Ex-girlfriend of boy band member charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill him
Prosecutors say the plot stemmed from a custody dispute and involved $14,000 in payments, with all three defendants facing up to life in prison.
- On Tuesday, Los Angeles prosecutors charged influencer Gabriela Gonzalez, her father Francisco Gonzalez, and ex-boyfriend Kai Cordrey with attempted murder, conspiracy, and solicitation in an alleged plot to kill Jack Avery, a member of the boy band Why Don't We.
- Prosecutors allege the trio sought a dark-web hitman between 2020 and 2021 to resolve a long-running custody dispute over Gonzalez and Avery's 7-year-old daughter, with witnesses claiming they discussed making the death appear as a car accident.
- Investigators claim Francisco sent $10,000 as front money in April 2021, disguised as web development work, followed by an additional $4,000 two months later before an undercover FBI agent posed as a hitman to Cordrey in September 2021.
- Gabriela Gonzalez remains held on $2 million bond in Los Angeles, while Francisco waived extradition in Florida on Tuesday and is awaiting transfer to California; Cordrey was also arrested.
- Arraignment is scheduled for July 23 in Los Angeles, where District Attorney Nathan Hochman confirmed the charges followed a lengthy FBI investigation; if convicted, all three defendants face up to life in prison.
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Ex-girlfriend of boyband singer charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot
The ex-girlfriend of a boyband singer has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill him as part of a custody dispute over their seven-year-old daughter, prosecutors in Los Angeles have said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/tiktok-star-charged-in-alleged-murder-for-hire-plot-to-kill-boyband-singer-13546855 Author : Publish date : 2026-05-22 01:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Gabriela González, her father and then boyfriend face charges for conspiring to murder a singer; an undercover agent pretended to be a hit man
Influencer to Return to Court in July for Allegedly Trying to Hire Hit Man on Dark Web
Arraignment was postponed Thursday for a social media influencer charged with plotting to kill the father of her 7-year-old daughter by trying to hire a hit man on the dark web as part of a family custody dispute several years ago. Gabriela Lauren Gonzalez, 24, is due back in court for arraignment in downtown Los Angeles on July 23. She was being held in lieu of $2 million bail, according to jail records. She was charged Wednesday along with her…
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Ex-girlfriend of boy band member charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill him
Prosecutors say the former girlfriend of a member of the boy band Why Don’t We has been charged with trying to hire a hitman on the dark web to kill him as part of a custody dispute over their now…
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