Boxcar Theatre’s longtime executive director, Nick Olivero, resigned this weekend after a social‑media predator‑catching group posted a video and screenshots that it says show him arranging a meeting with someone who posed as a 14‑year‑old. The theater says it is “shocked and appalled,” has canceled its planned Halloween event, and has handed day‑to‑day duties to two senior staffers.
What happened and what Boxcar says
The allegations stem from an Aug. 8 thread by People v. Preds, a self‑described predator‑catching account that posted a short video of a man it identified as Olivero walking out of a grocery store in San Diego and alleged chat screenshots. Within days the Boxcar board had planned a meeting; the board spokesman says Olivero resigned before that session took place…