Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Creating Animal Cruelty Videos
Federal prosecutors have announced the indictment of a 32-year-old man accused of creating and profiting from hundreds of disturbing videos depicting animal torture, mutilation, and killing. Bryan Wesley Edison is now facing 16 federal counts of animal crushing , a serious offense under U.S. law.
According to court filings, Edison not only produced the violent content but also distributed it through multiple pay-per-view YouTube channels. Prosecutors allege he went so far as to design professional-style logos for his channels and market merchandise featuring those designs, effectively turning cruelty into a business enterprise.
Although YouTube eventually shut down his channels for repeated violations of its policies a