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A twisted Queens music-school director was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for sex-trafficking girls as young as 8 — using a Chuck E. Cheese as a cover, authorities said Tuesday.

Oliver Sohngen, 52, who taught vocals at Long Island City Academy of Music, pleaded guilty to trafficking the girls with the help of a pimp, according to the Manhattan US Attorney.

“[He] was a sexual predator. He paid to have sex with minor girls at least twice and attempted to engage in sex-trafficking of girls under the age of 14,” Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said in a statement.

Sohngen paid a Bronx pimp to supply him with underage girls for sex, including an 8-year-old he agreed to drop off at a Chuck E. Cheese — so her parents wouldn’t suspect foul play, authorities said.

He set up paid sex sessions with minors ranging in age from 8 to 17 between March and November 2013, authorities said.

He was busted after he propositioned an undercover NYPD cop, posing as a 15-year-old girl, for sex.

Sohngen was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release along with the 135 months in prison.

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