Humans are scum:
A Des Moines lawyer was indicted Friday in an Ohio federal court for being involved with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys.
Philip Colt Moss was charged with conspiracy to create and distribute so-called “animal crush videos,” and distributing animal crush videos, according to court documents.
In March and April 2023, Moss is accused of conspiring with two other men, Nicholas Dryden and Giancarlo Morelli, not charged in Iowa, to create and distribute videos depicting acts of sadistic violence against baby, adolescent and adult monkeys. Dryden and Morelli were previously indicted and pending trial in Ohio.
According to court documents, the videos, created as part of the conspiracy, included depictions of monkeys having their genitals burned and mutilated and being abused in other torturous ways.
In a motion regarding release, prosecutors state Moss was arrested in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Iowa on Aug. 8. Prosecutors proffered a 28-page indictment. These monkey videos are sold to private groups, which operate similarly to child pornography distribution groups and have a vetting process for viewers to be admitted.
Moss had a “heightened” involvement in the offense because he was an “administrator,” according to the indictment. Over a 41-day period, Moss sent 18 payments to Dryden totaling $1,447 for the animal crush videos.
The prosecution also has telegram messages between Moss and Dryden, where Moss is discussing traveling with Dryden to produce the videos and telling Dryden he can get him into Indonesia without a passport and other international destinations because he has “connections,” according to the indictment.
The document indicates that Moss said he wasn’t practicing law at the time of his arrest and was instead working at his father’s company. Prosecutors doubt his assertions because Moss had advertised his legal services on a website.
His case has been transferred to a federal court in Ohio according to documents filed in Iowa’s southern district.
If convicted, Moss faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for the conspiracy charge and a maximum of seven years for the charges related to the creation and distribution of animal crush videos.
Senior Trial Attorney Adam Cullman of the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s Environmental Crimes Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Oakley for the Southern District of Ohio are prosecuting the case.
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A Des Moines lawyer was indicted Friday in an Ohio federal court for being involved with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys.
Philip Colt Moss was charged with conspiracy to create and distribute so-called “animal crush videos,” and distributing animal crush videos, according to court documents.
In March and April 2023, Moss is accused of conspiring with two other men, Nicholas Dryden and Giancarlo Morelli, not charged in Iowa, to create and distribute videos depicting acts of sadistic violence against baby, adolescent and adult monkeys. Dryden and Morelli were previously indicted and pending trial in Ohio.
According to court documents, the videos, created as part of the conspiracy, included depictions of monkeys having their genitals burned and mutilated and being abused in other torturous ways.
In a motion regarding release, prosecutors state Moss was arrested in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Iowa on Aug. 8. Prosecutors proffered a 28-page indictment. These monkey videos are sold to private groups, which operate similarly to child pornography distribution groups and have a vetting process for viewers to be admitted.
Moss had a “heightened” involvement in the offense because he was an “administrator,” according to the indictment. Over a 41-day period, Moss sent 18 payments to Dryden totaling $1,447 for the animal crush videos.
The prosecution also has telegram messages between Moss and Dryden, where Moss is discussing traveling with Dryden to produce the videos and telling Dryden he can get him into Indonesia without a passport and other international destinations because he has “connections,” according to the indictment.
The document indicates that Moss said he wasn’t practicing law at the time of his arrest and was instead working at his father’s company. Prosecutors doubt his assertions because Moss had advertised his legal services on a website.
His case has been transferred to a federal court in Ohio according to documents filed in Iowa’s southern district.
If convicted, Moss faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for the conspiracy charge and a maximum of seven years for the charges related to the creation and distribution of animal crush videos.
Senior Trial Attorney Adam Cullman of the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s Environmental Crimes Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Oakley for the Southern District of Ohio are prosecuting the case.
Des Moines lawyer charged with distributing torture, mutilation videos of monkeys
A Des Moines lawyer was indicted in Ohio on Friday for his involvement with online groups who create and distribute “animal crush videos.” The videos involve monkeys being tortured, mutilated and sexually abused.
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