Austin Jones | |||||||
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| Born | Austin Henry Jones December 12, 1992 | ||||||
| Occupation | Musician | ||||||
| Years active | 2007–2017 | ||||||
| Criminal charge | Receipt of child pornography[1] | ||||||
| Criminal penalty | 10 years in federal prison | ||||||
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto. Earliest possible release date December 31, 2027.[1] | ||||||
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| Genre(s) | Music (cover music, emo, pop punk) | ||||||
| Subscribers | 547,000+ before channel was terminated | ||||||
| Total views | 41.4 million+ before channel was terminated[2] | ||||||
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Austin Henry Jones (born December 12, 1992)[3] is an American convicted sex offender and former musician, who was active as a YouTuber from 2007 to 2017, prior to his conviction for receipt of child pornography in 2019.
He accumulated around 540,000 subscribers and over 20 million video views up to his arrest.[4][5] On February 6, 2019, all his social media accounts were permanently terminated.[6][7] On May 3, 2019, Jones was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography.[8]
- ^ a b Baer, Stephanie K. (3 May 2019). "YouTube Star Austin Jones Has Been Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Child Porn". BuzzFeed News. New York City: BuzzFeed. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Austin Jones - Social blade".
- ^ Pritzker, JB (30 January 2020). "Sex Offender Detail". Illinois State Police. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ Seidel, Jon (13 June 2017). "YouTube star Austin Jones charged with child porn counts in Illinois". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ "Suburban Musician Arrested on Child Pornography Charges for Allegedly Enticing Underage Girls to Produce Sexually Explicit Videos". U.S. Attorney's Office — Northern District of Illinois. Department of Justice. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "YouTube U-turn over child abuse singer". 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Alexander, Julia (7 February 2019). "YouTube removes channel after creator pleads guilty to coercing young fans into sending sexual content". The Verge. New York City: Vox Media. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Holcombe, Madeline (4 May 2019). "YouTube star gets 10 years for persuading underage girls to send him sexually explicit videos". CNN. Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Broadcasting Systems. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.