Who
is
EDP445?
Ex-YouTube
B ya t
Mo ela d’s
‘God
saved
him’
claim
spa ks
f esh
co t ove sy
i
ew
docume ta y
B ya t
Mo ela d,
bette
k ow
as
EDP445,
is
back
i
focus
afte
Mike
Clum’s
docume ta y
The
Sick
Mi d
of
EDP445
evisits
the
co t ove sy
that
e ded
his
YouTube
ca ee .
Released
o
YouTube
o
August
9,
the
film
looks
at
Mo ela d’s
ise,
the
2021
sti g
i volvi g
a
decoy
he
believed
was
a
13-yea -old
gi l,
a d
his
life
ow.
O e
of
the
most
st iki g
claims
comes
f om
Mo ela d
himself:
he
says
‘God
saved
him’
f om
a est
du i g
a othe
alleged
situatio
i volvi g
someo e
he
believed
was
a
mi o .
The
docume ta y
also
i t oduces
his
gi lf ie d,
Ma issa,
a d
sha es
details
about
thei
elatio ship.
Who
is
EDP445
a d
what
happe ed
i
the
2021
sti g?
Who
is
EDP445
a d
what
happe ed
i
the
2021
sti g?
B ya t
Mo ela d
became
famous
as
EDP445
th ough
loud,
u filte ed
videos
about
the
Philadelphia
Eagles.
His
cha el
late
i cluded
food
videos,
vlogs,
eactio s
a d
pe so al
a ts.
At
his
peak,
he
had
mo e
tha
two
millio
YouTube
subsc ibe s
a d
also
appea ed
o
Tosh.0
His
o li e
ame
is
li ked
to
a
p ofa ity-based
ph ase,
which
is
why
it
is
bette
k ow
today
simply
as
EDP445.
His
ca ee
cha ged
i
Ap il
2021.
A
p edato -catchi g
g oup
co f o ted
Mo ela d
i
Bake sfield,
Califo ia,
afte
he
had
excha ged
sexually
explicit
messages
with
a
decoy
posi g
as
a
13-yea -old
gi l.
Mo ela d
had
go e
to
meet
the
pe so
a d,
du i g
the
co f o tatio ,
said,
“I
was
actually
comi g
out
he e
to
pick
up
a
cupcake.”
The
li e
became
the
ce t e
of
the
co t ove sy
a d
late
tu ed
i to
a
majo
i te et
meme.YouTube
the
te mi ated
his
cha els.
Mo ela d
was
ot
c imi ally
cha ged
ove
that
pa ticula
sti g.
The
lack
of
cha ges
did
ot
esto e
his
ca ee ,
a d
his
late
attempts
to
etu
to
o li e
platfo ms
kept
his
ame
tied
to
the
same
co t ove sy.
What
does
Mike
Clum’s
The
Sick
Mi d
of
EDP445
eveal
about
B ya t
Mo ela d?
What
does
Mike
Clum’s
The
Sick
Mi d
of
EDP445
eveal
about
B ya t
Mo ela d?
The
ew
docume ta y
gives
Mo ela d
a
lo g
cha ce
to
speak
about
his
past
a d
cu e t
life.
It
i cludes
i te views,
ec eatio s
a d
appea a ces
f om
people
co ected
to
his
sto y,
i cludi g
Ch is
Ha se .O e
of
the
film’s
most
talked-about
mome ts
is
Mo ela d’s
claim
that
God
p eve ted
him
f om
bei g
a ested
du i g
a othe
alleged
i cide t
i volvi g
someo e
he
believed
was
u de age.
The
docume ta y
p ese ts
the
claim
as
Mo ela d’s
accou t;
it
does
ot
establish
that
a y
divi e
i te ve tio
took
place.
That
disti ctio
matte s
because
the
2021
sti g
itself
did
ot
lead
to
c imi al
cha ges.The
film
also
tu s
to
Mo ela d’s
elatio ship
with
Ma issa.
He
i t oduces
he
as
his
gi lf ie d
a d
says
they
have
bee
togethe
fo
mo e
tha
a
yea .
Ma issa
desc ibes
him
as
a
“ge ui e
g eat
guy”
with
a
“huge
hea t”.
Mo ela d
says
“they
have
ot
had
sex”
a d
talks
about
his
f ust atio
with
the
lack
of
physical
i timacy.The
film
does
ot
cha ge
the
basic
eco d
of
the
2021
case.
Mo ela d’s
stateme ts
a e
his
ow
accou t,
while
the
ea lie
sti g
footage
a d
the
platfo m
ba
emai
the
key
public
facts.
That
makes
the
docume ta y
mo e
about
his
ve sio
of
eve ts
a d
p ese t-day
life
tha
a
ew
c imi al
case.Clum
has
said
the
docume ta y
is
ot
mea t
to
ehabilitate
Mo ela d.
He
also
said
its
ci ematic
style
eflects
his
ow
filmmaki g
app oach.
The
p oject
is
f ee
o
YouTube,
a d
Clum
said
its
p oceeds
a e
bei g
di ected
to
RAINN,
a
sexual
assault
suppo t
o ga isatio .
