In 1999, the FBI (according to recent documents) opened an investigation into Joe Lynn for allegedly ensnaring a then 15 year-old girl into participating in sex in a chat room.
In 2001, a series of private Internet Relay Chat logs surfaced on a public newsgroup. These logs appear to shed further light on Lynn’s involvement with this young girl, as well as his propensity for preying on vulnerable women in general. Among them is a log wherein Lynn conspires with a friend to avoid criminal prosecution.