Hey, it's Ash - I've responded to all negative criticism and backlash here: www.trilogyplus.com/videos/youtube-comment-culture-part-1 **Language Warning** Btw this video is completely FREE to watch. Love you all!

Imagine being told that a predator attempting to contact a thirteen year old kid is a NON EMERGENCY

As a SA therapist it's disappointing to see how the wife was told. Best practice is to have a police liaison officer or a social care professional to disclose to the family and to deliver crisis care for them; particularly when there are children in the family. The family deserve access to emergency mental health services, legal advice and independent sexual violence counselling.

Cops wanted the phones to delete evidence of them not responding in a timely manner 😂

44:34 (Spanish) "An hypocrite.. An hypocrite, THATS WHAT YOU ARE! Because you always criticized that type of people"

I am going to start this by saying this: I love what you guys do. I've been a viewer of yours for a long time. I deeply admire what you do for scam victims, and your production quality has gotten insanely amazing over the last year. We all know your hearts are in the right place, but I have kept my comments positive and supportive for the last time. Yes, this asshole deserves to be locked away for the rest of his life. He's a monster who has absolutely no remorse. It's fucking disgusting that he's not only seeking to prey on children, but that he has children of his own. He was drooling over the chance to assault a 13 year old girl and only said he had a 14 year old son. It wasn't revealed that he had a teenage daughter until the wife got on the phone. I'm glad you guys exposed him. However, you went about it all wrong. And this has been a growing issue in your videos. You're leaning on shock value, and that much is very clear by the way you treated the wife and mother. I'm all about humiliating a predator, but the family are victims too. It's understandable that the subject's family would be in disbelief that someone they love is capable of such things. You've confronted family members inappropriately in the past, and that's not okay. The wife should have been notified by the authorities. Not you. I agree that it is absolutely disgusting that the police didn't response fast enough. Ashton was very much in the right for being pissed about it, but not a single one of your team members had any right to call the wife like that. She could have gotten herself and her kids hurt or worse by driving under distress, and I don't even need to get into how she threatened to hurt/unalive herself. I got physically ill hearing the children learn about this in the background. You guys aren't qualified to talk to victimized families like this. The predator is a MONSTER for putting his family in this position, but you guys didn't help them in that regard. I also think Art and Ashton got a liiiiittle too self-indulgent laying into this guy. For a good 20 minutes, I was all for it. But once you guys involved the family, it stopped being fun to watch the guy fall apart. Mostly because the family was falling apart; I couldn't give two shits about the guy and would have loved a few pot shots myself. But there's a line, guys. I don't like that you put abusing the wife behind a pay wall. That was extremely tone-deaf, and I'm glad I don't pay for your service, because it already feels dirty just seeing Ashton yell at the wife for only a few seconds. I know you have to make money at some point for production and employment, but this is a borderline sell-out. I admire the fuck out of Ashton and Art for their passion. You guys do great work, but you also need to seriously reevaluate how you go about busting people. You may have caused severe damage here, and it could have been a LOT worse if the wife actually hurt herself. That being said, this hasn't made me any less a fan of your work. But I am definitely not going to be paying for your streaming service. Not until you guys polish your approach. Just please be more considerate in the future. You need to handle things like this a bit more delicately. This guy might not see any jail time at all because of how this was handled on camera. Defense attorneys will have a field day with this video.

As a survivor of CSA, I am so angry and disgusted by child predators. I do think that maybe Trilogy Media may have been hard on the wife, but in many circumstances, the wife or girlfriend/partner may know and choose to look the other way. I’m not defending them, but I know why they may have acted aggressively. Adults preying on children, it leads to horrific consequences for the children. I’m 55 years old and still suffering. I still have trouble trusting people. No matter how much therapy, if you have been the victim of horrific sexual and physical abuse by an adult as a child, it’s a lifetime of suffering.

Im not mad at them for catching bad guys, but in reality they have no right to hold him hostage or threaten him or go to his private property and harass his family.

Threatening a woman who said she was going to harm herself about exposing a video of her and her kids finding out that the man they trusted was a creep is so wrong .. the wife and kids are as much of a victim as your fake decoy

The way the police acted about this is insanely horrific

Y’all didn’t need to give his wife a panic attack

You can't drop a bombshell like this onto their laps and then SCOLD THEM FOR REACTING EMOTIONALLY. Their family is disintegrating in real time and you're snapping at them about screaming and crying?!?!?!

These cops were ridiculous!! Three phone calls to get cops to show up!

I went through this with my Ex Husband. I had no idea until the FBI came to my front door. I screamed and cried for a couple hrs. I was fortunate enough to have already been divorced. This ruins families and lives. I am glad that they are doing this to catch these predators. My children had to through multiple interviews and lots of therapy. We were lucky that he didn't touch my children. He is currently awaiting his court date.

I like Ashton's attitude towards both the predator and the cops who took long to come. It's fierce and imminent. Gets people to react immediately.

I have no sympathy for him, he’s an awful predator. But his wife needed to be informed by the proper authorities. You have to remember his wife and son are a victim in this.

The wife was handled extremely poorly. The family should have been notified by the authorities. This was for shock value and clout. This was disappointing

My heart goes out to the innocent family

People are talking about how they broke the news to his wife horribly, and while I kind of agree, the guy himself only made it WORSE for his wife. He was guilt tripping and manipulating her by saying “just forget about me” and “you’ll never see me ever again.” Messed up tbh.

Ngl. Ashton has some anger issues and i strongly believe he has some skeletons in his closet he'd be deathly scared to come out.

This is horribly handled on the part of caring for his wife... she needed care on the spot

You guys need to deal with the families of the predators a little different. They are victims in this too, and you're blindsiding them and telling them that you're going to post something that doesn't just ruin HIS reputation, but something that will get the kids bullied, potentially cause the mother to get fired, etc. On the internet for millions of people to see.

awesome work. sickening how it was done... poor wife. she deserves to be treated with more care and respect in such a crisis. what were you guys thinking?

Pred catchers are so unprofessional they can’t manage a conversation without swearing and that girl sounds so silly, on the other hand I’m glad they catch the preds

I’m a retired lieutenant and I’m horrified at how this was handled. One of the great pleasures of my life was firing jerks like that FTO even if we had to deal with union reps.

The issue with you and the police is actually you. Trying to do vigilante work is more detrimental to your case. You should talk to them beforehand and try to get pointers and things set up properly. The way you acted toward the suspect as well as dispatch/police hurt your sting entirely. That's why there wasn't an arrest. Also you HAVE to give up whatever device you used to talk to him. That's the way it works

Screaming "I told you so" to his wife, expecting her to instantly believe this kind of phonecall from (to her) complete strangers is crazy and nasty work.

Cursing at the 911 operator will actually make your call non priority.

The ending to this was kinda unpredictable.. I feel for the wife finding out in that way … her pain is for real horrible to hear. One day in the hospital cancer ward a patient died and his daughter and wife were crying desperately for him. This guys wife had that same cry.

Guys seriously. I love your videos and what you do to expose these people. However, you clearly started before you called the wife ‘she has a heart problem right’ then proceeded to call aggressively and distress her. I really don’t agree with this. There is a fine line between exposing these people and letting the trained professionals inform and support the families and victims. Stop acting above your station. You are KZfaq content creators not police. Please continue to do the work your doing but let the professionals deal with the rest.

48:46 The terror and sorrow in the child's voice as she realized that her father is a predator gave me POWERFUL chills... it says it all. i feel so bad for the innocent family

This is so disturbing, from the actual predator, to the confrontation from the team, to the police response. My heart goes out to the family. I saw the extended version on the website and it was absolutely disgusting how Ashton berated the wife, who was clearly traumatized and not in her right mind. I admire predator catchers and their noble work, but this was handled so poorly it seems less noble and more exploitive for views. Like dude… “bring the kids”?! You gotta be fucking kidding me.

Telling their partners and getting their kids involved is ridiculous!

Getting the wife and kids involved was not the way to go.

The lack of empathy u guys had for the wife is insane. There was NO need to involve her at all. U tried to paint her as a predator as well, yelled at her n didn’t understand WHY she was confused? I am excepting some sort of an explanation for this disgusting behavior. U can not ignore the response to this video.

I was molested at the age of 7 by my dad’s brother. I never got my justice but seeing these creeps panicked, scared, and caught totally off guard is satisfying. I’m a mother now and it’s great to know that there’s people like you and your team fighting for our children’s innocence. Please don’t let up on exposing these monsters.

No the way they handled this with the family is absolutely WRONG. I am so disappointed in this case it’s good they got a predator off the streets but calling the family like this is so disappointed and disgusting. And they recorded the wife’s worst moments of her life I just can’t believe this.

Antagonizing him doesn't help the situation. If he was ready to risk it all, they would have been in trouble

I think there needs to be one person on the team that deals with counseling/health/childcare etc to give his input and to pull you guys back when it's needed. It's good that you got the predator, but at the same time, you didn't need to involve the man's family. the man may be guilty but his wife and child are innocent. allow the professionals to give them the news.

The phone call with the wife was handled sooooo horribly. Have some compassion I feel like they berated her more than the predator.

Imagine if this was a real 13 year old girl. What would Police say if this was an actual 13 year old.

I think this stuff is good and productive but your team should take some classes from a private or professional SA unit on how to properly address families and how to say things so these POSs actually get locked up, one wrong move or sentence and any attorney can get them free

This is sick on the handling the wife part. She straight up said she’s gonna kill herself. You handled that horribly. Do better.

This guy is so scary. He puts on this pitiful act, but then he snaps out of anger like a whole different person. I wonder how many victims he has.

You know it's bad when the people doing the sting come off looking far worse than the actual predator

“the spicy phone call” is so uncalled for i will not be watching anymore of y’all’s videos how u dealt with the wife threatening to commit suicide is beyond me ur lack of empathy for her and her children is terrible.

I’m baffled at how these cops are so nonchalant about the entire situation… ITS A CHILD PREDATOR!!!!

It always bothers me when they (most predator catchers) reveal to a spouse what’s going on, and just because the spouse isn’t immediately torn up and distraught they’ll say “well she doesn’t even care!!” Trying to put this otherwise innocent party on blast. Like no guys, that’s called denial. Anyone who trusts their significant other will feel that exact way when something like that is dropped on them. Anger and acceptance come later, but initial denial is perfectly okay.

The chubby guy in the glasses thinks he’s such a tough guy

That broke my heart hearing his daughter’s “What?!” Honestly cried watching this. 😔😢

Pro tip, imagine vine booms during the first guys interaction to make it 100x funnier

Gosh.... the wife broke my heart I couldn't imagine getting a phone call like this... praying for her so hard!

That wife on the phone broke my heart, that guy literally almost gave her a heart attack.. that poor thing was broken. How tragic, dude should’ve just been a decent human report the child’s account and block it simple.

When fighting monsters, be careful not to become one yourself.

The police department was the scariest thing about this whole video

From a mental health care professional, this is so dysfunctional on so many fronts. It should be a lesson in all the things one should never do in a take down. First and foremost, you NEVER as an unlicensed, untrained individual call a spouse and give this kind of information over the phone. 1. You have no idea of their current mental state. 2. You have no idea of the accessibility to weapons. 3. You do not know if children are present. You also are very unaware of the culpability to which you could be held should a person commit suicide. It just seems this is not well thought out but more of a surface plan of how fast can I get a show together. If you feel compelled to do this, I do not understand why you do not go through the police academy and become a detective. It seems like what you want but you don't want to be bothered with the process. So, you will just do it the way you want to. If you ever do this to a wealthy individual it will end you because there are so many areas where ya'll could all be sued, a person could keep you tied up in court for a very long time. The mental and verbal abuse the pedophile endures for over an hr would open many doors for litigation. Regardless of how officers feel about criminals, even they are no longer allowed to do the verbal abuse. So do you really think you would be given more leadway? No. Some states could charge you with kidnapping and abuse. I just hate to see you trying to do what you perceive as a good deed go bad for you. After seeing how unwelcomed and unwanted your help was wanted in this video by the police, I can only surmise how happy they would be to testify against you as well. I mean at one time you were all so animated toward one another that not a word could be understood by anyone. You were saying you are not taking my phone but with a court order they could have easily taken custody of it. Just good luck! Be informed!

As a lawyer i would advise not doing it this way, there are other ways

courtney doesn’t even look like a teenager she looks 30 I can’t believe these idiots don’t leave immediately after seeing her 😂😂😂

Guys, please trust us when we say these negative comments are NOT HATERS. They are commenting so because they genuinely feel you guys can learn and improve. It is from CRITICISM that humans can improve. By being defensive and not accepting of your mistakes, it only seems very childish and immature. We are a fan of what you do. So many people are benefitted by what you do. So PLEASE understand what the people are trying to say. No one hates you for what you are. Only LOVE

Bruh I completely forgot about the code word. She would be like "Yeah pizza and stuff" And my dumb ahh would just slide right through it.

I’m just so pissed about Ashton’s attitude on the way he cussed at the predator and the emergency calls, honestly you gotta deal with it the way you had handle this situation and yes this predator should be in jail but my prayers go to the innocent family. You guys are great content but you need to learn how to handle the situation properly like your videos.

I speak broken Spanish and she was calling him a pssy and talking about the age of their children, she called him a coward and a whore. Told him she would end her self and that he ruined their lives. She surely said more, but I can’t understand when it’s spoken so fast.

Man said “can u cut the camera por favor” 😂😂😂

Let the foreign guy cook 🗣️ (I don’t know his name I’m not trying to be racist) I feel mega bad for the wife…

Honestly I respect you guys for catching predators and protecting people from disgusting men but this was poorly handled His wife was crying and was threatening to hurt herself and all you guys did was scream at her. Not Okay. You guys aren’t in the right your in the wrong also. Know better

Another fatal mistake of this “sting” was how you guys were unwilling and even defensive to turn in evidence at that moment for a serious accusation of soliciting a minor for sex, which could be viewed as obstructing police investigation. And the fact you guys had no plan to turn in evidence and waited until your videos could be uploaded in cloud storage could be construed as tampering or falsifying evidence just to build a case, which is why by law courts need the original pieces and sources of evidence in the event they come up in a lawsuit. again, a technicality that can lead to this guy being let go, edited: which is actually what happened at the end. And now, the person can turn it back and file a potential lawsuit.

Great works that you have done a lot....God bless you...I have seen your interview few days ago....💕🙏🏻

Definitely offer more help to the families, and especially the kids to these sick people, like you said multiple times those kids are gonna see this as an example, they need guidance and help to see this as a problem. It would make a huge difference in their future

Omg the poor wife. My heart literally breaks for her. I’ve always liked watching Trilogy Media but I’m not gunna lie I think this was handled badly that it made me feel sick.

Child molestation absolutely changes the trajectory of a person's life. I was molested from 8 to 13. I am 42, and despite 15 years of intense therapy treatments and medications, I am still debilitated and haunted by it daily. Thank you for stopping this man.

I was one step off of getting sexually assaulted, and I didn't realize the seriousness of what nearly happened until I thought about it years later. I was with my bio dad, his friends, and my sister at the local Alano club. My dad was friends with this one lady and I got along really well with her. And I hung out with her alone while my dad had to go handle a sudden errand that came up. I hung with her, she and I played. It was a good time. When my dad came back we hung out in the bar section afterward. I was still hanging out with her in a section that was kind of out of sight, but in sight at the same time. It was one of those sneaky spots. My sister was looking out for me, and got my bio dad and his friends when she noticed something was fishy. I felt uncomfortable and was able to raise a stink by yelling at her to stop. I don't remember what happened afterward, but I remember she got escorted out by the cops. This is the importance of things like this. You have groups like Trilogy Media, To Catch a Predator, etc. looking out for people who may otherwise be in over their head. I could easily have been molested that day, but I wasn't because I had someone to watch over her.

The “Icy Hot” jokes were so out of pocket and hilarios

I really hope Art and Ashton read the comments criticizing the way they handled this, I hate to see bad stuff get in the way of good deeds. I admire what they've done here, but it can't 100% excuse the flaws that were here. Trilogy Media, please don't take the comments criticizing the way you handled this as "hate" or "ignoring the good we did", take them as feedback and what you can do better in the future.

Hell no.. this is awful. Maybe it's because I'm European that I'm absolutely disgusted by the way this is done but man.. why guys? What did the wife do, what did the kid do to deserve this. I mean, going after this guy sure but calling his wife like you did putting HER on the spot? Her 15 yo daughter having to take care of her collapsing mother at home..wtf!? Simply saying "we're here for you" is absolutely ridiculous.

Disgrace of a police force.

Russian homie got me cracking up with his comments in broken english hahaha

Really enjoyed this. I hope you grow the business into this in full force. This saves children, nothing could be more important. Shame is powerful. Thank you for this guys!! AMAZING!!! P.s. Skeeter Jean would be an excellent experienced collab P.s. #2 - damn man what happened to Cali cops, they got their balls cut off completely, just little lambs staring at headlights.

also hiding the "spicy" phone conversation with a traumatized woman whose world just fell apart behind a paywall as well as threatening to post it online and "hang up if she doesn't stop yelling at you" is completely disrespectful and tasteless

The fact the police didn't just take the predators phone and acted like it's you guys are the criminals was sickening. If you would have reached out to the police they would have just stopped him. The system just protects them. There is no fixing this discussing behavior. His tears are for himself. His wife defending him when he has a daughter the exact same age as the young girl he thinks he meeting.🤬

Thank you Trilogy Media...Thank you!!!!

Glad the child predator was caught and put on blast, but the way they handled it with the wife/family is low key bullying and extremely unprofessional. They should’ve waited for a police officer to make that call as the wife/family are also victims 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thanks for putting this out guys as a survivor myself it still haunts me 34yrs later am 47yrs old now x these monster needs to be of our streets to keep our kids and grandbabies safe x love from UK x x

"I identify as a camera" that's the most 2023 thing anyone could've said 😂

This is not right how this team handle this situation Why call the wife This team not impress how they handle this situation Yes he is a predator U guys could have dealt with differently this

The first part of this video made me sick because of how gross the predator is, but the rest of the video really made me sick for how everything was handled. While I was upset with police not showing up, not contacting them in advance and then proceeding to curse them out could only have led to a slower resolution. Then the phone call to the wife never should have happened unless they had someone there with her to ensure the safety of her and the kids. Not to mention there seemed to be little to no immediate protection for Courtney had the predator jumped her at any point. At least with Chris Hansen videos, there's always a physical separation plus a very quick getaway for the decoy, then police waiting outside after the short interview. The predator deserves every last moment of distress in front of the camera, but it felt repetitive and unnecessary after a while rather than just police taking him away had they been prepared in advance. Idk, this just wasn't it, and left me feeling yucky.

59:46 "...and some spicy phone calls from the family" this right here plus the bit at the end where you're angry at the wife just shows that all this was for views. Could have done this a lot better without making yourselves look bad.

the way you treated that woman, who is completely innocent, is fucking disgusting and you should all be ashamed of yourselfs. no sympathy whatsoever when you knew she didn't have anything to do with this, and then telling her to bring the kids to this sting operation to see their dad getting arrested by police???? what is wrong with you people? completely detached from reality

This guys are so unprofessional. They just come about it so wrong. They should actually have the police on standby from getgo.

If his poor wife kills herself, it's on your hands Ashton. Her children should have never been present for this.

I’ve been a fan of trilogy media for a long time. The fact that you treat your own audience like this in the replies here makes me genuinely furious that I’ve given you any money at all. We gave you constructive criticism for the sake of the well being of the wife and you’re treating all of us with so much disrespect it’s unbelievable

thank you guys for all you do

They actually making me laugh by trying to look cool while making him feel like an animal 😂

1). I absolutely despise the actions of Martin and the fact he was willing to take advantage of a minor so willingly. 2). How DARE you make it sound like it was the police departments fault when YOU, Trilogy were the ones escalating the situation. The wife was not in peril because of his actions, she was at risk because of YOUR threats and YOUR actions. Stick to scambaiting, it suits you better. You are not nearly equipt enough to handle situations like this. You need law enforcement involved PRIOR to the interaction. Your one guy taking his hat? That's assault, that could get the whole case dismissed right there. Oh yeah, and failing to cooperate with a police investigation doesn't exactly make your company look good either.

As an 11-year old and an 18-year old who was raped at those ages -- thank you. Thank God for you guys. God Bless you!

The cops aren’t coming because their “busy” 😧 I guess their more concerned with people going 10 miles over the speed limit than dealing with a dangerous predator.

your intentions were good but you were horrible to exploit that woman's pain! shameful! you even put her in danger, she threatened to self-harm, fell into a state, then you scream over speaker phone for her to "come right now!" over and over again? i want to love what you guys do, but how dare you :( especially as a girl? you rub it in her face going on and on not even face to face? like you don't know the fragility of a woman's heart? of course you don't - you're a child (with incredible intentions) but lack empathy and couth. shame on all of you :( :( :(

I'm glad he was caught, no question. But this could and should have been handled much better. It's beyond frustrating that law enforcement did not make this a priority. Its hard to say how this could have been handled in a way where his wife wouldn't have been blindsided, but i have to believe a call from youtubers who are not professionals in dealing with high stress situations, is not the best way.

I'm 2nd year law student at temple, I took the LSAT 3 times before actually passing it. And even me, someone who believes is still astronomically underqualified from being a lawyer, can find so many holes in this entire "sting" operation that would lead to the guy's innonence in the court of law. Imagine actual defense lawyers handling this case. I can guarantee you this man is still roaming society free.

Your content is really entertaining keep doing what you guys do. ❤️

The problem with law enforcement basically flipping off people for reporting a crime is it forces people into vigilantism. The problem with vigilantism is it appeals also to people whom you cannot trust as far as you can spit a brick.