Russell Bloodworth, a local Bentonville photographer and camp instructor, is now facing over 200 charges. He was arrested in June after police received a cyber tip related to child sexual Abuse Material being generated by someone using GROK AI.
Bloodworth is due to appear before a judge at the Benton County Courthouse. According to court documents, he is facing 100 counts of pandering or possessing visual or print medium depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child, 100 counts of unlawful creation or distribution of deepfake visual material, and one count of engaging children in sexually explicit conduct for use in visual or print medium.
A Bentonville Police detective found a hidden folder on Bloodworth’s cellphone containing more than 1,700 images and videos, most of which showed juvenile females in various sexual poses, multiple videos showing the performance of sex acts.
Original reporting: 40/29 / KHBS (NW Arkansas) — read the source article.
