Why Don’t We's Jack Avery Targeted In Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot

Key Points:

• Gabbie Gonzalez, a lifestyle TikTok personality, her father Francisco Gonzalez, and Hawaii surf instructor Kai Cordrey have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, and solicitation to commit murder in a plot targeting Jack Avery, a former member of the boyband Why Don’t We.
• The alleged murder plot arose from a custody and visitation dispute over a daughter shared by Gabbie Gonzalez and Jack Avery, with Francisco Gonzalez reportedly attempting to discredit and remove Avery from their family.
• Investigators claim Francisco Gonzalez recruited Cordrey to threaten Avery and that Gabbie Gonzalez discussed hiring a hitman, with plans involving the dark web and Bitcoin to stage Avery's death as a car crash in Los Angeles.
• Financial records indicate Francisco Gonzalez sent $10,000 to Cordrey disguised as payment for web development, which Cordrey denied performing, and federal agents used an undercover agent posing as a hitman to gather evidence.
• Gabbie Gonzalez was arrested in Northern California, transferred to Los Angeles County jail without bond, and is expected to be arraigned this week.