{"id":52672,"date":"2015-10-08T17:04:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=52672"},"modified":"2015-10-13T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:35:44","slug":"celebrity-chef-who-appeared-on-food-network-charged-with-having-sex-with-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/celebrity-chef-who-appeared-on-food-network-charged-with-having-sex-with-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Chef Who Appeared on Food Network Charged With Having Sex With Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK CITY\u00a0— Matthew Tivy, chef at Manhattan’s Caf\u00e9 Du Soleil<\/em>, was arrested and charged by the FBI after he allegedly had sex with a Bronx high school student.<\/p>\n Tivy, who has appeared on the Food Network, is accused of distributing explicit photos and videos of teens from New Jersey, Florida and Ohio, WABC reported.<\/p>\n The chef was arrested in May and the FBI seized his cell phone.<\/p>\n The 54-year-old allegedly met the teen boy on the app Grindr. They met in a Best Buy parking lot and both filmed each other having sex.<\/p>\n Tivy\u00a0later texted the teen, saying: ‘Even though you were very bad not to tell how young you are haha but I didn\u2019t mind,’ according to the complaint.<\/p>\n In another text message, the restaurateur stated: ‘I’ve been with a high school guy before so it’s cool.’<\/p>\n Per Daily Mail: According to the documents, Tivy admitted to the crime online, bragging to his friends on the app Kik that he had sex in his car with a high school sophomore.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018I have one kid that I f***ed in my car. He\u2019s a high school sophomore.<\/em><\/p>\n In addition to the sexual abuse of a minor charge, Tivy is suspected of victimizing at least five other underage youths from Florida, Ohio and New Jersey by distributing sexually explicit photos and videos.<\/em><\/p>\n