[2] On February 2, 2018, at 1:17 a.m. PST, Cliffe was arrested on allegations of "sexual exploitation of a minor" in the Southwest Precinct of Seattle.
The case started in May 2017 when the King County Sheriff's Office received a Child Protective Services referral.
[4] On March 6, 2019, and edited in April 2019, Cliffe wrote on Reddit that he "never recorded this person at all" and passed a polygraph test on this subject.
Cliffe also wrote that "despite a good faith effort on my end to do due diligence, I still got catfished—on a dating website for adults where you have to state that you are over 18."
In addition, he summarized the situation as "very unfortunate" and warned others to "be very careful with people you meet over the internet, always ask for an ID no matter what, trust but verify, watch out for scammers.