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YouTube Star Austin Jones Arrested On Child Porn Charges

YouTube Star Austin Jones Arrested On Child Porn Charges

If convicted he faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars.

Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan

An American YouTube star, who has amassed more than 500,000 subscribers to his channel, has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Acapella pop-music cover artist, Austin Jones, was arrested on Monday night, reports the Chicago Sun Times.

Jones, 24, will appear in court on Wednesday.

According to the paper, he will remain in federal custody until then because the pop singer is deemed a 'risk to the community and there's a danger he'll flee'.

If successfully convicted, the YouTuber faces a minimum of 15 years in prison.

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According to E! News, Jones had allegedly been in communication with two underage female victims on Facebook in August 2016 and May 2017. The criminal complaint describes Jones requesting one girl to 'prove' she was his 'biggest fan' by sending him sexually explicit videos.

Court documents obtained by E!News claim Jones was stopped by Customs and Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago before being taken into custody, where he gave a recorded interview admitting to the charges.

In the criminal complaint, one girl admitted that she made 15 videos for Jones as recently as May 4th, in what she called an "audition." She alleged that the YouTube star pressured her to "work really hard" even though she told him she "might pass out" and was tired from what he was asking her to do.

At one point during the Facebook interactions between the two, the victim allegedly acknowledged that Jones was 24, and he requested that she repeatedly acknowledge that she was 'only 14'.

Jones' other alleged victim, whom he chatted with in August 2016, alleged that the singer told her she would get to perform a sex act on him if she were 'lucky'.

Federal authorities said the girl sent Jones a total of 25 videos, including eight that were sexually explicit.

Sources: Chicago Sun Times, E! News

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