MIAMI — A 37-year-old hair colorist whose celebrity clients have included Hailey Bieber and Sophie Turner was in jail on Thursday in Miami-Dade County -- accused of sexually preying on a 15-year-old girl.
According to Officer Mike Vega, a spokesman for the Miami Police Department, police officers arrested Ryan Pearl at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the 2600 block of South Bayshore Drive in Coconut Grove.
County inmate records show Miami-Dade correctional deputies booked Pearl shortly after 4:10 a.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral.
According to police officers, the teen’s mother was “concerned” over deposits on her daughter’s Apple Wallet account, and she found the nature of their communication “alarming.”
“During controlled conversations, Pearl made sexual remarks and sent explicit photographs, fully aware he was communicating with a minor,” a detective wrote in the arrest report.
Pearl, a Redken brand ambassador, first met his victim as a 13-year-old client, according to police. Records show he is from New Jersey, and he has lived between Miami and New York. His profile shows he has worked at IGK Salons and Ollin Miami.
“I was furious, I was very upset. I couldn’t believe someone that has a reputation, and works in a very luxury hair salon was capable of doing this,” the victim’s mother said.
The department’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit and the Tactical Robbery unit worked together to arrest Pearl after he agreed to meet with the teen and bring “condoms and vaping devices,” according to police.
Pearl was also in possession of pink cocaine and admitted to asking the victim if she would be his girlfriend, police said. He appeared in bond court on Thursday, and a judge ordered him to stay away from the victim.
Pearl faced charges of cocaine possession, contributing to the delinquency of a child, using a computer to seduce a child into engaging in sexual conduct, traveling to meet a child after using a computer to lure them, and two counts of transmitting harmful content to a minor electronically. His bond is $26,000
Local 10 News Assignment Editors Wilson Louis and Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story erroneously included a statement from Miami Police Officer Kiara Delva, which was related to an MDSO pursuit that ended in a crash in the city of Miami. That statement has since been removed from this article.
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