5 days ago
Creator of Creeper Hunter TV found not guilty of intimidating a justice system participant
After a two-day trial, Justice James Stribopoulos wasted little time in handing down his decision and finding Jason Nassr not guilty of intimidating a justice system participant.
The charge stems from Nassr's trial on harassment, extortion, and child pornography charges held in January of 2023.
He would eventually be found guilty of those charges, however, during a heated exchange with the Crown at that trial, the 44-year-old Nassr blurted out that he knew the name of the prosecutor's child.
The judge at this trial found, 'I accept [the Crown's] testimony that he was immediately overcome with a gut-wrenching sense of fear when Mr. Nassr mentioned his youngest [child] by name during cross-examination. Any lawyer would act similarly.'
He went on to say, 'Mr. Nassr had a motive to mention [the Crown's] child to instill fear in him and dissuade him from continuing with the line of questioning.'
However, Stribopoulos said one of the main reasons Nassr was acquitted in this case was because he was cut off by the presiding judge at his earlier trial and not allowed to complete his sentence after mentioning the child's name.
'As a result, Mr. Nassr never finished saying whatever he planned to after mentioning the child,' said Stribopoulos. 'It is impossible to know where Mr. Nassr was heading before being interrupted by the trial judge.'
During the trial two and a half years ago, the Crown maintained that Nassr was operating Creeper Hunter TV for his own sexual gratification and the jury at that trial agreed.
However, the accused said he was running the website to educate the public and to catch predators.
Nassr's dealings with the court aren't over yet because he is appealing his prior convictions.
