Film Blogger On The Run After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct With Underage Stepdaughter

The Wrap posted a truly disturbing exclusive earlier today. Apparently Robert Sanchez, the founder of the popular and “pioneering” movie news website IESB.net (which stands for Inland Empire Strikes Back), has been missing for three weeks and believed to be evading police after allegations surfaced that he had engaged in “sexual misconduct” with his underage stepdaughter.

The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider & Hunter Walker spoke to a spokesperson from the Rancho Cucamonga police department who stressed that Sanchez had not yet been charged nor was there a warrant for his arrest.

The most interesting aspect of the story, may be the seeming exodus of IESB writers and editors in the days before the news went public. The Wrap spoke to one editor who described the atmosphere at the site in the previous weeks.

“Jamie Williams, one of IESB’s managing editors, resigned on Monday in a post on the site. Though the post is largely innocuous, he told TheWrap in an email Wednesday morning that he and the IESB staff were told a few weeks ago that there was a ‘family emergency/tragedy.’

‘Then as of this past Friday evening, it was heavily implied that Robert had passed away,’ Williams wrote. ‘We agreed to stay on and help for the time being under these circumstances. It wasn’t until Monday evening we were aware of the details of Robert being on the run and his actions. And the icing on the cake was us being forwarded bills for IESB.'”

IESB was founded in 2003 and was one of the first big “fanboy” sites. This is all terrible and unsettling news. You can read the full story at The Wrap here.

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