EDP445 Pedophilia Allegations (2024)

About

EDP445 Pedophilia Allegations refers to several instances of pedophilia allegations against YouTuber and streamer EDP445, also known as EatDatpuss*445, with the most recent allegations put forward by the Predator Poachers group who posed as a 13-year-old girl to expose him. In April 2021, Predator Poachers published screenshots of texts and a confrontation video in which EDP445 admits to knowingly sending explicit messages to whom he thought was a 13-year-old.

Background

July 2020 Allegations

Prior to July 8th, 2020, Instagram account top_comment_god (page no longer exists) posted a screenshot and audio message compilation of conversations between YouTuber EDP445 best known for for his rant videos, several of which became memes, user maxxspriv01 and his girlfriend. In the audio messages, EDP445 requested a picture of maxxspriv01's 16-year-old girlfriend Lucy's breasts. In the conversation with the teenager, EDP445 messaged, "You deserve someone that's gonna adore and cherish you […] Hopefully me in a few more years lol."

On July 8th, 2020, Twitter^[1] user @bogusweb reposted the video, with the clip gaining over 607,000 views, 1,400 retweets and 9,500 likes in almost one year (shown below).

This clip speaks for itself on why I guess it’s f*ck edp now pic.twitter.com/Owtv0rWVMI
— Bogus (@bogusweb) July 9, 2020

[Message #1] Lucy, you better show me some f*cking titt*es, I don't give a f*ck, like [unintelligible] want me to wish that nigg* happy birthday, motherf*cker, you better show me some f*cking titt*es or something.
[Message #2] "Oh my god, EDP, like, she's 14, like, she's 15!" Motherf*cker, I don't give a f*ck if the bitch is one! Motherf*cker, like, ain't sh*t free in this motherf*cker.

On July 9th, 2020, EDP445 responded to allegations during a livestream^[2] (shown below, left) and a separate YouTube^[3] video (shown below, right). In the livestream response, EDP445 insisted that his request for a picture of his girlfriend's nudes as a payment for a shoutout was a joke.

"If your girlfriend wants a motherf*cking shoutout, bro, she better pull her shirt off and show me some motherf*cking titt*es. Show me titt*es, show me something, I don't give a f*ck if she is f*cking 14." That's what I said. Now, anybody knows damn well that I'm playing, I'm joking, it's a f*cking joke, right?

October 2020 Allegations

In late October 2020, screenshots of EDP445's being catfished by a person pretending to a 17-year-old teenager were circulated^[4] online (screenshots shown below), with no response from EDP445 following. In the conversation, EDP445 texts "help me cum next time I'm jerking off lol" to whom he thinks is a 17-year-old girl.

April 2021 Exposure by Predator Poachers

On April 18th, 2021, the social media group Predator Poachers, which posted screenshots of EDP445's explicit messages to whom he thought was a 13-year-old-girl and a video of EDP445 being confronted, supposedly filmed when he tried to meet with her.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Predator Poachers posed as the person conversing with EDP445.

In the screenshots (shown below), EDP445 sends whom he thinks is a 13-year-old messages about him masturbating and describes the process of using a fleshlight. At one point of the conversation, EDP445 double texts.^[10]

In the confrontation video, EDP445 confirms that he was fully aware that he was conversing with a 13-year-old and says that he thinks that he deserves to go to jail (reuploads shown below).

- …she never said you she was lonely right here, yes or no?
- Correct.
- And you did double text here, yes or no?
- Correct.
- Knowing – and it said in her profile – she was 13, yes?
- Correct.
- So you initiated conversation with a 13-year-old, you knew she was 13, yes or no?
- Correct.
[…]
- It's your fifth or sixth time.
- Do I deserve to go to jail, if I'm being honest with you…
- You don't think so?
- I think so.

Developments

On April 19th, 2021, Predator Poachers made an Instagram^[11] post announcing that the exposure video would be uploaded to YouTube channel Chet Goldstein later on that day. On that day, a full log of EDP445's texts was shown during a two-hour-long YouTube^[12] stream (video shown below, left). On April 20th, a video of Predator Poachers confronting EDP445 was uploaded^[19] (shown below, right), gaining over 433,000 views in ten hours.

On April 19th, 2021, multiple news outlets reported on the screenshots and videos revealed by Predator Poachers, including articles by Dexerto^[13] and Republic World.^[14]

On April 28th, YouTube^[22] channels associated with both EDP445 and Chet Goldstein were removed.

Online Reactions

On April 18th, Twitter^[20] user @VaIverdeSZN posted a screenshot of Predator Poachers' post, writing "LMAOOO THEY CAUGHT EDP BEING A PREDATOR." The post received over 4,700 retweets and 43,200 likes in three days.

On April 18th and 19th, iFunny^[15]^[16]^[17] users TwistedJerry and ZacTheFirst reuploaded Predator Poachers' posts. Starting on April 18th, several memes about EDP445's exposure were posted on the app (shown below); for example, iFunny^[18] user Gumping posted a Chef Skinner Reads a Letter GIF caption that received over 2,200 smiles in one day (shown below, center).

On April 21st, 2021, YouTuber^[21] Cr1tiKaL posted a video about the allegations which gained over 2 million views in one day.