To Catch a Predator · Harris County investigation
Abhilash Bhaskaran
Abhilash Bhaskaran was confronted during the Fortson, Georgia investigation and charged with attempted child molestation. He left the United States before trial.
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- Outcome
- Charged
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Harris County, Georgia
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl5
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- May 30, 1972
- Occupation
- Software development director · Retail worker
- Marital status
- Married
- Height
- 5′7″
- Weight
- 135 lb.
- Hair
- Black
- Eyes
- Brown
Charges & sentence
Criminal attempt to commit child molestation
Unverified8
Sentence
A verified sentence has not yet been added.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationCharged
Case narrative
Sting
Abhilash took the day of from work when the date occured. When he arrived at the house and made small talk with the decoy, Chris Hansen confronted him.
Abhilash then explains to Chris he was there to just make a friend and told her "for sex I am not coming". He states he wouldn't have raped the child because he was educated and had an MBA. Abhilash says he has trouble with his marriage and "wanted a friend to talk to." Abhilash admits to Chris he took a day off from his job to travel to the house. After he is exposed on national television by Chris, he is arrested by police officers. When brought before investigators, Abhilash states that he is a foreign national and wants to speak to a lawyer.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Abhilash Bhaskaran, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 1Abhilash Bhaskaran on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 2Abhilash Bhaskaran on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 3Abhilash Bhaskaran on Apple PodcastsPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 4Abhilash Bhaskaran official podcast metadataThe publisher identifies Abhilash Bhaskaran as the subject of a Hansen investigation and describes the arrival and direct encounter. This metadata establishes association, not a legal outcome or current custody.
- 5Abhilash Bhaskaran (community wiki)Attributed community article. Revision date describes the article update, not a court or sting event. Full infobox, narrative sections, references and assets are retained in the private archive.
- 6Abhilash Bhaskaran: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 7Abhilash Bhaskaran: legal outcome (revision 13165)Abhilash Bhaskaran was confronted during the Fortson, Georgia investigation and charged with attempted child molestation. He left the United States before trial.
- 8Abhilash Bhaskaran: archived criminal-history narrativeAftermath reports an attempted-child-molestation prosecution and a separate unlawful-flight-to-avoid-prosecution charge. The expected plea was not completed.