A U.S. judge has ordered an influencer to delete his social media photos and not post any additional videos after he shared pictures of himself posing with a great white shark he caught.

Content creator Christopher Stefanou was arraigned on several charges, including animal cruelty, after sharing photos on social media that showed him capturing and dragging a great white shark onto the shore on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Known as “Lisharkman” on social media, Stefanou — who is based in Long Island, New York State — has over two million subscribers on YouTube.

30-year-old Stefanou allegedly went for a trip to the eastern shore of Cape Cod in October 2025. According to a press release from the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors say that Stefanou went to Cape Cod with the “goal of capturing a great white shark.”

During his trip, the influencer captured a protected great white shark named “Aaron” that had been tagged and closely monitored by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.…