guy to have an issue with the internet and sexually charged conversations. i know. addictions and compulsions. i mean, we see it a lot. instead of me being arrested, is there some way you can help me? well, i don t know that i can do that. i mean, will you give me some of the information here and tell me what exactly is going on? you want to know what s going on. do you ever watch television? do you ever watch dateline nbc ? oh, damn, i ve seen one of these. you ve seen one of these. and that s one of the reasons i thought, why am i doing this? this could be a setup. i ll get but let me get this straight, you ve actually seen our previous programs on computer predators. i didn t think i was a predator. i wasn t out i wasn t coming up here for anything physical. i know i talked look, that was like fantasy. that was like fantasy. i know, but everybody says that. but what s going to happen if i m not here and the 13-year-old girl is? you got all charged up b
mm-hmm. but you did it anyway. right? mm-hmm. do you ever watch television? mm-hmm. do you ever watch dateline nbc ? no. i m chris hansen. and i m a reporter for dateline nbc. it s a news show. and we re doing a story on computer predators. you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. once these guys are arrested, they re evaluated and they re monitored. if you decide at any time to exercise these rights, you can make any statement. do you understand? you ask her if she s horny. what s wrong with that? you ask if she does anal. it s a question. in this state, depending on the circumstances, that is against the law. do you get that? it s against the law to say
that. it s kind of you know what could happen to you now? as a convicted sex offender? correct. showing up here? what should happen to you? i m not really sure. probably more enforcement of of my counseling. well, robert, i ve got to tell you something. i m chris hansen with dateline nbc and we re doing a story on computer predators. if there s anything else you d like to say to us, we d like to hear it. if not, there s obviously nothing i can do to keep you here and you re obviously free to go. he knows he s in significant trouble. i mean, if you go back and look at the record from the peeveious case drop it. it would appear that he perhaps got probation instead of
that was nothing when i said i was coming over was anything sexual. absolutely nothing. how can you say that? oh, here s one. got any friends who you want to double team with me or you think you can handle me? that was all a joke. do you think that s appropriate to joke that way with a 14-year-old girl? no, but i was on an adult chat site and just in there messing around for someone to chat to. yeah, and why did you pick someone who said they were 14 years old? i didn t pick them. you didn t pick them. so she picked you? my intentions were not anything other than to say hi. to say hi. i never met anybody online. you ve never met anybody online. do you know how often i hear that? do you ever watch dateline nbc ? no. do you ever see our stories on computer predators? yes. what did you think of those stories? i didn t i didn t think much about them. i mean well, this is one of those stories. i m chris hansen with dateline nbc. we re doing a sto
perhaps you should just go. no, sir, i m okay. just i feel bad about myself. before you leave, there s one thing that i need to tell you. i m chris hansen of dateline nbc and we re doing a story on computer predators. if there is anything else you would like to say, we d like to hear it. if not, you re free to leave. anything against me at the moment? for charges? yes. no. not that i m aware of. i apologize. i promise to be a good man for the future, and i apologize for the lies. i want to justify the reason for me to come here. [ phone rings ] hello? yes, i called by mistake. i had the wrong number. i apologize. not a problem. bye. i thought that was asham but it was the other phone number we called. it was just a very unusual set of circumstances.