U.S. soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea in July and was released last month, has been charged with soliciting child pornography, desertion and six other violations of U.S. military law, according to charging documents seen by NK News.

The U.S. Army has charged King with a total of eight violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including that he allegedly solicited another person to “knowingly and willfully produce child pornography.”

The unveiling of the sex crime charges shine new light on what may have motivated the 23-year-old private second class to dash acrossthe inter-Korean border