A leading figure in San Francisco\u2019s cartoon community admitted to secretly recording guests, including children, inside a bathroom at his home, according to court records.<\/p>\n
Andrew Farago, who was a curator <\/a>at San Francisco\u2019s Cartoon Art Museum, was arrested earlier this month at his South Berkeley home on 20 counts of invasion of privacy for using a camera to record the unsuspecting victims at a birthday bash last month. <\/p>\n Andrew Farago was a curator at San Francisco\u2019s Cartoon Art Museum. Facebook\/@andrewfaragocartoons<\/p>\n At one point, a woman found a cellphone in the bathroom recording video. New Africa \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia’s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The 50-year-old had hosted the party at his house on May 23 where both adults and children used his bathroom.<\/p>\n At one point, a woman found a cellphone in the bathroom recording video. Farago had allegedly set the phone up and concealed it with a towel, and then aimed the phone \u201cto record people\u2019s genitalia as they used the restroom,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n She confronted Farago, who police said admitted to the sick surveillance while claiming that he deleted the videos.<\/p>\n He also apologized via email to his party guests, court records showed.<\/p>\n \u201cI hid my phone in our bathroom for the purpose of spying on our guests, my closest friends in the world. I had never done anything like that before and don\u2019t know what possessed me to do it,\u201d he wrote in the note.<\/p>\n Farago added that he \u201cis prepared to face whatever consequences will come from this tremendous lapse in judgement.\u201d<\/p>\n Famed cartoonist Andrew Farago admitted to setting up a camera and recording party guests. Facebook\/@andrewfaragocartoons<\/p>\n During his arrest, police seized a dozen electronic devices from his home. An investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n Farago has 25 years of experience in museum operations and has written in comic books for more than two decades.<\/p>\n The Post contacted him for comment. <\/p>\n Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n California Post News: Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, X<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, WhatsApp<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t
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