The Dark Truth of the Gulf Coast Stapletons | Derek Baker | Have A Seat Ep 31

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen

True Crime

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On this episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, Chris talks with former narcotics and S.W.A.T officer and body language analysis instructor, now turned content creator, Derek Baker. Agent D Baker has been investigating and covering the case of the Gulf Coast Stapleton’s - married couple Brittani and Josh Stapleton who documented their lavish lifestyle to followers, but what was hiding underneath the facade of social media would catch up with them. A tip sparked an investigation into Josh Stapleton that revealed he had downloaded and sent child sexually abusive material (CSAM) from 2018-2020 that would lead to him pleading guilty to 20 counts of sexual exploitation of children. He is currently serving his 5 years and upon release will be on probation for 15 years. But it’s what his wife Brittani Stapleton had been doing on line that leaves everyone shocked! Hansen and Baker dive into all the details! Photos & Video- https://www.instagram.com/brittanistapleton/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you heard of the Gulf Coast Stapletons all over TikTok and Instagram? A couple,
0:16.6	Brittany and Josh Stapleton, young, attractive, wealthy, insurance agents, make videos of themselves
0:24.5	walking up and down the beaches, holding hands, going skiing, restaurant reviews,
0:30.2	multiple properties in Florida and Georgia.
0:33.1	Well, guess what?
0:34.7	Josh Stapleton, for years, had been trafficking child pornography, sexually
0:41.2	exploitive images of prepubescent children. That's child pornography CSAM, child sexually
0:49.1	abusive material. Now, Josh was accused, charged, and prosecuted by local officials in Georgia, where they have a residence.
0:59.9	He took a guilty plea to 20 counts involving CSAN child pornography.
1:08.9	And he got sentenced to 20 years in prison. He's got to serve five.
1:15.1	You'd think that was the end of the story. Someone who is committing amongst the most horrific
1:20.4	crimes known to man goes away, does his time, and is quiet. But is that what the Stableton's
1:27.3	do? No. Brittany Stapleton apparently
1:30.1	still needs to make money because they lost their state farm insurance franchise because of all
1:37.3	this, as they should. I mean, we're talking about every time one of these images is viewed,
1:42.9	it's the re-exploitation of a child.
1:46.5	And quite honestly, based upon what I know on these cases, he is lucky to just get five years.
1:53.4	If I was the prosecutor, and I'm not, I just play one on TV.
1:57.6	But if I were the prosecutor, man, I would want to nail this guy. He's smar me. He's
2:02.4	unctious and guilty as homemade sin. So back to Brittany. She's lost her meal ticket. Poor Josh is in
2:11.0	prison. We'll get into all this. And now she's making videos defending him, exploiting the situation, which in my mind is the re-exploitation of children again.
2:23.5	This so outraged a 20-year law enforcement veteran in Alabama who happened to see this so outraged that he himself became a content creator to
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