Washington state — Former Aberdeen city council member Riley Carter has been sentenced to over 46 years in prison for three counts of first-degree rape of a child, first-degree child molestation and other felony s—x crimes. While in office, Carter said he campaigned to fight pedophiles and child predators.
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And don’t be surprised if some of these video channels are linked to actual child abuse systems.Unfortunately, this sentence turned out to be true. Disgustingly true. Indeed, it was recently discovered that Ian Rylett, the 55-year-old co-founder of the massive network of YouTube channels SevenAwesomeKids, was arrested in August for “lewd and lascivious molestation” on a young girl who makes videos for his channels.
According to an arrest warrant obtained by BuzzFeed News, detectives were called to Rylett’s Orange County hotel room on the morning of Aug. 16, after Rylett allegedly verbally abused the girl, demanding she undress in front of him against her will and “practice wrapping her breasts down, to make them appear smaller for the video shoot.” According to the report, the girl, who is under 16, claims Rylett touched her breasts and fondled her while repeatedly making her undress, eventually attempting to forcefully remove her underwear. The arrest report also alleges that Rylett “threatened to use the contract to fine her if she did not comply with his demand.” Rylett pleaded not guilty to the charges at an arraignment last month. He has surrendered his passport and will stand trial later this year. Rylett’s lawyer did not respond to requests for comment.
– Buzzfeed News, The Creator Of One Of YouTube’s Top Tween Channels Was Arrested For Molesting A Minor. YouTube Is Keeping The Channel Up.
Two former SevenAwesomeKids girls told BuzzFeed News that Rylett frequently pressured them to wear smaller swimsuits on camera. One said that Rylett asked that she send him sizing photos for each new bathing suit she planned to wear in her videos. Rylett, she said, told her it was for “sponsor approval” and requested numerous front, back, and side photos. Two former performers recalled that Rylett frequently made girls uncomfortable with jokes about “wardrobe malfunctions” when he would accompany the girls on group trips to shoot videos. One former SevenAwesomeKids girl noted “constant pressure to make myself look younger.”A former performer stated that she began feeling she was being “groomed for some darker audience”.
“On trips we used to joke about him being creepy, but we never thought he’d act on it,” another said.
“Then some of us started to get the feeling we were being groomed for some darker audience. Things that didn’t feel weird at the time — like the themes, the leotards, and the camera angles — started to feel strange. I started to get that feeling especially when you think that some of these girls are 9 years old.”As of now, the SevenAwesomeKids network is still online on YouTube.
– Ibid.
“Think about how you look. Try to look your best.”Considering this network looking to recruit girls was run by a 55-year-old man should have raised red flags all over the place, especially in the minds of the girls’ parents. The fact that Rylett was arrested is a step in the right direction. However, most of the SevenAwesomeKids channels are still online (although they appear to have “cleaned up” some of the suspicious videos mentioned above).