U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman echoed:
Davis started an organization devoted to stopping sexual violence, while allegedly engaged in the duplicitous behavior of sharing explicit images of infants engaged in sexual activity. Davis also allegedly solicited an undercover officer — whom he thought to be a willing participant — to send sexually explicit videos of his nine-year-old daughter, and even to set up a sexual encounter between himself and a two-year-old. The conduct alleged against Joel Davis is as unfathomable as it is sickening, and as this case demonstrates, law enforcement will keep its watchful eye on the darkest corners of the internet to bring predators to justice.
Davis attended a Human Rights Campaign gala in New York in February 2017. His LinkedIn profile states that he attended Oxford University, Columbia University and The Juilliard School. The Columbia Spectator described him as a “general studies” student, and stated that Davis allegedly confessed to officers that he had sexually abused a thirteen-year-old boy in the past. He wrote a column in 2014 for the Huffington Post in which he condemned the sexual exploitation of children, asserting, “Youth to End Sexual Violence is one example of how youth-led organizations around the world are standing together in solidarity — demanding a seat at the discussion table for youth survivors, activists, and leaders. It’s young people like us who are providing the most inclusive leadership.”