To Catch a Predator "host" Chris Hansen has been arrested for writing $13,000 in bad checks.
To Catch a Predator always had problems with journalistic ethics. They weren't reporting news, they were creating it, working closely with police, using the power of the media to punish people for alleged crimes. Chris Hansen essentially impersonated a police officer, stepping out and ordering people to empty their pockets.
Well, turns out Hansen has problems with ethics in general. In 2015, he launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new show he would call "Hansen vs Predator". In 2017, he ordered promotional material--mugs and t-shirts he would give to donors--and paid with a bad check for $13,000. In 2018, Hansen gave the company another bad check to cover the first, and it bounced, too.
Finally, when Hansen refused to speak to the police about it, they put out a warrant for his arrest.
Reporters tried to contact him but his phone's been disconnected.
Poor dumb wretch.
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