TCAP Reaction - PART 2: John Dupee
0Dupee went to the sting home and had his sister drop him off without telling her why. He brought a plastic bag with him when he entered the sting home. Dupee smugly presented Snapple, Cheetos, and dark chocolate when the decoy inquired as to what he had packed. When the decoy asked what he wanted to do, Dupee requested a hug and raised his arms.
This made the decoy feel very uncomfortable, causing her to bolt right out of the room. Dupee attempted to pursue her, which led Chris Hansen to emerge and call out, "Hey boo." He commanded Dupee to take a seat. According to Dupee, he planned on staying and watching football with the girl. Dupee lied about his age, saying he was 30, and the girl's age, saying she was 14, respectively.
Dupee stated that they "hit it off as friends" and that they were "just talking." When asked which team was playing, Dupee replied with a snappy "Steelers and Ravens." Dupee then acknowledged that he had previously worked for UPS as a package handler. He denied having previously interacted online with an underage girl online.
Hansen soon disproved his claim, saying he had the chat logs of his conversations with a different decoy pretending to be a 13-year-old girl named "Brittany." Hansen began to read from the explicit conversation log that Dupee had with "Bailey."