Oculus Eng lead arrested
http://www.geekwire.com/2016/oculus-engineering-leader-arrested-near-seattle-charged-soliciting-sex-cop-posing-15-year-old-girl/ The scary part? A friend my friend of mine told me she had gotten a random inmail from this guy in the past. Fishy.
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this is so sad - all the education and exposure amounts to zilch I guess.
Foolish running behind <18 year olds
Yeah, initially I felt sorry for him (thinking he was looking for a prostitute and is now famous for it) but after seeing that he thought it was a 15yo girl I don't feel sorry for him at all. He was out to do a terrible thing.
And he is saying he is there to protect her - common dialogue - he should have been more intelligent than that.
He was trying to pay for sex with a 19-year-old who changed her story to say she was 15 after an hour of texting. He couldn't think straight at that point since all his blood was in his dick. Poor guy
This guy sounds creepy, but how can this not be entrapment? It's not like he was actively seeking out underage girls to have sex with. Isn't it a crime that would not happen were it not for the police sting? If anyone understands the legal nuances here I'd love to hear more
That's what I would argue if I were an attorney…I imagine what the prosecutor will argue is, imagine a 15-year-old girl put up the same ad pretending to be 19. This guy would've tried to pay for sex, she would've possibly told him she was 15, and he would've tried to have sex with her anyway. Idk who would win that argument. It's also possible that the fact that soliciting sex for money even from a 19-year-old is illegal affects the outcome. E.g. if I accidentally sell you a bag of heroin thinking it's cocaine, I can still get convicted of selling you heroin since it would've been illegal either way.
It isn't entrapment.
Amazon will take him
It seems pretty terrible to me that cops report this to the media before any due process. This will destroy the remainder of his life. What if it's shown that one of these cases grossly violated the perpetrator's rights, or was even exaggerated or staged? Reporting this to the media delivers the worst punishment immediately.
I loosed 2 wives and lost 3. Bam Bam Lolol!!
We've discussed loosing recently. https://us.teamblind.com/s/zgDXttYQ
His whole life is ruined... what a mistake. He is supposed to be way too smart to fall for something like this...
Wow wow wow this thread sadly makes me glad I never reported any of the gross sexual harassment stuff I've experienced while in tech (not at Fitbit btw, we're awesome, come work with us) Why does every tech bro automatically jump to justifying the male side of things? I'm assuming most of you guys at the senior level are smart enough to realize when you're talking to a fake child. Look at the language the cop used! Sheesh
lolol!! Sucks to be him!! Bam Bam
"Upon his arrest, Katz told the officer that he was there to rescue the girl, and should have first called police, according to charging documents." Yeah right. lololol