Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa, an erotic fiction author and advertising govt for BaptistCare, a Christian nonprofit and one among Australia’s largest care organizations, has been arrested on little one abuse materials prices after complaints about pedophilia in her newest e-book, Daddy’s Little Toy.
In keeping with New South Wales Police, Mastrosa, who writes underneath the pen identify Tori Woods, was arrested after officers executed a search warrant at her residence final Friday.
“In March 2025, officers connected to Riverstone Police Space Command commenced investigations, following studies of a fiction novel containing little one abuse materials,” a spokeswoman for the New South Wales Police advised The Each day Telegraph in an announcement.
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“About 12.30pm on Friday, detectives attended a house in Quakers Hill and arrested a 33-year-old girl earlier than being taken to Riverstone police station.”
Police allegedly seized a number of laborious copies of the controversial e-book at Mastrosa’s residence for examination. She was charged with possessing little one abuse materials, disseminating little one abuse materials, and producing little one abuse materials. She was booked, granted conditional bail and anticipated to return to the Blacktown Native Court docket for a listening to on March 31.
Daddy’s Little Toy is a piece of fiction that follows the connection between an 18-year-old lady and her father’s pal, who reveals he has fantasized about her since she was a 3-year-old.
Amazon has eliminated all copies of the e-book from the platform, and all Mastrosa’s social media accounts, together with these underneath her pen identify, have been disabled. Her profile can be not accessible on the BaptistCare web site.
A spokeswoman for the Christian care company advised The Each day Telegraph that whereas they don’t talk about particular person staff publicly, they did obtain complaints about an unnamed worker and are conducting an inner investigation.
“We are able to verify that we obtained complaints concerning an unnamed worker yesterday. Because of these complaints, the worker was stood down efficient March 20 whereas we undertake an inner investigation,” a spokesperson for the corporate stated. “BaptistCare takes issues of moral conduct severely. Our focus stays on upholding the values and integrity of our group.”
Reacting to the general public criticism that her e-book is selling pedophilia, Mastrosa argued in an announcement shared on her now disabled social media that it’s all a “enormous misunderstanding.”
“I believe there’s been an enormous misunderstanding. DLT is DEFINITELY NO selling or inciting something EVER to do with CSA or pedophilia. What’s being stated is grossly disturbing and breaks my coronary heart in addition to makes me sick,” she stated.
“DLT is fictional and meant to characterize the DD/LG world. I perceive the place I went incorrect and that’s the reason I had it faraway from Amazon this morning. What occurred between these characters, sure, began at a younger age. No 1nt3rc0urs3 occurred whereas she was younger. YES there have been ideas and I can see how that’s frowned upon. Nothing occurred like that till she was of age. I do know nothing that I say goes to alter or repair what I’ve written,” Mastrosa added.
She begged the general public to not assault “three harmless individuals” she recognized as her cowl artwork designer, her graphics designer and e-book editor.
“As knowledgeable who was employed as her second PA to briefly present graphic design providers to Tori Woods, I wish to make it completely clear that I had no involvement with or data of the content material inside the e-book,” Misha Taylor, one among Mastrosa’ harmless contractors wrote on Fb. “My position was strictly restricted to creating graphic parts based mostly on technical specs offered to me. At no level did I learn, assessment, edit, or contribute to the written materials contained within the publication.”
Taylor said that she plans on doing extra cautious screening of the individuals she collaborates with going ahead.
“Had I been conscious of the character of the content material, I might have declined the venture instantly,” she stated. “I don’t condone or help inappropriate materials of any type.”
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