Disgraced YouTube star EDP445 arrested in Vegas after admitting to trying to meet up with girl, 13, for sex

Disgraced YouTuber Bryant Moreland, also known as EDP445, was arrested after he sensationally admitted to journalist Chris Hansen that he tried to meet up with a 13-year-old girl for sex during a sting operation.Moreland, 35, was busted outside a Las Vegas dialysis clinic on Wednesday for child sex crimes relating to an incident in Bakersfield, Calif., that happened on April 17, 2021, involving a “child under 14,” Kern County prosecutors said.Moreland, known for his online tirades about the Philadelphia Eagles, has been accused of attempting to commit lewd acts upon a child, contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense, and is also accused of distributing or showing pornography to a minor, District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer added. Moreland’s arrest dates back to when he allegedly tried to meet a girl at the Pineridge Apartment complex in Bakersfield – around 120 miles from Los Angeles – KBAX reported.The influencer traveled to the apartment but was busted by Alex Rosen, the founder of the Houston-based sting operation company “Predator Poachers.”Rosen is believed to have posed as a decoy, known as “Sophie,” who Moreland believed he was messaging. Moreland, who had five million subscribers at his height of his YouTube career, was never charged over the sting op but his account was shut down. Kern County District Attorneys alluded to the “significant challenges in pursuing prosecution particularly due to the lack of the cooperation from the reporting parties.” The sting op was thrust back into the public eye as a result of the release of the Mike Clum-directed documentary “The Sick Mind of EDP445,” which aired in August.The documentary features a chilling interview where Moreland recalls the sting operation with Hansen – the journalist who hosted NBC’s Dateline segment “To Catch a Predator” between 2004 and 2007.“I walked over [to the apartment] and as I was walking up, he must have been hiding,” Moreland told Han...