Courts and Crime
Gabbie Gonzalez appeared in court Tuesday but did not enter a plea
A TikTok influencer has been charged with teaming with her father and ex-boyfriend to hire a hitman off the dark web to kill musician Jack Avery, a former member of the boy band Why Don’t We.
Gabbie Gonzalez, 24, shares a seven-year-old daughter with Avery, 26. Prosecutors allege she helped devise the murder-for-hire plot to resolve a bitter custody dispute with the singer.
According to court filings, Gonzalez was arrested last week in Northern California. She appeared Tuesday in a plexiglass holding pen in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom, wearing a blue hoodie, handcuffs, and the long curly hair familiar to followers of her TikTok and Instagram accounts, which each boast nearly half a million followers. She did not enter a plea. Her lawyer asked for more time to review the evidence, and the judge continued her arraignment to Thursday. The judge set bail at $2 million and ordered Gonzalez to stay at least 100 yards from Avery and their child, with no contact.
