Ryan Rovito: Perv arrested after BOTH his wives found his sick images

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REDDING, CALIFORNIA: A 34-year-old father, Ryan Rovito, was arrested by the Redding Police Department last week on March 16 for allegedly possessing more than 900 child pornography images after his current wife, Victoria Rovito, found a recording device in the guest bathroom of their home on March 8 and reported it to the police. However, recent documents claim this is not the first time he got reported. In 2018, he was accused of having "several hundred" similar images.

Ryan's former spouse, whose identity has not been released, stated to the police that Ryan possessed pictures of "prepubescent juveniles" on his computer when she filed for divorce from him in 2019, as per NBC News. However, the case got lost in a new software system installed at the police department due to a glitch that "had some errors when it launched," as per Sgt Rob Garnero, a Redding police spokesperson. This resulted in Rovito not being charged.

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When police filed the current case against Ryan, they found the earlier one "and that's when we discovered that case had never been completely discovered when routed," said Garnero. As per NBC News, police said there was a three-year statute of limitations on the 2018 case, which had expired by the time the glitch was discovered. But Shasta County DA’s office said on Thursday, March 23, that the case falls under a 10-year limit.

'Ryan's ready to challenge allegations'

His lawyer, Timothy Prentiss, said Ryan maintains his innocence. "From his perspective, he’s ready to challenge these allegations, and we’d prefer to do that in the legal system," Prentiss said, who added that he was not aware of the 2018 allegations. While a spokesperson for the DA said, “We’re going to have to do some further investigation to review the case before we make any filing decisions.”

On the other hand, his current wife, Victoria, said that if actions were taken in 2018, her family’s life would have not “flipped upside down and shattered.” She said, “I understand that mistakes happen, but these things cannot fall through the cracks. It could've been somebody’s life. It could’ve been multiple peoples’ lives."

'It just seemed picture perfect'

Talking about her husband, Ryan, who she met in 2021 and got along well with her son, 3, she said he "would literally do anything for me." They got married in February 2022 and welcomed a daughter seven months ago. "It just seemed picture perfect," she said.

Ryan has been charged in connection with the possession of child pornography and the surreptitious recording of an identifiable person who was undressed. He is booked into the Shasta County Jail and is due in court on April 21, 2023.

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