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To Catch a Predator Host Also Sexted: Enquirer

John Johnson — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:56:57 CDT

The National Enquirer is ratcheting up the embarrassment factor on To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. The tabloid that exposed his alleged affair also says he sexted the woman involved, reports the Daily Mail . (The Enquirer piece itself isn't online.) The DM describes two racy photos sent by...

To Catch a Predator Host Caught Cheating on Wife

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:16:12 CDT

Here's a bit of irony: Chris Hansen, who makes a living exposing sexual predators in hidden camera stings, has been caught—on a hidden camera—cheating on his wife. The To Catch a Predator host has been seeing Kristyn Caddell for almost four months, sources tell the National Enquirer . Caddell,...

Danger From Internet Predators Overstated: Study

Kevin Spak — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:48:01 CST

Remember all the hoopla about sexual predators on MySpace? Well … never mind. A task force created by 49 state attorneys general finds no significant problem with minors being propositioned by adults on social-networking sites, the Raleigh News & Observer reports, with widespread fears to the contrary a “moral panic....

Child Porn Found in Home of Suicide DA

Rob Quinn — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:21:00 CST

Texas investigators looking into the suicide of a former county district attorney found child porn in his home, reports the Dallas Morning News . He shot himself last year as a SWAT team closed in and a Dateline NBC camera crew covering internet predators waited outside. A search of laptops, a...

Ex-Producer Sues NBC Over 'Predator'

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:06:15 CDT

A former producer of "To Catch a Predator" is suing NBC, claiming she was fired for criticizing the popular show. Marsha Bartel says she expressed ethical worries about the way the program snares would-be child molesters in a cybersting, the Smoking Gun reports, and was fired shortly thereafter. She says...