Kurt Eichenwald

Kurt Eichenwald is a former New York Times reporter who became famous as a result of his reporting in 2005 on Justin Berry, a minor who ran a gay child porn business in which he was the main but not the only model (and set up shop in Acapulco, Mexico, with his father, supplying boys for gay tourists). As told by Eichenwald, he helped Justin get a lawyer who then negotiated an immunity deal, in exchange for the names and other information he might have on all of his contacts and customers.

Rumors and a general dissatisfaction with the picture – he admitted giving money to Justin – may have contributed to his separation from the ‘’Times’’ the following year; he went on to Condé Nast and other publications. (He was never a full-time ‘’Times’’ employee.) In 2017, an unrelated case made public that Eichenwald had administrator status (the highest status, can do anything) on Berry’s Web sites, and other information that suggests Eichenwald’s connection with child pornography is greater than he had led us to believe. He has retained a criminal defense attorney.