Kyle Carozza, the creator of the Cartoon Network series Mighty Magiswords and Disney’s Doc McStuffins, has been arrested on a sickening array of enhanced child pornography charges following an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation.
According to Burbank Police Department arrest records, Carozza, 45, was arrested and taken into custody on July 20 and charged with “possession of child pornography twice.”
Carrozza has been charged under California penal code 311.11(a), which relates to the possession of child pornography, and also an enhanced 311.11( c) charge, which relates to individuals knowingly in possession of at least 12 videos, or 600 images, of child pornography.
The Independent report: The offenses can be charged as either a misdemeanor or felony and are punishable by up to one year in county jail or up to five years in state prison.
If found guilty of either charge, Carrozza will be ordered to register with law enforcement as a sex offender.
Carrozza was educated at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, before going on to work as an animator for studios including Disney, Nickelodeon and Paramount.
His animated series Mighty Magiswords, which follows the adventures of sibling warriors-for-hire Vambre Marie Warrior and Prohyas Robert Warrior, debuted as an online-only short-form series in 2015.
It was the network’s first online original series, and Carrozza acted as animator, voice actor, musician and storyboard artist.
Rob Sorcher, then-chief content officer for Cartoon Network, praised the show in 2016 for adapting to the way young people consume media on phones and other devices.
“This is about how stories can be told in new ways and how a community can play together,” said Sorcher.
In 2016, Cartoon Network developed the series into a linear television show, which ran for two seasons and over 90 episodes up to 2018.
Carrozza’s other credits include storyboarding on Warner Bros Animation’s Animaniacs reboot, Apple TV+’s The Snoopy Show and Camp Snoopy and Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins.
