A YOUNG YOUTUBE CELEBRITY HAS BEEN
ARRESTED, ALONG WITH HIS MANAGER, AND ANOTHER PERSON
HE WORKS WITH, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY EXPLOITING A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD.
THE MAN IN QUESTION IS STEPHEN FERNANDEZ, WHO REFERS TO HIMSELF
AS BABY SCUMBAG ON YOUTUBE ñ INTERESTING ñ AND HE IS KNOWN
FOR HIS SKATEBOARDING VIDEOS, AND ALSO HIS VIDEOS WHERE HE
APPROACHES WOMEN AND TOUCHES THEM WITHOUT THEM KNOWING WHO HE
IS, OR WITHOUT HIM GETTING PERMISSION FROM THEM.
I THINK THAT IS SEXUAL ASSAULT.
STEPHEN FERNANDEZ, WHO IS NICKNAMED BABY SCUMBAG, IS
ACCUSED OF LURING A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL BY
PROMISING TO PUT HER ON A NONEXISTENT MTV SPECIAL IF
SHE PERFORMED SEX ACTS.
FERNANDEZ PROMISED TO INTRODUCE THE GIRL TO A-LIST PERFORMERS
AND APPEAR IN FERNANDEZíS NONEXISTENT MTV SPECIAL IN
RETURN FOR ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS WITH FERNANDEZ,
HIS MANAGER, AND ANOTHER
PRISON HE WORKS WITH, KEELAN LAMAR DADD, WHO IS 27 YEARS OLD."
IF THIS IS A CASE BETWEEN A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD AND A
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD, AND IT DIDN'T INVOLVE ANYONE ELSE, I MEAN
YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE LAWS, CAN A THIRTEEN YARD AND A
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD HOOKUP?
THAT ONE IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED, AND THE OTHER
KIDS DOES SUPER QUESTIONABLE THINGS.
HE GOES UP TO WOMEN AND TOUCHES THEM, AND EVERYBODY GETS A
LAUGH OUT OF IT, AND SINCE HE IS POPULAR ON INSTAGRAM IDIOT
GIRLS WILL COME AND DANCE IN THEIR UNDERWEAR ON HIS VIDEOS.
THE SEXUAL ASSAULT IS WRONG, THE GIRLS DANCING IN THEIR
UNDERWEAR, GOD BLESS, THAT IS AMERICA.
THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE OLDER GUYS.
THIS GUY IS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, HE STARTED THIS STUFF WHEN
HE WAS TWELVE, TWELVE-YEAR-OLDS CAN BE KNUCKLEHEADS.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH PUBERTY, CAN THEY DO REALLY STUPID STUFF?
YEAH, DOES NOT MEAN THEY GET TO TOUCH WOMEN.
BUT WHO IS ENCOURAGING THIS GUY?
WHO IS SAYING IT IS OKAY TO TOUCH WOMEN IN
INAPPROPRIATE PLACES?
WHO IS SAYING, HELP US GET A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD IN A VAN?
THE ADULTS IN THE STORY ARE MUCH WORSE.
THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE ADULTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING SEX WITH A
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD, THAT IS SEX WITH A MINOR.
ALL THREE OF THEM ARE CHARGED WITH THE SAME CHARGES, WHICH
IS KIND OF QUESTIONABLE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK EVERYONE INVOLVED
IS GUILTY OF THE SAME CRIME, FOR THE REASONS YOU JUST MENTIONED.
"ALL THREE WERE CHARGED WITH LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A
CHILD UNDER FOURTEEN, A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY UP TO EIGHT YEARS
IN PRISON." SO I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN LAWS.
I THINK IT IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WHEN A
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD IS HOOKING UP WITH A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD,
OR A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD IN THIS CASE.
BUT HE IS ALSO A MINOR, SO THAT ISSUE IS
COMPLICATED.
A TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD LOOKING UP WITH A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD,
AFTER HE ENABLED ñ
EVEN IF HE DID NOT PUT HIM UP TO IT, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST
ENABLED A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD TO GET HER INTO A VAN SO THAT
HE COULD HOOK UP WITH HER, THAT IS NOT AT ALL COMPLICATED.
THAT IS A SERIOUS, SERIOUS CRIME.
IT IS DISGUSTING.
THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD IN THIS STORY IS A VICTIM, AND
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER GIRLS WHO FELL
VICTIM TO THE SAME EXPLOITATION.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO BE BETTER ABOUT EDUCATING
YOUNG KIDS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF FALLING FOR
THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING SO OBSESSED WITH FAME, BEING ON AN
MTV SHOW, THAT YOU ENGAGE IN SEX ACTS WITH THREE RANDOM DUDES.
I'M SURPRISED THAT KIDS EVEN KNOW WHAT MTV IS ANY MORE.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS THAT THIRST FOR FAME.
BUT REMEMBER, SHE IS TWELVE.
WHAT DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE TWELVE?
I KNEW THAT I WASN'T GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH THREE RANDOM
GUYS BECAUSE THEY PROMISED A SPOT ON A TV SHOW.
PART OF THAT WAS HOW I WAS RAISED, BUT WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA AND THE INTERNET, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING
FAMOUS DOING STUPID THINGS.
I THINK KIDS SEE THAT, AND THEY WANT THAT, AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO CHANGE HOW WE EDUCATE THEM SO THAT THEY
DO NOT FALL VICTIM TO STUFF LIKE THIS.