On Friday morning, Bloody Elbow editor Zane Simon received a Twitter message with two article links. Clicking through, Simon found horrific news about his then-colleague Bloody Elbow contributor and podcast host Iain Kidd.
The articles from two local Scottish publications had been published on July 24th, 2018 and September 13th, 2018, but had gone unnoticed by wider MMA audiences for months. They stated that Kidd had been arrested for and convicted of downloading and possessing child pornography over the span of 13 years.
A Twitter user identifying themselves as Dusty Andrews (@Fight_Expert) sent Simon the links, along with an online profile that appeared to verify that the Iain Kidd mentioned in the articles was the same Iain Kidd who was under a freelance contract with Vox Media (owner of Bloody Elbow and SB Nation).