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TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez was released on $2 million bail Friday, as crypto-routed payments and an FBI sting emerge in the Jack Avery murder plot case.
Gabbie Gonzalez, the TikTok influencer charged in the alleged plot to kill Jack Avery, walked out of Los Angeles County Jail on Friday evening after posting $2 million bail.
The 24-year-old left the jail in camouflage gear: an off-the-shoulder camo top, loose cargo pants, and flip-flops. TMZ, which photographed the release and reunion with family, framed her exit as combat-ready. The styling appeared to be deliberate.
The release comes a week after Gonzalez and her father, Francisco Javier Gonzalez, were charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to kill Avery, a former member of the boy band Why Don’t We. Avery is also the father of Gonzalez’s seven-year-old daughter. The two had been in a long-running custody dispute.
New court filings are expanding the case beyond a simple family feud. IBTimes UK’s walk-through of the affidavit details the alleged crypto-laundered hitman payments at the center of the federal investigation.
According to investigators, roughly $10,000 was allegedly routed through digital payment systems including Square, then converted into cryptocurrency designed to obscure the trail. A third co-conspirator, Kai Cordrey, is described in filings as the technical operator, allegedly using Signal, dark-web tools, and Bitcoin to move funds.
One word from the alleged communications has traveled fast. The affidavit cites the term Bullrun, used in crypto culture to describe a rising market, as a coded signal investigators believe was used to discuss the plot in cleartext channels.
The FBI’s role is the dramatic turn. Authorities say Francisco Gonzalez later communicated with an undercover agent posing as the hitman. On those recorded calls, investigators say he referenced prior crypto payments, discussed verifying the target’s identity, and arranged final payment.
Avery, who lives in Hawaii, has not made a public statement since the arrests. Surveillance activity around his home, alleged in the filings, is part of what investigators say turned a custody dispute into a federal murder-for-hire case.
The case had been gathering national attention since the original arrest. Houston’s Rod Ryan Show on iHeart picked up the influencer-arrest narrative the day after her arraignment, framing the case among the year’s most surreal celebrity criminal stories.
Gabbie Gonzalez had been jailed without bail before Friday’s release. The terms of her bail conditions, including any travel restrictions or contact orders, have not been publicly disclosed.
Francisco Gonzalez remains in custody in Florida and has not yet been extradited to Los Angeles. Cordrey’s status in the case is unclear from the publicly available filings.
Her next court date has not been announced. The camo, for now, is the only statement she has made.
