this is such an insane, fucked story www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/t...
Akash's lawyers may take legal action if a settlement is not reached, he told us. Vitaly's lawyer said that “Vitaly categorically denies any allegations of illegality or intentional wrongdoing.”
Vitaly was banned from Kick a few days after the disastrous stream with Akash. But the ban didn't last long -- he's now back, and streaming himself gambling on Stake (where he has a deal). He says that he's going to Europe soon to conduct more predator catches.
By the next day, everyone realized a mistake was made. The police told Akash and his father that he was innocent. Akash reached out to Vitaly, who would put out an apology for the stream. And Vitaly had gone viral -- for his mistake.
It turns out that the decoy who was working with Vitaly forgot to write to the man, Akash Singhania, that she "was actually 16" (she's not 16, but this is To Catch a Predator scheme they run). She got her apps mixed up. So he thought he was just meeting a normal, legal-aged woman