Man hid cameras at home and shared nude videos of female roommate, FL cops say
David Van Moorsel, a 28-year-old personal trainer, is now facing over 100 felony charges, including 40 counts of digital voyeurism, 40 counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device and 30 counts of possession of child pornography, the Volusia Sheriff's Office announced July 2.
The investigation began when Van Moorsel's then-girlfriend started to suspect he was cheating on her and went through his phone, deputies with the Volusia Sheriff's Office wrote in an arrest affidavit.
She came across 'compromising' images and videos of their female roommate — her best friend — as well as a wireless camera in the bathroom, according to deputies.
She confronted him, but he told her he was being blackmailed and said he would delete all the images, deputies said.
She didn't take action at that point, but about seven months later, she became suspicious again and logged into his account on the messaging application Telegram, where she discovered he had been sending videos of her best friend in the shower, according to deputies.
She broke up with him, and when she went searching for proof he was still recording their roommate, she found a hidden camera on a bookshelf in the roommate's bedroom, deputies said.
According to investigators, Van Moorsel took over 109 videos of the woman over the course of two years and shared content of her on Snapchat and Telegram, including videos of him sexually assaulting her in her sleep, deputies said.
Some of these sex offenses occurred in Santa Rosa County, a detective said.
When investigators searched his devices, they said they also found 'extensive amounts' of child pornography.
Van Moorsel, who worked as a personal trainer at Gold's Gym in Daytona Beach, took videos of women exercising there, but he did so in public spaces and therefore didn't violate any laws, deputies said.
Law enforcement went to speak to him at work and arrested him.
'Gold's Gym Daytona Beach is a local, family owned-and operated business, and after learning of the shocking charges against trainer David Lee Van Moorsel, we immediately terminated his employment and alerted security that he is banned from our property,' the gym said in a statement shared with McClatchy News.
'While his alleged illegal actions do not involve the gym or our members, they go against our most deeply held values as longstanding members of the Daytona Beach community,' Gold's Gym said.
According to the sheriff's office, Van Moorsel was previously convicted of sexual assault against a 13-year-old girl in Montana. He told deputies he had to take the videos of his roommate because someone online was threatening to expose his criminal history to her and his girlfriend, according to the arrest affidavit.
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