Editor’s note: This story contains graphic details, including quotes from explicit conversations.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Story courtesy of WVLT) – Andrew Worrall, a former director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been charged with child sex crimes, according to federal court documents obtained by WVLT. Court documents said he messaged with minors and even gave a 17-year-old girl instructions on how to send him explicit videos.
The investigation into Worrall, who is 54, is outlined in a criminal complaint filed in federal court on Oct. 3 by a special agent with the Department of Energy. Although a spokesperson for ORNL has confirmed Worrall no longer works at the labs, the complaint said he was working there at the time of the investigation, and his LinkedIn account claims he was a nuclear energy programs director.
The complaint also said the investigation began when an 18-year-old girl sent screenshots of Snapchat and Telegram conversations between herself and Worrall to an ORNL employee complaints email. During the conversation, the complaint said, the girl lied to Worrall and said she was 16, not 18.
That girl also gave the investigators Worrall’s Snapchat username — anon_me2025 — which helped them bust him for talking to other girls who told him they were minors, or actually were, the complaint said.
Excerpts from those conversions include a voice memo from Worrall to a girl who said she was 17 saying “good girl, you want to show daddy your beautiful little titties.”
According to the complaint, Worrall sent the instructions because the girl had said she would “give him stuff for free if he helps her figure out what to do, what to film and how.”
Beyond all those conversation excerpts, the complaint also said Worrall had paid for more explicit videos.
