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mocoworm · Dec 26, 2016

More at the link including arrest documents.

http://gizmodo.com/senior-facebook-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-solicit-1790502262

Dov Katz, the head of computer vision at Oculus VR, was arrested near Seattle on December 21 for allegedly soliciting sex from an underage girl. According to charging records, Katz allegedly attempted to pay $350 to have unprotected sex with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl.

Katz, 38, has been charged with attempted commercial sexual abuse of a minor. According to the charging documents, Katz wasnt actually texting a 15-year-old girl, but an undercover agent from the Tukwila Police Department. Katz, an Israeli citizen living in America, has since been released on $125,000 bail according to the King County jail website.

Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion in 2014. According to a profile in The Times of Israel, Katz was an an integral part of the team that developed the Oculus Rift headset.

Razmos · Dec 26, 2016

Looks like the Katz out of the bag

Morrigan Stark · Dec 26, 2016

Because Oculus wasn't deplorable enough already. Jesus

nhlducks35 · Dec 26, 2016

Shoulda stuck to VR

FelipeMGM · Dec 26, 2016

2016 was not a great year for Oculus...

Peroroncino · Dec 26, 2016

Razmos said:
Looks like the Katz out of the bag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObpcGNCU944

Oculus really can't catch a break when it comes to PR lately.

Greatest Ever · Dec 26, 2016

Oh fantastic, he's out on bail too.

jon bones · Dec 26, 2016

Is every exec at this company a huge piece of shit?

rajanp22 · Dec 26, 2016

Oculus' reputation really couldn't get worse, Facebook must be cursing their luck

King Tubby · Dec 26, 2016

I thought Facebook bought Oculus, not 4chan.

Boke1879 · Dec 26, 2016

Put him under the jail

xxracerxx · Dec 26, 2016

Jesus Christ, gross.

adamsapple · Dec 26, 2016

Razmos said:
Looks like the Katz out of the bag

FinaruDensetsu · Dec 26, 2016

Wow why are there so many pieces of garbage behind Oculus?

TheDarkKnight774 · Dec 26, 2016

So can we redo Gaf's fail of the year already?

Seems to me it's really oculus and not NMS

inky · Dec 26, 2016

Burn Oculus to the ground.

fester · Dec 26, 2016

Morrigan Stark said:
Because Oculus wasn't deplorable enough already. Jesus

Yeah, looks like the rottenness runs deep. Thankfully there are other VR options out there.

{insert code here} · Dec 26, 2016

And he's out on bail. Fantastic!

Tagyhag · Dec 26, 2016

FinaruDensetsu said:
Wow why are there so many pieces of garbage behind Oculus?

Because they don't actually get punished for it.

gdt · Dec 26, 2016

Yeesh.

marrec · Dec 26, 2016

fester said:
Yeah, looks like the rottenness runs deep. Thankfully there are other VR options out there.

When the head of the company is a proven garbage man it shouldn't be too surprising that he surrounded himself with garbage people.

BreezyLimbo · Dec 26, 2016

Morrigan Stark said:
Because Oculus wasn't deplorable enough already. Jesus

The worst part is I expect FB/Oculus to handwave it like they did Luckey.

Razmos · Dec 26, 2016

marrec said:
When the head of the company is a proven garbage man it shouldn't be too surprising that he surrounded himself with garbage people.

Case in point: Trump

zoukka · Dec 26, 2016

Twinsanity said:
And he's out on bail. Fantastic!

You can't put a price on a sexual predators freedom.

Oh wait it's 125k.

JoeyJungle · Dec 26, 2016

Man, what kind of people do they have leading this company? I know there's a bunch of great people that work there (Carmack, Abrash, some other Valve employees), but the heads of this company just seem... deplorable.

SDBurton · Dec 26, 2016

Whaaat the fuck.

Htown · Dec 26, 2016

Razmos said:
Looks like the Katz out of the bag

Muskieratboi · Dec 26, 2016

Umm..

Anyone else think it might be time for people like Carmack to jump ship to Valve?

Breads · Dec 26, 2016

Oculus was a mistake.

120v · Dec 26, 2016

BreezyLimbo said:
The worst part is I expect FB/Oculus to handwave it like they did Luckey.

yeah, no... guy's toast

jett · Dec 26, 2016

Two billion dollars well spent.

Hopefully this guy goes away for a long time.

FelipeMGM · Dec 26, 2016

Yeah, I hope Oculus/Facebook doesnt handle this like the Luckey situation. This is fucking disgusting and a crime

Muskieratboi said:
Umm..

Anyone else think it might be time for people like Carmack to jump ship to Valve?

Oh, he is already in some big trouble because of Oculus

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1267614

JayEH · Dec 26, 2016

Well if you needed more reasons to hate Oculus.

mugurumakensei · Dec 26, 2016

BreezyLimbo said:
The worst part is I expect FB/Oculus to handwave it like they did Luckey.

This is harder. Palmer Luckey wasn't doing anything criminal. Katz was.

Ninja Scooter · Dec 26, 2016

Why don't you have a seat over there...a VIRTUAL seat.

Shaanyboi · Dec 26, 2016

ponpo · Dec 26, 2016

mocoworm said:
According to the charging documents, Katz wasnt actually texting a 15-year-old girl, but an undercover agent from the Tukwila Police Department.

MetroidPrimeRib · Dec 26, 2016

Hottest Mess indeed

Previous · Dec 26, 2016

Disgusting.

$125k bail sounds like a low amount for someone who is probably worth multiple millions and holds foreign citizenship.

Peroroncino · Dec 26, 2016

BreezyLimbo said:
The worst part is I expect FB/Oculus to handwave it like they did Luckey.

Not a chance, soliciting an underage girl is a way worse offense than funding some shitposting idiots in my opinion. And while I expected Luckey to ride it out, I can't imagine the same with this guy.

jabuseika · Dec 26, 2016

Is there any room left under Occulus's rug.

danthefan · Dec 26, 2016

Tagyhag said:
Because they don't actually get punished for it.

Did Luckey commit a crime?

This guy's obviously a piece of shit if the allegation is true.

Manu · Dec 26, 2016

Jesus christ.

If Carmack has any common sense he should bail the fuck out of this company.

GringoSuave89 · Dec 26, 2016

ponpo said:

This is too hilarious to be real.

Oculus rot runs deep. Kinda don't like that I got a Gear VR... Don't want to support the obviously horrible people in charge.

synce · Dec 26, 2016

To be fair he initially thought she was 19, it's not like he was seeking out kids as the headline makes it out to be. And while he should've backed off once finding out "she" was 15 this still seems like borderline entrapment

wanderingprostheyltite · Dec 26, 2016

Jesus, and I just read Giant Bomb's blurb on Luckey being 2016's "hottest mess". This might edge it out just a wee bit.

Kthulhu · Dec 26, 2016

I wonder if he'll get deported. Seems like a crime worthy of it.

Azure Dream · Dec 26, 2016

I just got done with Giant Bomb addressing a certain Hottest Mess as it was. (And that was with them forgetting Palmer's wild, unsubstantiated promises.)

Plum · Dec 26, 2016

Manu said:
Jesus christ.

If Carmack has any common sense he should bail the fuck out of this company.

Yep, Oculus really doesn't deserve a mind like Carmack helping them after all this mess.

NinjaCoachZ · Dec 26, 2016

Wow. First Palmer and now this. What the hell is wrong with Oculus's management?

synce said:
To be fair he initially thought she was 19, it's not like he was seeking out kids as the headline makes it out to be. And while he should've backed off once finding out "she" was 15 this still seems like borderline entrapment

It's still kind of unhealthy for a 38-year-old technology executive to date a 19-year-old. The gulf in power dynamics is unreal.

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