LSU student Andrew Easterly, 18, was arrested Oct. 29 on several charges related to child pornography, including filming juveniles in the Herget Hall communal showers following an off-campus investigation by the state Office of the Attorney General.
According to an LSUPD officer incident statement, two juvenile girls identified in photos found on devices belonging to Easterly told officers they met Easterly at a party.
The girls, who are not LSU students, told officers they “concocted a story to fool their parents” and agreed to go with Easterly to the LSU vs. Auburn University football game on Sept. 19, where he made advances on both and “inappropriate statements about one of their butts.”
After spending about an hour drinking whiskey provided by Easterly, the three left Easterly’s dorm room in Herget Hall to attend an off-campus party, according to the report.
Officers reviewed surveillance footage from Herget Hall on the night of the incident and confirmed the two girls arrived with Easterly, left soon after and came back later that night, the statement said.
When they came back to his dorm, both girls decided to take a shower before going to bed.
“They advised that during the time they were showering, neither were aware that they were being photographed during their shower,” the report states.
Officers also “captured a very brief image” of Easterly walking from the showers back to his room behind one of the victims.
LSUPD seized an Apple laptop, an Apple iPad Mini, an external hard drive and a digital camera from Easterly’s room at the time of arrest.
The full forensic recovery report on Oct. 22 found 23 different photographs of child pornography on Easterly’s external hard drive.
He was charged with two counts of attempted production of child pornography, 12 counts of possession of child pornography under the age of 13, 11 counts of possession of child pornography and two counts both of indecent behavior with a juvenile and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles.
Easterly was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a $185,000 bond.