Arrests

The alleged plot to kill Jack Avery wasn't supposed to look like a murder at all ... at least according to cops, who say Gabbie Gonzalez talked about making it look like a deadly car crash.

That particular part of the alleged plot is interesting because, as it turns out, Gabbie's accused co-conspirator in the murder for hire plot is her father, Francisco Gonzalez ... who is a longtime personal injury lawyer. Police say Francisco actually bankrolled the alleged hit.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, investigators say a witness told them Gabbie and her friend Kai Cordrey discussed the alleged hit as "potentially going down in Los Angeles and being made to look like a car accident."

Rough day for TikTok star Gabbie Gonzalez ... she was hit with three criminal charges as part of an alleged conspiracy to kill her famous baby daddy singer, her bail was set at $2 million and she's barred from going near her 7-year-old daughter.

Gabbie just went in front of a judge in a Los Angeles County courthouse. She was cuffed and in a blue hoodie and her family watched as a judge scheduled a Thursday arraignment.

Prosecutors allege Gabbie cooked up a murder-for-hire plot with her father, Francisco Gonzalez, while she was going through a nasty custody battle with boy band singer Jack Avery. A judge also issued a protective order preventing her from contacting him or their kid.

Influencer Gabbie Gonzalez's estranged husband appears to be celebrating her arrest for an alleged conspiracy to kill the father of her child, and her former nanny/roommate is also a key witnesses in the case.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, McKenzie Ferry and Cody Clayburn are witnesses who spoke to cops investigating the case ... and told them boy band singer Jack Avery was the target.

A source with direct knowledge tells us ... McKenzie is the former live-in nanny for Gabbie ... and she first alerted authorities to the alleged murder-for-hire plot back in 2021.

Steve Shirilla is pushing back on the firestorm surrounding Netflix's documentary about his daughter ... insisting his comments about marijuana were twisted and people have misunderstood what he was trying to say.

Check it out ... Steve joined us on “TMZ Live” after being placed on paid leave from his Ohio Catholic school teaching job following backlash over "The Crash" ... centered around his daughter, Mackenzie Shirilla, who was convicted of murder in the 2022 crash that killed her boyfriend Dominic Russo and friend Davion Flanagan.

A major point of controversy has been Steve's remarks in the doc about Mackenzie smoking marijuana as a teenager ... but he says that interpretation is off base ... telling us the filmmakers condensed days of interviews into a few short sound bites and left out important context.

5:16 PM PT -- The TRO was granted by the court following Tuesday's hearing.

Jack Avery says his ex, TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez, is being accused of conspiring to hire a hitman to kill him ... and now he's seeking court ordered protection from her and sole legal and physical custody of their daughter.

The former boy band singer beelined it to court Tuesday and filed for a temporary restraining order against Gabbie, who was arrested Friday as part of an alleged murder-for-hire plot.

Jack claims the FBI told him Gabbie, her father Francisco, and her friend Kai Cordrey, conspired to hire a hitman to have him whacked ... and now that she's been busted, he wants Gabbie nowhere near him or their 7-year-old, Lavender.  He says having sole custody rights would allow him to get a therapist for the kid to help her process everything.

12:21 PM PT -- Jack Avery beelined it to court Tuesday and filed for a temporary restraining order against Gabbie Gonzalez.

TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez will be charged in an alleged conspiracy to kill the father of her daughter ... boy band singer Jack Avery, and TMZ has learned her father is also in custody for the alleged plot.

Law enforcement sources tell us Gonzalez will be arraigned Tuesday in L.A. County for conspiracy to commit murder. We've also learned her father, Francisco Gonzalez, was arrested Monday in Florida, and booked for the same crime.

According to the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept ... Gabbie was in a nasty custody battle with Jack over their 7-year-old daughter, Lavender, and Gabbie's father also got involved in the dispute.

One witness told cops ... Francisco had said it would be cheaper if Jack were dead.

Jack is a former member of the boy band Why Don't We.

Kim Scott's not letting her newest legal trouble get her down ... because she's grinning through it -- flashing a huge smile in her mug shot.

We've obtained the booking photo of Eminem's ex-wife, taken last week ... which features Scott, arms crossed, with a smile on her face. Tattoos on the side of her neck and on her wrist are clearly visible in the pic.

Her hair is bleached blonde -- perhaps not quite as light as The Real Slim Shady's ... but certainly reminiscent of her ex-husband's iconic look.

Joseph Duggar scored a big win in his Florida criminal case ... because a judge signed off on letting his legal team grill the investigators involved in the child abuse probe.

According to new court docs, obtained by TMZ, a Florida judge ruled Monday that Duggar's attorneys can depose witnesses tied to the investigation -- including reps from the Department of Children & Families, the Child Protection Team and the Children's Advocacy Center -- even though many of those records are typically protected by confidentiality laws.

The order also forces agencies involved in the case to turn over evidence the prosecution could use at trial ... including videos, audio recordings, reports and physical evidence. Duggar's defense team will now be allowed to view, examine, and copy that material that may be used by prosecutors before the case heads to trial.

8:38 AM PT -- TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez will be charged in an alleged conspiracy to kill the father of her daughter ... boy band singer Jack Avery, and TMZ has learned her father is also in custody for the alleged plot.

TikTok star Gabbie Gonzalez is behind bars, potentially facing a very serious charge ... after getting arrested for felony conspiracy to commit a crime ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement tells us Gonzalez was initially arrested Monday in Humboldt County in Northern California, and then transferred to an L.A. County jail, where she was booked on the felony charge.

While we don't know what the alleged underlying crime is yet ... it's serious enough that Gonzalez is currently being held without bail, according to jail records.

A Facebook Marketplace meetup over Corvette seats turned deadly ... and now the man convicted of pulling the trigger will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Omar Brogdon was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2024 killing of Orhan Hosic in Michigan's Genesee County. Prosecutors say Hosic had arranged to meet Brogdon at his Fenton Township apartment to sell two Corvette car seats through Facebook Marketplace ... but the deal ended in gunfire.

Investigators say Hosic was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside his apartment on July 6, 2024. Authorities later tracked Brogdon down in the Detroit area weeks later ... where cops say they recovered the Corvette seats and multiple weapons from his garage.

Jonathan Andic -- the son of fashion mogul Isak Andic -- has been arrested for allegedly murdering Isak ... according to several prominent outlets in Spain.

Here's the deal ... Isak died in late 2024 after falling off a cliff in the Montserrat mountains near Barcelona. He was hiking with Jonathan and several other family members at the time -- though the newspaper El País reported he was only with Jonathan at the time of the fall.

Jonathan became the subject of a homicide investigation last year ... and, on Tuesday, he was taken into custody in Barcelona -- with photographers capturing authorities taking him away.

Anna Kepner should’ve been walking across the stage with her classmates this weekend ... instead, her grieving father accepted her diploma through tears as the crowd rose to its feet.

Christopher Kepner attended Temple Christian School’s commencement ceremony in Titusville, Florida ... six months after Anna was killed aboard a Carnival cruise ship.

Watch the video, obtained by "Good Morning America," that shows him wiping away tears as he walked onstage to collect Anna’s diploma following a standing ovation from the packed auditorium.

The heartbreaking moment became a tribute to Anna throughout the night ... with Christopher, his wife Shauntel and other relatives wearing blue butterflies -- Anna's favorite -- while Shauntel also created a senior table covered in photos of Anna and her friends over the years.

An autopsy report is filling in the blanks in Auburn grad Whitney Robeson's death ... alleging a casual show-and-tell of antique firearms ended with a deadly gunshot.

According to the Jefferson County Coroner, Whitney was visiting Alabama with her boyfriend on March 7 when his dad allegedly pulled out a collection of antique firearms to show the couple. Investigators say he was handling a Colt Navy single action revolver when the gun -- which he allegedly didn't realize was loaded -- fired a single round into Whitney's chest.

As we reported ... Jeffrey Scott Towers -- the father of Robeson's partner -- was arrested and charged with manslaughter last week, 2 months after Whitney's death. He was released from jail after posting a $30K bond.

Clavicular just got served the world’s most brutal slice of humble pie in court -- and it came courtesy of the judge overseeing his alligator shooting misdemeanor case ... who accidentally stole the entire internet’s "looksmaxxing" crown right from under him!

The influencer, famous for flexing his appearance online, showed up for a hearing Friday ... but people barely cared about the charges once Judge Marcus of Florida’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court walked into frame with icy blue eyes, slicked-back hair and a jawline sharp enough to cut glass.

Memes flooded social media within hours ... with commenters claiming the judge "mogged” Clavicular, while others joked the irony was too good with the judge being the actual, flesh-and-blood definition of "looksmaxxing."

An Alabama woman reported missing for more than a week was found dead on Saturday ... and a man has been charged with abuse of a corpse in connection to the case.

Karen Deann Hollis went missing on May 8 ... and friends and family feared the worst since the 23-year-old suffered from a condition that could impair her judgment ... and sadly those fears were confirmed when her body was found, reported local news station WBRC.

For the moment ... few details have been released by authorities about the case ... however, Randall Lendell Dejourney, 44, has been charged with abuse of a corpse, per the station.

Anna Delvey is telling her story her way ... because TMZ has learned the infamous fake heiress is putting together a memoir and companion documentary chronicling her past, present and beyond.

Anna tells TMZ her projects will cover a broad timeline of her life -- starting much before her "Fake Heiress" scandal to her time on "Dancing with the Stars" and her experience hunkering down in NYC under house arrest amid her ongoing U.S. immigration proceedings regarding her visa status.

She hopes this memoir will give viewers a fresh perspective on who she is and everything she's working toward, explaining ... "There’s this assumption that life freezes at the moment the internet decides who you are, but in reality you still have to keep evolving while everyone else keeps projecting an outdated version of you onto the screen."