Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Travis Bryant, 29, an anesthesiology resident at UF Health, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of transmitting child pornography after Google reported child sexual abuse material on his Google Drive account and an investigation found that he had accessed the account from over 200 access points, including at UF Health.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip on December 6, 2023, about 22 images and one video related to child sexual abuse material on a users account. The account was in the name of Travis Bryant, used Bryants date of birth, and was connected with a phone number that reportedly belongs to Bryant.

Google also provided 241 IP addresses that were used to log in to the account, with most resolving to either Cox Communications or the University of Florida.

A subpoena to Cox for one IP address produced an address for an apartment at Windmeadows Apartments. Another IP address was associated with Crunch Fitness, and a third was associated with Greenhouse Church. Eighteen of the IP addresses were associated with the wireless network at UF Health; UF reported that the network requires authentication, and they reported that Travis Bryant was the authenticated user associated with those logins.

UF also reported that two of the IP addresses were associated with UF Health-supported computers.

Two of the IP addresses were associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Orlando, and three were associated with an address in Tamarac, FL, where Bryant reportedly used to live.

A search warrant for Bryants Google account reportedly produced the content that had been reported in the CyberTip, along with 53 additional child sexual abuse images and/or videos. The arrest report notes that the Google Drive account also contained various documents related to Bryants personal and professional life, including bank account statements, a UF pay stub, pictures of Bryant, and a Letter of Offer for a residency at UF Health. The letter is addressed to Dear Dr. Travis Bryant, MD and is dated March 18, 2022.

The arrest report notes that a search of UFs website showed that Bryant is a Third-Year Resident, but that information has now been removed. Additionally, a preview of an article about about Match Day 2022 previously included his name, but his name has been removed.

At about 6:25 a.m. on February 27, a search warrant was executed at Bryants apartment, where Bryant reportedly said he lives by himself.

When asked if he knew why the police were at his apartment, Bryant reportedly said he had an idea. He reportedly admitted that the Google account belonged to him and that he was aware Google had deactivated the account in early December. He reportedly said he did stuff on Google services and believed Google reported him.

When asked if he would talk about what he did on Google, he reportedly shook his head but later said he looked at and saved abusive material from Instagram. When asked if it involved the exploitation of pubescent males, he reportedly said it did and added that it also involved pre-pubescent males. He reportedly described a video that was not included in the reported videos.

According to the arrest report, Bryant said he was a normal person except for this one aspect of his life; the defendant stated that something was wrong with his brain. He reportedly said hes been viewing child sexual abuse material for years, starting before he was 18 years old; he said he knows its wrong, but he struggles with it. He reportedly said he last looked at child sexual abuse material on his laptop about two days ago.

When asked if he would provide the password to the laptop, he reportedly said he would not because it felt like he was signing a death warrant.

A search of the laptop reportedly produced over 150 child sexual abuse images and videos.

In a prepared statement, UF Healths Greg Harrison said, Travis Bryant was hired as a resident with the Department of Anesthesiology of the College of Medicine in July 2022. He was placed on administrative leave from UF Health on Tuesday.Additionally, the University of Florida Police Department issued him a trespass warning, barring him from campus for three years.

UF Health did not answer our question about why they had scrubbed Bryants name from the Match Day 2022 article.

Bryant has been charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of transmission of child pornography. Judge Thomas Jaworski set bail at $110,000.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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