Remember 'To Catch a Predator,' the awful festival of horror and shame from Dateline NBC that briefly captured America's heart in the mid-aughts? We thought we'd check in with the creepy internet vigilantes behind it, and guess what? They're broke.
NBC paid "Perverted Justice," the outfit that impersonates children and rounds up would-be perverts for "To Catch A Predator," $802,520 last year. The non-profit's CEO, Xavier Von Erck, who expects to make $2 million in consulting fees in 2008, responded to questions from Radar about the group: "Thanks for contacting…
Phillip Eide, a k a Xavier von Erch, the controversial figure behind Perverted-Justice.com, the website which gave rise to Dateline NBC's popular "To Catch a Predator" series, has to be one of the internet's most unassailable trolls. As we pointed out last fall, it's difficult to criticize Perverted-Justice's…
