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DaddyOFive father, stepmom lose custody of 2 children following YouTube prank video investigation
If you've had the misfortune of seeing any of their videos, you will not find the decision surprising.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. " -- H. L. Mencken
DaddyOFive father, stepmom lose custody of 2 children following YouTube prank video investigation
By: fox5dc.com staff
Posted:May 02 2017 09:39AM EDT
Updated:May 02 2017 12:57PM EDT
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A father and stepmother, who faced backlash for posting controversial online prank videos involving their children, have lost custody of two of them to their biological mother.
Mike and Heather Martin had been under fire for the extreme videos posted to their DaddyOFive YouTube channel. Videos with names like "PSYCHO CLOWN ATTACKS FAMILY" and "DAD PUNCHES KID IN THE FACE" show extreme pranks involving the family.
Last month, many members of the online community who viewed the videos claimed the children featured were being abused and that child protective services should step in. An online petition was also created in an attempt to get Child Protective Services to step in.
In a video posted online Monday, Rose Hall, the biological mother of two of the children, said that she had emergency custody of 9-year-old Cody and 12-year-old Emma. "They're doing good," Hall said in the video first reported on by The DailyMail. "They're getting back to their playful selves." Cody and Emma were often the focus of the pranks posted online. (WATCH ON MOBILE)
By: fox5dc.com staff
Posted:May 02 2017 09:39AM EDT
Updated:May 02 2017 12:57PM EDT
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A father and stepmother, who faced backlash for posting controversial online prank videos involving their children, have lost custody of two of them to their biological mother.
Mike and Heather Martin had been under fire for the extreme videos posted to their DaddyOFive YouTube channel. Videos with names like "PSYCHO CLOWN ATTACKS FAMILY" and "DAD PUNCHES KID IN THE FACE" show extreme pranks involving the family.
Last month, many members of the online community who viewed the videos claimed the children featured were being abused and that child protective services should step in. An online petition was also created in an attempt to get Child Protective Services to step in.
In a video posted online Monday, Rose Hall, the biological mother of two of the children, said that she had emergency custody of 9-year-old Cody and 12-year-old Emma. "They're doing good," Hall said in the video first reported on by The DailyMail. "They're getting back to their playful selves." Cody and Emma were often the focus of the pranks posted online. (WATCH ON MOBILE)
YouTube Stars Lose Custody Of Kids After Posting Disturbing 'Prank' Videos
by Christina Sturdivant in News on May 2, 2017 2:17 pm
After being roundly criticized for posting disturbing videos of “pranks” of their children, a Maryland couple has lost custody of two of their kids.
Rose Hall, the biological mother of nine-year-old Cody and 12-year-old Emma Martin, said in a video that she filed an emergency order to regain custody of the children who were seen hit and brought to tears in several videos posted by their father and stepmother, Mike and Heather Martin.
Since August of 2015, the family has posted videos to a YouTube account called DaddyOFive, which has more than 762,000 subscribers. The page could bring the family an income of $200,000 to $350,000 a year, according to an estimate from New York Magazine.
A video titled “Invisible Ink Prank” garnered the biggest public outcry last month. It featured the Martin parents screaming and cursing at Cody for allegedly covering his room with ink that was actually smeared by his stepmother. The nine-year-old was left in tears. ... “Psycho Clown Attacks Family” and “Dad Punches Kid In The Face,” are among the titles of other videos that also feature the couples' older children. ... The family lives in Ijamsville, near Frederick.
by Christina Sturdivant in News on May 2, 2017 2:17 pm
After being roundly criticized for posting disturbing videos of “pranks” of their children, a Maryland couple has lost custody of two of their kids.
Rose Hall, the biological mother of nine-year-old Cody and 12-year-old Emma Martin, said in a video that she filed an emergency order to regain custody of the children who were seen hit and brought to tears in several videos posted by their father and stepmother, Mike and Heather Martin.
Since August of 2015, the family has posted videos to a YouTube account called DaddyOFive, which has more than 762,000 subscribers. The page could bring the family an income of $200,000 to $350,000 a year, according to an estimate from New York Magazine.
A video titled “Invisible Ink Prank” garnered the biggest public outcry last month. It featured the Martin parents screaming and cursing at Cody for allegedly covering his room with ink that was actually smeared by his stepmother. The nine-year-old was left in tears. ... “Psycho Clown Attacks Family” and “Dad Punches Kid In The Face,” are among the titles of other videos that also feature the couples' older children. ... The family lives in Ijamsville, near Frederick.
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These people are already rich from earnings of those videos. They were blinded by $$$$ abd greed.