‘Social-justice advocate' professor allegedly had child porn streaming on bedroom TV when FBI raided his home
A Texas college professor and self-described 'social-justice advocate' has been arrested for allegedly streaming child porn — and even had one of the sick videos playing on his TV when the feds raided his home, according to prosecutors.
Zaid Mashhour Haddad, a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, is accused of accessing more than 180 child porn videos that he streamed from his computer to a TV mounted on the bedroom wall, according to the feds.
'One of the videos that allegedly depicted child pornography was displayed on Haddad's TV as the FBI executed a search warrant on his apartment,' the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
That clip had been sent to him via a link on Telegram — an encrypted cloud-based messaging app, according to court papers.
Zaid Mashhour Haddad, a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, is accused of accessing more than 180 child porn videos, federal prosecutors allege.
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Haddad would then store the child porn material in the Telegram app on his phone, according to the feds.
A probe determined that the links Haddad was accessing also often led to virtual Zoom meetings where child porn would be live-streamed, the filing alleges.
Haddad, who was nabbed last Tuesday, has since been charged with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of knowingly accessing with intent to view any material that contained an image of child pornography.
At the time of his arrest, Haddad was an assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies and curriculum and instruction at the public university, MySanAntonio reported.
Haddad, who was nabbed last week, is a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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His biography on UTSA's website describes him as a 'teacher educator and social justice advocate' and notes that his research interests include 'understanding the ways we negotiate our many intersecting identities as we encounter new and changing contexts.'
Haddad was previously a high school social studies teacher and guidance counsellor, his bio states.
He was also a doctoral student at the University of Nevada before joining UTSA.
If convicted on the child porn charges, Haddad faces up to 20 years in prison, the feds noted. The university did not immediately respond to a message Monday.
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