Controversial YouTuber Onision (Gregory Jackson) and his spouse Kai Avaroe are being called out by former connections for predatory grooming.

The alleged victims have been sharing their stories with Chris Hansen on YouTube.

Onision has refused an interview with Chris Hansen unless he is paid $350,000.

In videos posted in the last week, Onision has claimed that Avaroe has filed for divorce, and that he has been forced out of his home with few funds because his Patreon has been shut down.

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The internet is really upset with YouTuber Gregory Jackson, known as Onision. This is nothing new. Though now, it seems, the controversial personality is watching himself become the digital pariah of the year and reacting accordingly.

Chris Hansen, known best for the popular television show "To Catch a Predator," has found a new home on YouTube and his first task is unfolding the story of Onision allegedly grooming underage fans with the aid of his spouse Kai Avaroe, known previously as Lainey.

Onision originally became famous for making a parody video called Banana Song (I'm a Banana) that gained traction after being shown on the television show "Tosh.0" in 2009. The video, with over 77 million views as of the writing of this article, is simply Onision jumping around screaming in a banana suit – but it was enough to skyrocket him to mid-level internet fame.

These days Onision is best known for his objectifying content and controversial reputation. He rates pictures that women submit to him, gives his opinions on their bodies, and comments on other YouTubers. Onision's content often leaves viewers with a particular ick-factor.

This is not the first time Onision has been called out — it's become part of his personal brand

Onision has been profoundly disliked by the YouTube community for years, despite maintaining millions of subscribers across his multiple channels. There have been many calls to remove Onision from the platform completely, though no action has ever officially been taken.

"People hated me, with a passion, for my opinions I openly held," said Onision in an email to Insider.

Onision and Avaroe are also famous for something a bit more personal: opening their marriage to additional partners and documenting the ensuing drama.

Enter Sarah, a former friend and alleged partner of the pair. Sarah shared her story in the greatest detail with Chris Hansen who has been collecting statements from the parties involved with Onision and streaming them on YouTube.

Sarah says that she initially began a friendship with Avaroe, known then as Lainey, in 2014 after Sarah had just turned 14 years old. This is where the allegations of grooming stem from.

Avaroe once publicly tweeted that they were "grooming [Sarah] nicely" which raised major red flags amongst Avaroe's audience.

It wasn't until Sarah moved to live with Avaroe and Onision, after the couple acquired temporary legal guardianship of her, that the real problems set in.

Predatory grooming is the act of establishing a friendship with a child in order to gain trust with the purpose of later engaging in sexual acts

As Avaroe established this questionable friendship with Sarah while she was underage, viewers began to question the validity of the relationship.

Onision posted a public video in January of 2017 denying any relationship with Sarah on his part or Avaroe's. At the time, this effectively smoothed over the situation and Sarah continued to live with the pair.

However, a month later, Onision uploaded another video about the fact that Sarah was moving out of their home because they were unable to live with the accusations of a sexual relationship taking place. Sarah later moved back in sometime in August of the same year, only to be kicked out again in November of 2017.

It wasn't until April of 2018 that Avaroe sent explicit photos to Sarah who was then 17, as she stated in an interview with Chris Hansen. Sarah also says she visited the couple on and off during this time. Onision later allegedly coerced Sarah into making a video denying the allegations of grooming, though she admitted to being hesitant.

Sarah claims to have had sexual relations with the pair in January of 2019 after she turned 18 years old. Sarah discussed all of this in a livestream on YouTube, to which Onision negatively responded.

All of this ultimately blew up in September of 2019 when a YouTuber named Blaire White interviewed Sarah about the subject.

Since the breaking of Sarah's side of the story, many in the YouTube community has been begging for the removal of Onision's channel.

Onision stated in an email that "the grooming stuff is absolute nonsense."

Chris Hansen has played a key role in cementing the accusations again Onision

Hansen has begun interviewing many of Onision's previous alleged victims and his loudest detractors.

Hansen is no stranger to controversy himself, having been let go by NBC after one of his famous sting operations went awry, and a subject died by suicide.

Regardless, Hansen has been able to maintain a presence of authority and respect. He is well-loved by Boomers, Millennials, and Gen Z alike for bringing alleged child predators to justice.

Now that Hansen is involved, Onision and Avaroe are receiving higher profile critical attention — with large figures like Philip DeFranco covering them. Neither of the two has yet to see a day in court for these claims, though it has been stated by Hansen that a criminal investigation may be underway. Onision also alluded to a potential court case in his emails to Insider.

Hansen carries the reliability of someone who has spent years profiling pedophiles on NBC. As the well-known face of catching creeps, Hansen's involvement doesn't do anything positive for Onision's already damaged character.

Other women have since come forward with allegations of abuse

A woman named Billie, a confirmed parter of both Avaroe and Onision, claims to have been mistreated by Onision.

Billie shared that Onision made a series of disturbing punishments for smoking weed, something Onision disapproves of, if she wanted to remain involved with the pair.

Billie is quoted as saying: "You [Onision] told me to get a tattoo saying 'I'm a liar'... You told me to shave my head. You told me to dye my hair green, shave off my eyebrows, and get an ugly tan. Like is that not abusive to you?"

The original video of Billie has since been deleted, but she has posted the alleged text messages she received detailing the strange punishments.

The text message includes what appears to be Onision asking Billie to "be chained to [the] basement wall for a week with a sign around [her] neck that says 'I'm sorry for lying.'"

In emails he provided to us Onision said: "I dumped people. Big deal."

Onision is seemingly crumbling under the pressure

In response to this controversy, Onision has been having a series of explosive meltdowns and has disabled all comments on his channels.

In a stream, Onision said, "What if I'm sick, what if I'm mentally ill, huh? What if? Ok? Then you're making fun of a handicapped person" in response to the outcry from the public.

Onision's posts have a nasty like-to-dislike ratio, heavily favoring the dislike. All of his channels have lost tens of thousands of subscribers over the last few months and the numbers continue to dwindle. His Patreon page has been shut down for violating terms of use, which was one of his major sources of income.

Recently Onision claimed that he will be retiring from YouTube and pursuing a job at McDonald's, though it's unclear whether he has actually applied. He also made a video stating that his spouse Avaroe is pursuing a dissolution of their marriage.

Despite all this, Onision has continued to use Twitter to post explicit, sexually charged tweets.

It's hard to tell how much of Onision's videos are truth and how much are performance, as seemingly serious statements are interspersed with bursts of seemingly put on sobbing and gagging.

Onision's videos are still being monetized. YouTube did not immediately return request for comment.

Onision asked Insider for $10,000 for an interview

When reached for comment, Onision said that he "offered Hansen an interview for $350,000 as he only profits from making people look horrible." He went on to let us know that he has "offered everyone else a $10,000 interview as they are far less bias."

Onision provided a vague statement in which he said: "I do not want to participate in this circus without compensation, I should be paid to endure to [sic] stupidity of the current state of outrage/online culture."

Insider did not pay the fee. Onision admitted in a later email that the "fee is never expected to be accepted. If anything it is my expression of disinterest in waging war on others in such depth as they wage on me."

However, Onision did let us know that he has "a long history of terminating friendships with people" and he feels that "most info [sic] should be kept private to have a successful court case."

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