Buc-ee co-founder’s son is arrested for secretly recording dozens of guests having sex, showering, using the restroom and undressing at his father’s multimillion-dollar lakeside Texas home
- Mitchell Wasek faces 28 state jail felony charges for invasive visual recording
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The son of the co-founder of a Buc-ee’s grocery store has been arrested for secretly recording dozens of guests at his multimillion-dollar lake house in Texas.
Mitchell Wasek, 28, faces 28 separate charges of invasive visual recording. He allegedly recorded at least thirteen people using the bathrooms at the lake house and other properties.
He is accused of secretly recording men and women ‘using toilets, showering, changing clothes and/or having sex’.
Wasek, the son of Buc-ee’s co-founder Donald Wasek, was arrested Tuesday in Travis County.
The drama unfolded when police received a telephone complaint in May about inappropriate photography at a home on the shores of Lake Travis in Texas owned by Donald Wasek.
Mitchell Wasek, 28, faces 28 separate charges of invasive visual recording. He allegedly recorded at least 13 people using the bathrooms at the lake house and other properties
A woman said she and some friends were visiting the property with Mitchell Wasek when one of the group members, who works in cybersecurity for the Department of Defense, noticed a charging port with a hidden camera connected to the wall of their bathroom.
The group left with the camera and discovered dozens of videos on the microcard of themselves and others in the bedrooms and bathrooms of the Lake House and Mitchell Wasek’s apartment in Dallas.
“They were unaware the bedroom and bathroom recordings existed and indicated they did not consent to being recorded or photographed,” the arrest affidavit said.
The woman informed the Tulsa County Sheriff that a report had been filed with the Dallas Police Department and the camera and microcard had been turned over to them.
A warrant was obtained to view the contents of the camera and 68 film files were discovered featuring at least 13 men and women recorded ‘while using the toilet, showering, changing clothes and/or having sex’.
Wasek, the son of Buc-ee co-founder Donald Wasek, was arrested Tuesday in Travis County.
The videos appeared to have been recorded in various locations dating back to 2021, including at an apartment in downtown Austin and a vacation home in Telluride, Colorado, both owned by Mitchell Wasek’s parents.
Purchases of “spy cameras” were also linked to Mitchell Wasek through Amazon records.
The complainants all reported that Mitchell Wasek was present at the time of the violations, but said no other member of the Wasek family was present during these times.
Wasek was released from jail after posting $280,000 bail.
Founded in 1982, Buc-ee’s, known for its impeccable bathrooms, now has 34 stores across Texas, including the world’s largest supermarket, as well as 12 locations in other states.
According to a 2017 Forbes report, Don Wasek, who owned his own store, joined the company three years later.