A “looksmaxxing” influencer was arrested for allegedly stashing loads of child porn on his phone Wednesday, while claiming to investigators he wanted to “try something new,” according to Florida authorities and reports.
Mason Hull’s then-girlfriend found the cache of stomach-turning images of teen girls — with some as young as 8 years old — while scrolling through his phone on April 30, according to an affidavit obtained by Fox 13 Tampa Bay.
The scorned lover dug through Hull’s Telegram messages while he was asleep because she believed the 18-year-old social media influencer was cheating on her, the affidavit said.
She called Sarasota County Sheriff deputies, who appeared to find links to websites used to pull child sexual abuse materials and an exchange of messages about paying for the disturbing files, the department said.
Mason Hull told investigators that he used Telegram to access the child exploitation images because he wanted to “try something new.” Sarasota County Sheriffs Office Hull’s cell phone contained images and videos showing girls between the ages of 8 and 15 years old, according to the department.
He allegedly told investigators that he used Telegram to access the kiddie porn because he wanted to “try something new,” according to the affidavit reported on by WFLA.
Hull — who boasts roughly 350,000 TikTok followers — is well-known for producing content around “looksmaxxing,” which mostly consists of young men taking extreme measures to improve their appearance, including even surgery.
He’s facing 15 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, authorities said.
The influencer remains in custody on $112,500 bail, but if he is able to post the sum, a judge has told him he needs to stay off social media and can’t use the internet, WFLA reported.
The probe, the sheriff’s office said, highlights its “commitment to protecting children and aggressively pursuing those who exploit them.”
