Justin Berry (born July 24, 1986) operated pornographic websites, beginning at age 13, featuring himself and other teen males.
Despite concerns that the anonymous contact might be a law enforcement officer, Berry accepted a payment of $2,000 from Eichenwald on June 8, 2005,[12] before agreeing to the meeting.
After Berry revealed the identities of children who were being exploited by adults, Eichenwald persuaded him to discontinue the business and turn his information about those minors over to the authorities.
On April 4, 2006, Justin Berry appeared before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce to give testimony on "Sexual Exploitation of Children Over the Internet: What Parents, Kids and Congress Need to Know About Child Predators."
They also praised his courage in stepping forward, with one Congressman going so far as to suggest that any new legislation that emerged from this new effort to combat child pornography be named "the Justin Berry Act.
[15] Berry, Eichenwald and Gourlay appeared on C-SPAN, giving testimony before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
On May 9, 2006, the NBC television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit aired an episode called "Web"[17] that bears similarities to Berry's story.
[18][19] On October 25, 2006, Berry, and Eichenwald appeared on a blog interview called The Darkness to Light Show: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence.