Youtuber's mother accused of torturing her children when they acted badly in their videos pleaded not guilty to the judge

He is accused of spray pepper spray on their seven adopted childrengive them ice-cream baths, lock them in cupboards or leave them for days without food. Some punishments that he imposed when minors did not act well in the videos that he recorded to ride Youtube But this Friday, Machelle Hobson, 48, denied all charges.

Sitting in a wheelchair, this mother from Arizona entered the hearing room of the Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to mistreating older children six and 15 years old.

When the judge asked him about his income to determine if he had badigned him a lawyer, he badured that he would receive none, according to the local newspaper. AZCentral.

The prosecutor then responded by reminding that one of his two eldest sons, who had been arrested for not reporting the facts to the authorities, had withdrawn a bank account. $ 100,000 in cash.

Machelle Hobsons remains in custody pending trial. a deposit of 200 000 USD.

It's his biological daughter who alerted the Maricopa County Police constant abuse of his mother towards the children. After the complaint filed on March 13th, the officers went to the address and found several minors locked in wardrobesdehydrated and malnourished.

They told the officers that they had not been to school for yearsbecause they had to record the videos for YouTube. titled "Fantastic adventures" (Fantastic Adventures), the channel had more than 800,000 subscribers and 250 million views.

When the small actors did not learn the lines of the scenario or did not do what they should in the videos, Machelle Hobson cruelly punished them, according to the report presented by the police department of Maricopa, to which the newspaper British would have had access. Daily mail.

The children said that he sprayed their bads with a pepper sprayHe left them without food or drink, locked them in a closet for days or forced them into tubs filled with ice.

"They badured that they would be punished that way if they did not say their lines or they did not participate as expected," the prosecution said.

Older children of the accused, Ryan Hackney and Logan HackneyThey have been arrested and will face seven charges for failing to report to the police the case of child abuse.

Logan Hackney admitted to being aware of these events during the interrogation. episodes of abuse. He also stated that he was considering denouncing it several times, but that he never did it.