Onision:The Exposure of Instability pt 2

Daniel Sulzbach, known on YouTube as Repzion, first came across Jackson's content in 2011, when a video Jackson had made of his former fiancee Shiloh having a trauma induced seizure. Instead of calling for an ambulance, Jackson saw this as an opportunity for his channel, his brand, and he whipped out one of his cameras and started recording this young woman's terrifying ordeal. Horrified by Jackson's actions, Sulzbach decided to make a response video calling Jackson out for lacking compassion and concern for the woman he proclaimed to love. From there, Sulzbach made a point of calling Jackson out for his problematic behavior.

In the second Have A Seat With Chris Hansen live stream, Hansen and Sulzbach dove right into it. Sulzbach spoke about how when she was 16 years old, Jackson's partner Kai Avaroe obtained legal guardianship of young Sarah. It's never been made clear exactly what was said or done to persuade Sarah's parent/s that this would be a good idea, there have been many hints that Sarah's homelife was less than ideal, so it can be understood why a teenager was so on board to run away and live with their idols, especially when they have budding feelings for on of the pair offering her an escape.

In this broadcast more of Jackson's relationship history came forth. From his first wife Skye who had married him while he was enlisted in the Air Force, helped him start and run his YouTube platform, and whom he divorced to begin dating (at the time) 17 year old Shiloh. He at the time, was 25. He filed for divorce from Skye in early 2011, but the divorce wasn't finalized until October of that year. Shiloh and Jackson broke up and reconciled multiple times over that year, and he even dated a woman named Adrienne during the summer of that year (who I will discuss in a later on). Before that year was over, their relationship had ended for good.

Hansen and Sulzbach spoke at length about YouTube's standards, or rather the failure of them to be effective. There is a master list of some 15000 words YouTubers can not use in their titles, or often even in the actual video itself, including words such as Idaho, Victim, Shrek, Predator, and Alabama. Many channels have been negatively impacted by this, losing monetization from ad revenue; however there are some of the older "grandfathered in" channels like Jackson's, which frequently feature Doxxing and threats, that manage to slide right by all the algorithms designed to STOP that content.

After Hansen's live stream the previous week with Blaire White, Jackson made a Facebook post announcing the closure of yet another of his web forum. All forum discussion areas disappeared. Before this happened however, Sulzbach managed to archive a lot of the posts to send on to Chris Hansen. Pictures of girls between the ages of 12 and 16, often scantily clad or in just their underwear, often with the word "Onision" written on their bodies, all posted with the hopes that Jackson would "rate" them. THIS is what he was trying desperately to hide. Now that THE biggest name in child predator hunting was making it a main focus to discover every scrap of evidence against him, Jackson was panicking.

Part of Jackson's draw for these young impressionable people is his false sincerity and shady "positivity posts". Jackson is often seen in videos blaming victims of sexual assault, saying if they don't report it immediately then they're just as bad as the person who assaulted them; in other videos he completely contradicts himself saying real victims keep quiet. Both of those posts were vague stabs at people who were no longer in his and his partner's lives; one had been a sexual assault victim who had stayed quiet out of fear, one who was trying to gain attention and traction for people to finally notice how dangerous Jackson and his partner are. Somehow, this draws the attention and admiration of pubescent minds of all genders, and his frequently immature behavior makes him relatable. This. Is. Dangerous. A 35 year old man is rating the attractiveness of young girls bodies. His partner has even gotten in on it through Snapchat, every time they suddenly want to try polyamory again and Kai is looking for a girlfriend, they ask people to "get in the DMs" and they fawn over just about every single one, and very few of the young women look older than 17. This couple are a threat to every single one of their young impressionable followers.

What are your thoughts so far? Are Jackson and Avaroe as innocent as they proclaim they are? Or are they much more sinister? Let me know in the comments. We'll discover more as always, in my next post.