Content description: This report mentions pedophilia and sexual content.
A senior Game console The executive was allegedly fired by Sony (via GamesIndustry.biz) after an amateur sting operation provided evidence that he tried to have sex with a 15-year-old boy.
The YouTube channel People v. Preds posted a video that appears to show that George Cacioppo, a former PlayStation Network senior vice president of engineering who has worked for the company for more than eight years, is waiting for a 15 The year-old girl met, allegedly for sexual reasons.
The organizer of the People v. Preds channel pretended to be a 15-year-old boy and established contact with Cacioppo who agreed to meet with the fictitious minor. Obviously, before this, the former Sony executive had shared inappropriate photos and had sexual conversations on the dating app Grindr.
The executive can be seen wearing a PlayStation 5 shirt in the video. The video itself does not show any criminal behavior, nor can it be used to verify Cacioppo’s identity alone. But People v. Preds also released screenshots, claiming that Cacioppo is planning to meet, which shows the same shirt.
Sony said in a statement to CNET on Sunday: “We are aware of this situation and the employees concerned have been fired.”
A representative of People v. Preds told Kotaku that “the police department does not cooperate with’network groups’ like us. That was when the Internet took over”, so apparently there was no conduct with the police regarding this case at the time of writing.
