YouTuber EDP445 Makes SHOCKING Confession in Child Sex Case

A once famous YouTuber for unhinged. commentary on the Philadelphia Eagles is. now seen being escorted to a [music]. squad car after he allegedly made. shocking admissions in a sitdown. interview [music] with predator catcher. Chris Hansen. >> I showed up to that location that day um. trying to obviously meet up with an. underage girl. >> You trying to have sex with a. 13-year-old girl. >> for the most part? Yeah. Why this case. actually took years in the making. Why.

is there an arrest now? What can happen. next? We are speaking directly [music]. with Chris Hansen himself on this. interview that ultimately took the. YouTuber to jail. Welcome to Sidebar. presented by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse. Weber. Bryant Morland, known as EDP445. on YouTube, is a guy who had over 2. million subscribers at the peak of his. career. And what he did was he shared. these over-the-top Philadelphia Eagles.

rants and vlogs. There were cooking. videos, there were reviews, gaming. streams, and after what is essentially a. decade on the platform, this all came. crashing down in April of 2021 because. that is when Morland was caught on. camera in a sting operation. This was. orchestrated by YouTuber Alex Rosen and. his online predator catcher group. They're called Predator Poachers, operating under the YouTube channel.

Cadet Goldstein. And during the sting, Rosen and his colleague, who goes by the. name Ghost, had seemingly approached. Morland in an apartment complex out in. Bakersfield, California. But Morland was. allegedly under the impression that he. was going to be meeting up with a. 13-year-old girl. So that video went. viral. When I say viral, I mean millions. and millions of views. And that same. month, EDP445's.

YouTube channel was banned for good. At. the time, the Bakersfield Sheriff's. Department also conducted a criminal. investigation and Morland was actually. briefly detained for questioning, but. prosecutors said that the case stalled. and that was because they indicated that. the reporting parties didn't cooperate. Didn't get more information about that. Then you fast forward to August of this. year. Do you know what happens? There is. a documentary that's called The Sick. Mind of EDP445.

It is dropped on YouTube and it's under. the creator Mike Clump. Okay. And in. this documentary, it features the. YouTubers behind the original Sting. operation, mental health experts, lawyers, journalists, internet. commentators, associates of Morland, and. the most important part legally the most. important part, the Shun creator. himself. Yeah. Morland sat down, arguably makes some pretty incriminating.

statements. >> Why do you think you wanted to have sex. with a 13-year-old? >> I mean, the reason why I wanted to have. sex with a 13-year-old is already clear. >> And one of, if not the most key moments. of this entire documentary was a sitdown. interview between Morland and to catch a. predator host, Chris Hansen. Okay. Unbelievable. and he later posted the. full unedited interview as part of his. have a seat show. Okay. And that. interview drops a big bomb.

>> Why did you show up that day? Why did. you go to that location? What did you. think was going to happen? >> Um I showed up to that location that day. um trying to um obviously meet up with. an underage girl. >> Are you trying to have sex with a. 13-year-old girl. >> for the most part? Yep. That's a crime, of course. >> And the statements made by Morland. during that documentary and particularly. during that interview, are what Hansen. said reopened the investigation into. these 2021 misconduct allegations. Then.

you fast forward three months later this. week, Wednesday, November 4th. Morland. is being escorted to a squad car by. multiple officers with the Las Vegas. Police Department. This is outside of a. local dialysis clinic. Now, how did. investigators get here? Well, remember. the 2021 original incident took place in. Bakersfield, California. So, it was the. Kern County District Attorney's Office. that dropped a press release on the. details surrounding this arrest. And. this is what it says. Quote, Kern County.

District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer. announces that the district attorney's. office has filed a criminal complaint. against Bryant Turnerson Morland. following an extensive investigation. into statements made by Morland in the. sick mind of EDP445 documentary. They're. mentioning the doc. They're mentioning. the statements. Quote, "On November 2nd, 2026, criminal charges were filed. against Morland to include attempt to. commit lewd acts upon a child, felony.

Meeting minor for lewd purposes, felony. Contact of a minor with intent to commit. a sexual offense, felony. Distributing. or showing pornography to a minor, felony. The charges stem from an alleged. incident involving a child under 14. years old that occurred on April 17, 2021. When the Kern County District. Attorney's Office initially reviewed the. incident in 2021 and 2022, there were. significant challenges in pursuing. prosecution, particularly due to the. lack of cooperation from the reporting.

parties. In light of recent statements. made by Morland in the documentary, the. Kern County District Attorney's Office. and the Kern County Sheriff's Office. reopened the investigation. Following. its review of the new evidence, the. District Attorney's Office determined. that the evidentiary threshold for. filing criminal charges had been met. On. November 4th, 2026, with the assistance. of the Las Vegas Police Department, suspect Morland was located in Las. Vegas, arrested, and taken into custody. An arraignment hearing will be scheduled.

following Morland's extradition to Kern. County. And the press release ends by. stating that a defendant is presumed. innocent, unless until the charges are. proven in court beyond a reasonable. doubt, which is of course 100% true. So, we'll have to wait and see how this. criminal case unfolds in California. But. I know I'm made of questions, particularly why on earth, if these. allegations are true, why would he have. said this to Chris Hansen? Why would he. have sat down for this documentary? What. was he thinking? Let's talk about that.

So, who better to talk about this than. the man himself, the person we just. showed you in that interview, Chris. Hansen. Uh he's the host of Takeown on. True Blue, the podcast Predators I've. Caught, uh renowned journalist, friend. of the show, friend of mine. Chris, um. my gosh, I are you surprised? I mean, you did the interview and you see this. Uh we had heard Jesse that you know the. Kern County District Attorney's Office. and the Sheriff's Office were working.

diligently to uh prosecute this case. And you know look a lot of people have. been outraged by this because you know. some YouTubers exposed him I guess four. years ago and and the way they did it. didn't necessarily lead to a you know a. neat and tidy prosecution but. nevertheless people found out who this. guy EDP445. Bryant Morland was. Now, fast forward, Mike Clum, a documentarian. based in Cleveland, reached out to me. and said, "Hey, we're doing this.

documentary, uh, as part of it, would. you interview EDP 445?" And I jumped at. the opportunity. I was familiar with the. case and and he sat down with me and for. exactly an hour on a set in Las Vegas, I. questioned him and he admitted all of. the allegations about grooming and. sexually soliciting an underage girl, a. 13-year-old girl. And I'm thinking. during the course of the interview, this. guy just hung himself. And so once the.

documentary came together and Mike Clum. premiered it, um it got a lot of. attention obviously and it also got the. attention of the Kern County District. Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's. Office there, which given the interview. that was in the documentary now had. enough evidence to get a warrant, which. they did earlier this week, and they. picked him up yesterday coming out of a. dialysis center in Henderson, uh Nevada, Henderson PD, and uh Las Vegas Metro. Police Department. He's being held now.

and he will have an extradition hearing. on Monday and be brought back to face. charges ultimately in California. >> So, first of all, I should tell you that. since you did that interview, it was all. over social media. Everybody, I mean, I. saw the clips constantly. So, when I. heard about this arrest, I was like, "Oh. my gosh, of course." Now, >> here's the part that I don't understand. and I think a lot of people don't. understand. >> Why would he say these things? Did did. he feel that he was in the clear? Because I believe in the interview he. said that Rosen, you know, messed up, botched the investigation. He I think he.

said he was a free man. Was he under the. impression that he couldn't be. criminally charged? >> I think I think he thought he was free. I think that he thought that, you know, nobody was going to mess around with. this case and and further investigate. it. But again, people were so outraged. by the initial crime. I mean, remember. this guy was a was a big deal on YouTube. himself for whatever combination of. reasons, his pranks, his things that he. did, the things that he said. It started. out being a, you know, Philadelphia. Eagles fan and talking about sports and.

then branching off to all these. different areas. And, you know, word got. out that, um, you know, he had been. contacting underage people. inappropriately, especially this one. case. And um you know, again, the. initial case, the way it was handled by. the YouTubers, I can't defend that, but. it did expose him. Fair enough. Uh. unfortunately, it didn't lead to a. prosecution at that time. And I had. moved on from the case. I wasn't paying. particularly close attention to it until. Mike Clum came to me and offered me this.

opportunity to do the interview for his. documentary and then to put that. interview on my YouTube channel, Have a. Seat with Chris Hansen, which, you know, hit a nerve with people. and now he's. behind bars. >> What were some of the things that he. said to you in the interview? Because if. anybody watches you, Chris, half the. time the people you uh you question, they deny it, right? They deny. involvement. They deny that's not their. intention. That this is a total. misunderstanding. That was not the case with him.

>> No. And people can check out the. interview on on Have a Seat with Chris. Hansen. It's it's it's right there. And. um you know there was some deflection on. his part, but he came out and admitted. being guilty of these allegations. He. admitted wanting to have sex with a. 13-year-old girl. He admitted soliciting. a 13-year-old girl. And again, this. wasn't a decoy. There was a real child. involved here. Um you know, some decoy. work took place, you know, later with. some of the YouTubers, but there was.

there was a real child here. And there. were conversations on social media. platforms, very graphic conversations. And um and he admitted to it all. And it. was almost like one of two things, Jesse. He either thought he was in the. clear because the previous investigation. was not prosecutable. Or he was just. tired of dealing with it and said, "Fine, come get me. Um I'm in poor. health anyway and and I can live out the. rest of my life in in a prison setting.". I mean, I don't know. I don't pretend to. be in his mind.

>> Yeah, of course. You know, it's almost. like he he just said, "All right, you. got me.". >> What else? >> Yeah. I mean, did he show a sense of. remorse? >> You know, I wouldn't say remorse, Jesse. And again, people can watch the. interview and make up their own minds on. it, but, >> you know, it was more like, okay, I. committed to do this. I'm doing it. Um, obviously, I'm face to face with a guy. who's not going to give me, you know, an. easy go here, not going to pull any. punches. And he knew that. It wasn't. like it was a surprise. It wasn't like.

Mike Clum set up this interview and I. walked in at the last minute, you know, and pulled it okey do on this guy. He. knew that I was going to do the. interview and if he knows anything about. me, he would know that the interview. wasn't going to be a pass in any. respect. And and you know, I even told. him during the interview, I said, you. know, had I done this investigation, you'd been in prison four years ago. And he sort of understood and shook his. head that in fact that was true. >> Do you know if you're going to be part. of the criminal case in any way as a. witness? Well, that's an interesting.

question. I have not been uh contacted. for that. Obviously, I've been in. contact with authorities. Uh Mike Clum. is coming on uh my podcast here in the. studio just a few minutes after you and. I finish up and we're going to talk. about the case for an episode in the. next few days and have a seat with Chris. Hansen. And and we should have the u the. body cam video of the arrest by then. And we al should also have some clarity. on, you know, what uh what what this guy. is going to face, if there's going to be. a trial, if there's going to be a guilty. plea or or what's going to happen. I.

would imagine, and you as a lawyer know. this as as well as I do, that there. would be some discussion of a plea deal. in the works. Um he's already admitted. to it. >> Yeah. >> Why why put everybody through a trial? Why put this, you know, uh, person. through a trial who was a child four. years ago, now a young adult, I suppose, you know, and and [clears throat] he. will try for I mean, look, the. prosecution doesn't want to fuss with it. if they can get some sort of a a healthy. sentence out of it. And I'm sure he. wants to put it behind him and, you.

know, he doesn't strike me as the kind. of guy who wants to go sit in court. every day, you know, and deal with it. He strikes me as the kind of guy who. will find a lawyer or a public defender. and they'll work out the best plea that. they can and and it'll be that'll be. that. >> Well, look, the reason these statements. are so important for a legal point of. view and you and I both know this and. our audience does too, it goes to. criminal intent and this idea of. recognizing that it was a crime and. recognizing what he was doing and the. intent and look unless his defense. attorneys can somehow strike that. interview and strike those comments from.

coming into the evidence. >> I don't see how how they would. But I. mean obviously you know prosecutors have. given this a thorough review as as have. the detectives and and you know I've. talked to you know the detectives there. and um they welcome this you know. obviously this has frustrated them that. you know this case has gone unprosecuted. and and uh you know they don't want to. take the heat for it and they don't want. a guilty guy on the street. So you know. they're going to do everything they can. to prosecute this case. >> Do you know what the potential. weaknesses were in the case? Why they. initially couldn't prosecute it?

I think it was just because of the way. that the the YouTubers, the predator. catchers did it. And and again, I I have. not discussed this with prosecutors or. police, but I think there were some. issues with the way it was approached, how he was approached, um some of the decoy work, um perhaps. how the potential victim was was used or. approached. and and um you know.

convinced to cooperate in it. And then. there was another approach where one of. the YouTubers dressed up as a cupcake. I. mean it was just you know it was some of. some of it was silly. Some of it was was. well-intentioned but it just didn't. didn't work out well for a prosecutable. case in the eyes of the prosecution or. or the the sheriff's department out. there. And this is, by the way, something that we highlight every time. you're on, the importance of doing this. the right way because otherwise it's. going to completely destroy.

>> I understand the importance of citizen. journalists exposing bad people who try. to harm children and I get in trouble. every time I talk about, you know, predator catchers who are not me because. they get all upset that I'm somehow. casting shade on them and I'm not. I'm. just saying that I do it in a way where. we have a 99% prosecution successful. rate and that's not always the case with. some of those folks. Now, some do, some. are very helpful, some have very good. relationships with law enforcement. Others, you know, not so much. As you're.

um interviewing him, and again, encourage everybody to check out the. interview on on Have a Seat. Um were. there certain themes, certain things. that he said? And look, these are. allegations. he's innocent unless proven. guilty. But. >> of course, >> are there are there certain themes, certain things he was describing, certain justifications that you say this. is textbook, this is what I've seen. before, or was there something specific. about him um other than the fact that he. was a big YouTuber that, you know, separated him from other people?

>> Well, I think he was a he was a in some. ways, you know, a textbook predator. He. was somebody who didn't get a lot of. attention because of his size and weight. and and was a little bit of a social. outcast. I suppose he became very famous. very fast and he had a predisposition to. underage girls. He had an attraction. He. had a a pedophilic predator-like. attraction to underage girls. And so. when he was able to create contact with.

one or more of them uh on a on a digital. platform, he engaged in this. conversation and again he was doing this. and it got out. It was known in the in. the in the online community that he he. was doing this and word spreads quickly. and that's when the other YouTubers set. out to uh um set out to expose him. Just. for people to understand, again, allegations, but how close was he. allegedly to making this happen? You. said like there wasn't just like a.

decoy. There was a real alleged victim. in this. How close was he to actually, you know, >> he suggests that in one part of the. interview, I believe, that he wasn't. actually going to do it. It was a. fantasy. He wasn't sure what was going. to happen. And then when I pressed him. further on it, you know, he did admit. that if he had the opportunity, he would. have had sex with the girl. >> Wow. >> So I I think it was, you know, fortuitous that word got out and that he. was exposed and and, you know, credit.

goes to the YouTubers who did this in. the community um to to expose him, you. know, and and and that's why I don't. condemn anybody who who who does this. work. you know, it's a it's a big open. internet and there's certainly plenty of. bad behavior to to go around and be. exposed. So, you know, they did put him. on everybody's radar, including. documentarian Mike Clum, who brought me. in, who, you know, produced this this. piece of work that ended up creating a. prosecution. >> And when he went for that interview, did.

he ever say at any point that he spoke. to a lawyer beforehand? I'm I'm I'm in. the clear to do this. Like, do you know. if he was represented? Do you know if he. got legal advice to speak? Cuz again, it's kind of shocking. >> Yeah. I don't know. Uh but you're. talking about a guy who, >> you know, in a way loved the limelight. of this and benefited from the limelight. and made a living, made a lot of money. You know, this guy. >> was back on Cameo doing cameos for. people, >> you know, exploiting his after this,

exploiting his infamy. >> Wow. Wow. So, you know, you you you. there's a whole culture of people, a. whole economic economic uh level of. people who make their money on YouTube. and and uh and other digital platforms. and you know, they get they get this. superpower feeling in their mind that. they can do anything because they're. untouchable and they're not. It's it's. fleeting. It goes away very quickly if. you're not careful and manage it.

properly. >> So, in other words, he he thought that. interview like was beneficial to him. He. thought like, >> well, I don't know. It's hard to get, you know, I I it's hard to get into. anybody's mind. I mean, I've interviewed. >> five, 600, 700 predators, Jesse, and I. still don't understand why they show up. We were in P County, Florida two weeks. ago, and 30 plus men showed up, you. know, including seven Disney employees. and a guy who, you know, saw the Prime. Time movie. >> Yeah. >> Mentioned my name in the chat, still. showed up. I mean, I [laughter].

>> really. >> keep coming. Yeah. Swear to God. Oh my. gosh. Oh, you'll see you'll see it on. True Blue very soon. >> Yeah. Um, well, listen, Chris, I know. you got a busy day because this has been. this just broke. So, I'll let you go, but I just please let everybody know. where they can find you, the work that. you're doing, and any upcoming projects. you got going on, any absolutely. stories. >> Well, we've got the True Blue Network, watchblue.com, where episodes of. Takedown drop every Thursday, 250 or so. so far. We've got the podcast Predators. I've Caught, where we update everybody. on the cases we've done and have a seat. with Chris Hansen, the set I'm sitting.

on right now, where you can see the EDP. 445 interview in its entirety and all my. other work and interviews. Uh, in fact, when I turn off the button with you, I'm. going to have Mike Clum, the. documentarian, on the show for an update. this week. So, >> and I want everybody to watch that one, too. So, Chris Hansen, thank you so much. for jumping. >> Jesse, always a pleasure. Good to see. you, my friend. Anytime. >> Seeing you. It's all we have for you. right now here on Sidebar. [music]. Everybody, thank you so much for joining. us. I'm Jesse Weber. Speak to you next. time.