Squatty Potty creator featured on “Shark Tank” arrested on baby pornography cost

• Squatty Potty creator Robert Edwards was indicted, arrested, and charged with receipt of kid pornography.
• Edwards pleaded not responsible to the cost.
• The U.S. Legal professional's Workplace alleged that an undercover FBI operation discovered Edwards in a chatroom that was viewing baby pornography in 2021.

Robert Edwards, the creator of the Squatty Potty, has pleaded not responsible to a toddler pornography cost.

The businessman, who appeared on Shark Tank in 2014, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 10 and arrested on Feb. 12 in Washington County, Utah, in keeping with america Legal professional's Workplace. He was charged with receipt of kid pornography and pleaded not responsible in his preliminary look on the indictment.

The USAO alleged that Edwards "knowingly acquired a number of photos of kid sexual abuse materials" on a number of events between March 2021 and November. An undercover FBI agent infiltrated a gaggle chat that "was viewing a set of kid sexual abuse materials movies" in March 2021, and Edwards was allegedly among the many customers within the chat.

FBI brokers later realized that "Edwards was suspected of buying extra baby sexual abuse materials by way of his PayPal account" in Could 2025, the united states alleged. After legislation enforcement executed a search warrant on the entrepreneur's individual and residence, officers allegedly found "a number of movies and pictures" of kid pornography on a cellular phone present in his automotive, and likewise allegedly found extra baby intercourse abuse materials after looking out different units in his residence.

Edwards' detention listening to is scheduled for March 2 in St. George, Utah.

Edwards didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's request for remark.

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The entrepreneur started promoting the Squatty Potty, a specialty footstool that helps help in bowel actions by altering bathroom posture, alongside his mom Judy in 2010. Gross sales skyrocketed after they appeared on Shark Tank in 2014 and acquired a $350,000 funding from shark Lori Greiner.

The Edwardses appeared on Shark Tank once more in 2020, and Robert revealed that the corporate had bought $175 million price of Squatty Potties since his authentic look on the present.

Squatty Potty was acquired by shopper product firm Aterian in 2021. The model issued an announcement on its web site following Edwards' indictment that distanced the product from its creator, and likewise eliminated mentions of the Squatty Potty's origins from the location.

"Aterian has no affiliation, partnership, or ongoing relationship with Mr. Robert Edwards. Edwards was a part of a gaggle, together with non-public fairness corporations, that bought particular property to Aterian in a one-time transaction in 2021," the assertion begins. "Following the completion of that acquisition, all associations with Edwards and his household ceased. He isn’t an worker, a companion, or a stakeholder in our firm. Any claims on the contrary are categorically false."

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The assertion continued, "We’re deeply disturbed by the indictment towards Edwards. The character of those allegations is abhorrent and wholly inconsistent with our firm’s values. Whereas the household was beforehand referenced on our web site in a historic context, we now have eliminated these references. They haven’t any position in our model’s current or future."

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