Newsweek Writer Paid Underaged Boys To Wank on Video

[maz]

Seems to check out. Kurt Eichenwald, who is apparently epileptic is also suing a Twitter user for sending him an image that could potentially cause a seizure.

Did Kurt Eichenwald Use Journalism to Shield Himself After Viewing Child Porn 22+ Times?

In the mid-2000s, former New York Times writer Kurt Eichenwald fell into disrepute after being caught paying a source $2,000 — money that the journalist claims he requested back — an additional $1,184 to that source via PayPal to acquire and download illicit images and likely wired $1,000 more to the same source under a fraudulent name. That source, former child porn star Justin Berry, had become a cautionary tale of the perils of child pornography with Kurt Eichenwald being initially heralded as a hero who "saved" him.

What has not been reported until this time is that Mr. Eichenwald accessed illicit images of Mr. Berry (then an 18-year-old) and a 14-year-old young man masturbating at least 21 times over a seven day period from June 23–29, 2005 — a video that the now rehabilitated Newsweek Senior Writer claimed he had only viewed a single time with Justin Berry after the two met at LAX Airport on June 30.

It has also gone unreported that Mr. Eichenwald appears to have proffered false testimony both in written statements and verbal testimony asserting that he had not identified himself to Mr. Berry until June 30, 2005 notwithstanding having sent the former child porn actor a check for $2,000 with his name on it on June 8, 2005.

Further that payment went to the production of the child pornography video (titled JustinPreview2) featuring the 14-year-old child masturbating side-by-side with Mr. Berry on June 9, 2005 (the following day) — with court records indicating that Berry withdrew $300 following the deposit of that check to pay the young man for his participation in the illicit video.

Not only did Mr. Eichenwald violate all bounds of journalistic standards, but he proceeded to convince Mr. Berry to flip state's evidence on the same day — July 14 — that Eichenwald's administrative account on the JustinFriends.com child porn site was deleted and all messages between Eichenwald and Berry were scrubbed from Mr. Berry's computer.

On December 19, 2005, Kurt Eichenwald turned his criminal act into the cause du jour writing an impactful piece alleging to uncover the dark underworld of child pornography titled Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World based on the trials and tribulations of his associate Mr. Berry.

The made for Hollywood piece was but an opening salvo in the story of a tormented young man preyed upon by online predators until Eichenwald, by his accounts, swooped in to help him find salvation. In Making a Connection With Justin — the former New York Times writer provides a firsthand account of a heroic journalist who rescued a then 19-year-old Justin Berry from a life of crime, drugs, and self-degradation.

Concerns among the journalistic community were abound that Mr. Eichenwald made himself part of his own story preventing the writer from reporting objectively on the content, but the reality of this piece which for a short time had won Kurt Eichenwald the acclaim of the US Congress and even Oprah is far more malignant than anyone imagined.

The files also show that an individual referring to himself as "Andrew McDonald" using the email address "mostin2003@yahoo.com" made $1,184 in payments to Justin Berry from 6/6/2005 to 6/23/2005. In the payment memo section, the user criticized the quality of potentially illicit images sent to him — court records confirm that account belonged to Eichenwald.

On June 6, 2015, in the comment section of the PayPal exchanges, Kurt Eichenwald bearing the name of Andrew McDonald says of the quality of images sent by Justin Berry — "the light sucks, washed out" and "If I save them, I pay for them. If I don't, I didn't even bother to finish looking at them, so I didn't buy."

"Once it's back and running, I'll be back to downloading... and paying you. I'll be online today. Find me an[d] lemme know what to do. And I have other proposals for you that would get you even more money," said Eichenwald in PayPal notes on June 7, 2005. "Or tell me when u will be on aim (AOL Instant Messenger). I have had access to the ftp site since we last spoke. And I'd like to start paying ya again. Email me at skywrite55@aol.com or tell me when u will be on aim."

Court records further confirm that skywrite55@aol.com belongs to Kurt Eichenwald who used the pseudonyms of Roy and Andrew McDonald while communicating from this email address.

Server records and court filings also show that an IP address connected to Kurt Eichenwald's email accounts skywrite55@aol.com and mostin2003@yahoo.com accessed a video titled justinpreview2.wmv a total of 22 times over a seven day period from 6/23/2005 to 6/29/2005.

It is known from court records that this video was produced on June 9, 2005 using the proceeds of Kurt Eichenwald's $2,000 check sent the day prior, that it was initially uploaded to the website on June 19, 2005, and that the video contained an illicit video of a 14-year-old young man masturbating with Justin Berry.

IMPLIFIED EVIDENCE CHAIN FOR JOURNALISTS COVERING STORY

IP Address 66.140.63.145 Views JustinsPreview2.wmv 22 TIMES

Sources

http://www.freecasey.com/images/dallasOnJF.pdf

http://www.freecasey.com/about/pacer/DE366-1.pdf — See Pg. 28 FN11

Viewed by IP Address of SkyWrite55@aol.com and Mostin2003@yahoo.com

Sources

http://www.freecasey.com/about/transcripts/DE251.pdf — Pg. 7

http://www.freecasey.com/images/AndrewMcDonaldPayPalActivities.pdf

Skywrite55@aol.com and Mostin2003@yahoo.com are Kurt Eichenwald

1. http://www.freecasey.com/about/transcripts/DE284.pdf
•AOL was able to confirm directly that it was Kurt Eichenwald
•Yahoo was not and it was under a false name — the IP address did match with the items searched above.
•Notably: On 6/7/2005 in the PayPal comments section Mostin2003@yahoo.com says email me at skywrite55@aol.com confirming the two accounts belong to the same person — http://www.freecasey.com/images/AndrewMcDonaldPayPalActivities.pdf

2. Additional Records Matching Kurt Eichenwald's bank account to the PayPal logs: http://www.freecasey.com/about/transcripts/DE290.pdf

VIDEO JustinsPreview2.wmv

What was it?

Video of Justin Berry when he was 17-years-old and a child named Taylor who was 14-years-old masturbating side-by-side

Sources

http://nymag.com/guides/money/2007/39957/index3.html — First Paragraph

http://www.freecasey.com/about/pacer/DE366-1.pdf — See page 27 and pgs 29–30

[MikeWB]

This sick fuck also has epilepsy and some anon sent him through Twitter a flashing GIF that supposedly gave him a seizure (I think that's bullshit though). Now this sick bastard is suing some anonymous Twitter user.

[maz]

Just like that Dov guy from Facebook who got busted recently, Eichenwald claims to have wanted to save the boy - same excuse!