A 14-year-old girl told a man she was being raped by her father – but, instead of helping her, he told her to film it, police say.

The teen eventually sent a video to Bryan Rogers, 31, that showed ‘her full-blown rape’ by her 41-year-old father, Randall Pruitt – and now both men have been arrested.

‘I can’t just stay here. If u (sic) can’t help me somehow I might as well kill my fucking self like I’ve been planning to do,’ the girl, whose identity is being withheld, wrote to Rogers on an encrypted messaging app.

Bryan Rogers, 31, has been arrested and charged with exploiting the girl and abduction (Picture: Madison Police Department)

According to police, Rogers hinted he might not believe the teen and told her to send him video of the abuse, Knox News reported.




‘I hate to say it but I can’t risk getting in trouble for you,’ Rogers wrote in a message.

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‘If you can get that video I can get you out of there but without it you will just wind up back with (him) and I’ll be in trouble. … He’s been molesting you for 12 years. If that’s not enough of a reason to get the video then idk what else to tell you,’ he continued, giving her detailed instructions on how to hide a cellphone in her room to capture the next rape, according to the arrest warrant.

‘I can’t get the video… I just can’t’ the teen wrote back.

‘So I’m an asshole for not risking going to prison for someone I haven’t even met,’ Rogers messaged back.

Randall Pruitt, 41, was arrested after authorities saw the teen’s video that ‘clearly showed’ rape (Picture: Monroe County Sheriff’s Department)

On January 10, the teen emailed the video to Rogers which allegedly proved the graphic abuse the teen had endured – but Rogers never turned the video over to police.

Four days later, Rogers drove 800 miles from Wisconsin, where he lived, to pick the teen up from her home in Madisonville, Tennessee.

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According to court records, Rogers drove along back roads and stopped at gas stations that did not have security cameras.

When he picked the girl up, he made her smash both of her cell phones – although that did not stop authorities from discovering the chats and rape video after a search with an internet provider.

For two and a half weeks, the teen was considered missing – prompting a nationwide search which featured Randall Pruitt, who appeared on local news to ask for help finding his daughter.

Randall Pruitt appeared on television to ask for help finding his daughter who had disappeared (Picture: WATE)

The teen was staying at Rogers’ house in Madison, Wisconsin, according to authorities (Picture: WATE)

On Thursday, FBI agents pulled up to Rogers’ house and found the teen hiding in his closet.

They removed the girl from the home and asked Rogers why he never sent the video to police.

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‘He thought it would not stand up in court,’ the arrest warrant said.

After viewing the video, authorities arrested Randall Pruitt and charged him with rape. They also arrested Rogers and he was charged with sexually exploiting a child and abduction.

Pruitt was arraigned in court on Tuesday in Tennessee and his bond was set at $2 million. Rogers is set to appear in court on Thursday.

Randall Pruitt appeared in court on Tuesday to be charged with rape and was held on $2 million bail (Picture : WVLT)