Rhett Warner

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen

True Crime

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Rhett Warner is a predator caught in a Genesee County, Michigan investigation. At the time of the sting, Warner lived in or near Saginaw, Michigan. Warner had been communicating with a decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl while going by the names "John" and "Big John." Warner's conversation with the decoy went on for about a week before going to the sting house. The decoy told Warner that her stepfather and she liked to meet with men for her to have sex with while the stepfather watched. Warner was agreeable to this scenario during a phone call with the decoy. Upon arriving to the sting house, Warner met the decoy stepfather outside before going inside to meet the decoy girl. When Chris came out, Warner said "Chris Hansen!" and tried to escape, but he was stopped by the decoy stepfather. 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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0:00.0	I've confronted hundreds of men over two decades, men online looking for children to sexually assault.
0:07.7	Oh, Cody, I'm Chris Hanson. I'm not who you are. I tried to get into their heads and understand why.
0:13.4	But you have it on your phone. That's true. And ultimately, make sure they face justice.
0:19.5	Can I just give you some money on me?
0:21.4	I don't want money. I want the truth.
0:23.6	These are the predators I've caught.
0:26.8	I'm Chris Hansen.
0:29.6	I have known for years that male caregivers, female caregivers, adults,
0:42.3	parents, step-parents,
0:45.3	go online and sell their children for sex.
0:48.3	I've known it.
0:50.3	And the thought of it is just so vile, so horrific, that it's hard to get your arms around it, quite honestly.
1:05.0	But knowing it or seeing a public service announcement about it,
1:20.9	and then seeing somebody actually try to exploit it for the first time are two different things.
1:29.8	And the first time that I witnessed this, one of the first times I witnessed this, and it surfaces in every single jurisdiction in which we were.
1:36.4	But the first time it really hit me was literally three years ago yesterday from this recording.
1:47.2	Three years ago, we were
1:49.8	conducting a sting
1:52.6	with the Genesee County, Michigan
1:57.0	Sheriff Chris Swanson and his ghost
2:00.3	team outside of Flint, Michigan.
2:06.6	Montrose.
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