Woman says Livonia child porn suspect requested 'provocative selfies' for modeling agency

Ryan Ulman arrested after agents found child porn images during raid at his home

LIVONIA, Mich. – A 28-year-old Livonia man is accused of using his modeling agency to lure young girls for child pornography.

When federal agents raided Ryan Ulman's house this week on Milburn Street in Livonia, court documents reveal they found child porn images.

Ulman is the owner of Instinct Entertainment, a modeling agency he runs from his home.

Woman says Ulman asked for 'provocative selfies'

"Overall, it's sickening," Tori Nikitin said.

Nikitin is a freelance model who Ulman contacted back in May. Her image is plastered all over the agency's Facebook page.

"I've never worked with him before, because what he wanted was just absurd to me," Nikitin said.

She said Ulman didn't want head shots.

"It was really weird how he was asking for so many unprofessional photos," Nikitin said.

Ulman asked her for suggestive and provocative selfies in order to get the gig.

"He kept persisting that is the way his agency worked," Nikitin said. "His agency was a lot different from any other agency."

Officials find child porn images during raid

Federal officials said Ulman used his modeling agency to entire girls -- all under 18 years old -- to send him images of child pornography.

Agents raided the Livonia house after uncovering a child sex-trafficking operation in Flint. They said they found multiple juvenile sex-trafficking victims.

It was determined that Ulman had child porn images from the same young girls that had taken part in his modeling business.

"It concerns me what he was really looking for and what his true intentions were," Nikitin said.

She said she's thankful she never agreed to fly to Michigan, but the entire case left her perplexed.

"Why were you contacting me?" she asked. "Obviously, I'm 22, and I'm not a child. So why were you trying to get me to come out there?"

Police say Ulman admitted he has a problem

Court documents show Ulman admitted "he has a problem with child pornography" and has looked at "hundreds of images." He said he prefers girls from 13 years old and up, according to officials.

Now police are trying to figure out how long Ulman ran the so-called modeling agency. They are investigating the scale of the child-porn probe.

Ulman appeared before a federal judge Tuesday and was detained until a detention hearing, which is scheduled for Friday.

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