted in writing. Hanson owned and ran Hanson Family Chiropractic in Batavia, west of Chicago.

Hanson pleaded guilty in September. He was arrested in November 2025 over allegations that he secretly filmed upwards of 180 people receiving care, among them minors, during procedures including red-light therapy. Cameras were allegedly concealed in fixtures including vents and fans.

A Kane County grand jury indicted Hanson in February on 76 felony counts, including allegations involving sexually abusive imagery of minors and covert video recording. Numerous survivors have brought civil cases against Hanson and his clinic. Attorneys said at his September hearing that he had also sold some recordings for profit.