He tortured his seven children if they acted badly in their videos: they stopped the terrifying youtuber mother

March 20, 2019

Machelle Hackney is 48 years old and has more than 800,000 subscribers in her chain. The children were sprayed with pepper spray, beaten and locked up for days.

The case of the mother youtuber who tortured her children is moving and unworthy of the state of Arizona. The woman had 800 thousand followers of his chain and punished his seven adopted children every time they acted badly in a video.

Machelle Hackney she is 48 years old and was arrested by the Maricopa County Policeafter discovering that the children in his care were locked in wardrobes, dehydrated and malnourished.

The reasons for punishing their children were related to the times when they had forgotten their scripts, both in the dialogues and in the actor part. The videos had 250 million views.

According to the children's testimony, the mother sprayed them with pepper spray, beat them and even asked them to take ice baths. In addition, he locked them in closets and left them without food, water and access to a bathroom for days.

The alert on the behavior of the gave her biological daughter on March 13th. In addition, the woman had two grown children, Ryan and Logan, who were arrested for not reporting the attacks.

Meanwhile, a couple who also runs a children's channel Youtube He regretted having collaborated with the woman for one of his episodes and these badured that, when they attended, they did not notice anything unusual in their behaviour.

"They were normal children, they played with boys. I would have liked to see it, it's frustrating. It annoys me for not being able to notice it, especially when I work with children all day long", Commented Tawny and Zeb Schnorr, directors "Extreme Toys TV"

For its part, the Department of Child Services (DCS) released the seven children adopted by Hackney. In addition, they found cans of pepper essence in the mother's room, a wardrobe with a security lock and a room without a window, with furniture, blankets, clothes or toys.