Uh, The Bloke On The Front Page Of ‘Trump Dating’ Has A Child Sex Conviction

Yesterday we descended into bowels of hell and brought you a dispatch from Trump Dating – the website for (straight) Donald Trump fans to find true love. It looked like an ungodly snakepit of catfishing and despair, and we completely failed to secure ourselves a handsome patriot husband. Sad! Well, you may be surprised to learn that this obvious Valentine’s Day cashgrab on the racist and horny made a substantial misstep in their marketing: turns out the guy on their marketing material has been, uh, charged with a child sex offence.

Not a good look, folks. A local news station in North Carolina ran a story on the couple – named Barrett and Jodi Riddleberger –  who featur smack bang on the front page of Trump Dating. As part of this yarn, WRAL mentioned that Barrett Riddleberger had a felony conviction for “taking indecent liberties with a child” in 1995.

According to the Greensboro News & Record, that conviction stemmed from an incident in which Riddleberger videotaped himself having sex with a 15-year-old girl while he was 25.

It’s not clear what role Riddleberger had in the creation of Trump Dating. The website is linked to an entity called WhiteBoxDating, which lets people and companies create their own niche dating platforms, with 50 percent of gross revenue flowing back to WhiteBoxDating. According to WRAL, Riddleberger wasn’t particularly keen to answer any more questions.

“I’ve already paid my debt for something I did 25 years ago,” he reportedly said.

Neither Riddleberger nor his wife are speaking to any media at the moment, though they’ve been removed from the front page of Trump dating. Head on over there and you’ll see this couple instead:

Presumably these guys may have been vetted a little more closely to ensure they have no criminal backgrounds worth mentioning. But who knows? Either way, one thing is clear: if you’re a Trump supporter looking for love, maybe just use a normal dating site.

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