Austin Jones, the 24-year-old artist and YouTube star, was arrested Monday and is facing two counts of
output of baby pornography. A felon complaint alleges the singer asked two 14-year-old fans to send him videos; in several of those videos, the girls naked their genitalia.
accordingly to the Chicago Sun-Times, the federal grievance against Jones says that one of the girls sent a video to the performer an his request through Facebook in May, noting that she was "only 14" while they were in contact. The complaint says he also knew the otherwise girl was 14, the paper reported.
One newspaper said that he later apologized on Facebook for having "communicated with my fans in a way that I have come to fully realize was not appropriate. ... Here's the fact: I never asked them to do anyone more than send a twerking video. Nobody ever went off beyond that."
Jones could face fifteen years in jail.