Nelson Louis

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen

True Crime

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Nelson Louis — The Hotel Key Sting Chris breaks down the case of Nelson Louis, a Tampa man who showed up at a Polk County hotel after negotiating with someone he believed was a foster mother selling her fifteen-year-old daughter. Despite knowing the girl’s age and fearing a setup, Louis handed the decoy $100 in the lobby and accepted the key to the room—where deputies immediately arrested him. In the interview, Louis backpedals with confusion and shifting stories, but Chris cuts through every excuse, exposing a man who walked straight into the sting he claimed to fear. Sponsored by: TruthFinder.com. To get the answers you’re looking for about the new people in your life, and to discover information on potential predators, go to www.TruthFinder.com/predators Get your official Chris Hansen merchandise at https://haveaseat.dashery.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	I've confronted hundreds of men over two decades. Men online looking for children to sexually
0:37.4	assault.
0:37.7	Oh, Cody, I'm Chris Hansen.
0:39.2	I'm not who you are.
0:40.1	I tried to get into their heads and understand why.
0:43.4	But you have it on your phone.
0:45.0	That's true.
0:45.5	And ultimately, make sure they face justice.
0:49.5	Can I just give you some money on me?
0:51.4	I don't want money.
0:52.4	I want the truth.
0:53.6	These are the predators I've caught.
0:56.8	I'm Chris Hanson.
1:00.6	Like many of you, I'm sure, who may listen to this podcast or even watch it as you travel around the country or the world, I have been embroiled in the ATC air traffic control mess,
1:18.8	compounded greatly by the government shutdown.
1:23.4	And that is exactly why I'm speaking to you today as we record this episode from the Dallas
1:30.0	Fort Worth Airport, the kind people at American Airlines have allowed me to use a quiet lounge
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