YouTuber Sentenced To Prison After Crashing A Plane… For VIEWS!
05.12.2023 - 02:01
/ perezhilton.com
A YouTube star is facing the consequences after he survived a plane crash — which he apparently orchestrated for views!
Over two years ago in November 2021, Trevor Jacob flew his single-engine aircraft out of the Lompoc City Airport in California — but didn’t have any plans to safely return it. In a lengthy statement released by the United States Attorney’s Office back in May, prosecutors claimed he headed for Mammoth Lakes, where he “planned to eject from his aircraft during the flight and video himself parachuting to the ground and his airplane as it descended and crashed.”
WTF.
According to them, the 29-year-old planned the disastrous event after receiving a sponsorship deal from a company that sold various products, and he wanted to use the stunt as a way to drive up views.
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He had set up cameras inside the aircraft prior to taking off to record the crash, and in the since-deleted video, titled, I Crashed My Plane, he can be heard saying:
He then ejected from the plane, and parachuted down before thanking God and the universe for “watching over” him. Yeah. The whole thing was meant to seem like a shocking accident he miraculously survived. Prosecutors say it was a dangerous way stunt orchestrated for advertising bucks.
Wow…
Besides potentially endangering others, the other big problem is he didn’t just lie to viewers, he lied to the government, too!
Two days after the crash, he reported it to the National Transportation Safety Board, where he claimed that he lost engine power and had nowhere to safely land. He also said that he didn’t know where the wreckage was, according to the Department of Justice. However, two weeks after that, he and a buddy