Today on the Virped Forum, it was shared that the organization's director, Charlie was arrested in Norway for child porn and contact offences. An announcement was made by the organisation's ex-director - temporarily back in post, as part of Virped's transparency commitments. While the unrelated incident involving the above mentioned ex director's behavior towards a younger person was clear-cut and did not result in prosecution, the details surrounding this arrest of the other director are far more murky, and it will likely take many months if not years to work it's way through the formal investigation phase and then possibly court. Having read the thread, the first thing I'd do is urge caution. Members say he was having trouble in some respect to his real life contact with kids, and also note that in Norway, lolisho is illegal. So he may have been arrested off the back of a coercive parent's personal grievance and then they found cartoons. Members have also said that it is uncharacteristic he might be engaging in contact offending, but of course the fact it is Virped might not be seen as particularly helpful with respect to confirmation bias. ![]() |