A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model has revealed how her husband helped bust an alleged pedophile that was sitting next to him on a JetBlue flight.
Hunter McGrady posted on her Instagram the details surrounding her husband’s ‘heroic’ actions when he alerted the airline crew about his seatmate, identified as Jed Cohen, 74, who was viewing disturbing photos and videos of prepubescent girls.
The sickening incident took place on Tuesday while McGrady’s husband was on a flight from Nashville to Boston.
Cohen was charged with possession of child pornography, disseminating photographs of sexual or intimate parts of a child and paying for sexual conduct with a child under 18.
He was arraigned on Wednesday by Judge Debra DelVecchio in Boston Municipal Court and is being held on $10,000 bail with home confinement including GPS monitoring if released, as per a news release by the Massachusetts Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
Hunter McGrady revealed that her husband alerted staff to an alleged pedophile on his flight
McGrady pictured with her husband Brian Keys at the launch of the 2022 issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsute at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York
McGrady wrote on her Instagram. ‘While I was solo this week my hubs was out here being a hero,’ she wrote with three laughing emojis.
She added: ‘He took notes, pictures and video for hours on his flight to Boston collecting evidence sitting next to a pedophile while communicating with the flight attendants and they got him.’
The DA’s office did not identify the ‘witness,’ but McGrady’s husband is ad executive Brian Keys. The couple married in June 2019 and have two children, according to SKPop.
According to prosecutors, the witness provided the flight crew with notes of his observations including ‘asking on WhatsApp: ‘how old a girl is’—’answer was 4’—’how young is she?’—’she’s five dear, she’s all you need’—’how much does it cost to (expletive) her for a night?’
A flight crew member also reported seeing two photos on Cohen’s phone. One showed a clothed girl, around 10, with pigtails. The second was of another girl, a little older, naked from the waist up, as per the DA’s office.
On the day of the incident, the flight crew notified the Massachusetts State Police that a passenger on the flight reported to them that another passenger, later identified as Cohen, was viewing disturbing photos and having ‘sickening’ text message conversations.
The witness said Cohen started this behavior before takeoff and was on his phone for most of the flight.
He was also observed looking at multiple photos and videos of various girls, ranging from toddlers to around 10- and 11-year-olds.
Troopers met the plane at Logan Airport and spoke to Cohen, who gave them his passcode to unlock his phone. It was than, when police observed the messages that were consistent with the witness’s information.
Photos of underage girls in sheer lingerie, including a photo of a naked underage girl were found on Cohen’s phone. They also found a photo of a prepubescent girl performing sexual acts on an adult male, to which Cohen sent a message saying, ‘I love her.’
Hunter McGrady walks the runway at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Show during Miami Siwm Week 2024 in June at the W South Beach
McGrady’s husband is ad executive Brian Keys. The couple married in June 2019 and have two children, according to SKPop
Hunter McGrady is a successful plus-size model who started her career when she was 19
Investigators said they found additional messages containing videos and photos of sexual acts between adult males and underaged girls. One message contained Cohen inquiring about sexual encounters with a three-year-old at his condo for a fee.
Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said: ‘To call these allegations disturbing is a vast understatement.’
‘Sexual exploitation of any kind inflicts lifelong scars, and the harm increases exponentially when the victims are children.
‘I thank this passenger for alerting the flight crew and I’m grateful for the crew’s swift action in notifying authorities.’
Cohen is due back in court on August 16 for a probable cause hearing.