PITTSBURGH — The Pentagon is involved in an investigation into the founder of a defense startup who was charged in a child sex sting.
A spokesperson with Govino says the company put Eric Gillespie on administrative leave as soon as they found out about the charges he is facing.
Channel 11 has also learned that the Pentagon is looking into his arrest and his security clearances.
According to investigators, Gillespie was trying to meet up with an underage girl for sex in Lebanon County near Hershey.
He lives here in Pittsburgh and was listed on LinkedIn as executive chairman at Govini on Butler Street, a company with several government contracts.
He was allegedly talking to an undercover agent with the Attorney General’s Office, posing as a young girl.
During the investigation, agents say Gilespie alluded to methods where he accesses children and other evidence was found regarding his contact with them.
He is being held in jail without bond after a judge determined he was a flight risk and cited concerns over public safety.
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