i knew he was making money. i don't think anybody would sit there and say where is this money coming from because it just never was huge. >> reporter: a jury found lanham guilty of fraud, and he's now facing 20 years in prison. lanham is asking for four years saying his 17-year-old daughter can't rely on his ex-wife who he called "emotionally unstable." in a letter to the court his attorney writes, laura is going through a highly ostentatious mid-life crisis and conducts herself largely as a teenager, attending nightclubs and dating men in their teens and 20s. >> i'm not sleeping with these kids. these are my friends. so, you know if i, will i date eventually, yes. if he is younger, great. >> reporter: the cougar label is one laura lanham claimed in a posted on cougarlifediaries.com, a blog which chronicles the exploits of women over 40 who use dating sites to meet younger men. ross lanham won't learn his fate until next month. his ex-wife doesn't wish prison on him. but cougar or not, her life is