US Edition'Squatty Potty' Creator Indicted over Alleged Purchase of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Robert Edwards allegedly received and purchased child sexual abuse material from 2021 to 2025, with PayPal flagging four transactions, leading to his federal indictment and arrest.
- In federal court filings this week, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced a grand jury indictment of a co-creator of the Squatty Potty.
- Following an undercover FBI profile joined a group chat used to trade CSAM in March 2021, investigators say PayPal flagged four transactions in May 2025, leading to a search warrant executed in November.
- Agents say a Zoom link showed child sexual abuse videos and an account labeled 'B E' was traced to Edwards, whose seized cell phone contained videos downloaded two weeks before the warrant.
- A federal judge in St. George remanded Edwards to U.S. Marshals custody, with a detention hearing scheduled for March 2, after his arrest on child sexual abuse material charges.
- The case highlights cross-border links and online meeting sharing CSAM, as investigators traced payments to a man in the United Kingdom later convicted, and Edwards is the Squatty Potty co-creator.
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‘Squatty Potty’ creator federally indicted for purchasing child pornography
ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) — The Utah man who created the “Squatty Potty” has been federally indicted for purchasing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) District of Utah, 50-year-old Robert Edwards of Ivins was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 10 and arrested […]
"Squatty Potty" Millionaire Charged With Possession Of Child Porn Hoard
"Squatty Potty" Millionaire Charged With Possession Of Child Porn Hoard Robert Edwards, the inventor of the "Squatty Potty" and a contestant on the show "Shark Tank", has been charged with the possession of a digital hoard of child pornography materials including videos and images. Edwards, 50, was arrested for allegedly buying and receiving countless images of child sexual abuse between March 2021 and November 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office …
Squatty Potty Creator Charged with Serious Offenses
If there is a time for multimillionaire Robert 'Bobby' Edwards to prove a lot of people wrong, that would be now. This was after the Squatty Potty creator was charged for allegedly buying multiple items of child sex abuse material between 2021 and 2025. In a release by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Utah, Edwards was indicted by a federal grand jury on 10 February. He was formally arrested two days later in Washington County, Utah.…
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