YouTuber and Olympic snowboarder Trevor Jacob has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of obstruction, admitting in a plea deal that he staged a plane crash "to gain online views" before lying to authorities about what actually happened. Jacob, 29, first made headlines when he posted a video titled "I Crashed My Airplane" in December 2021. In the footage, he's seen flying a single-engine plane equipped with cameras both inside and out toward Mammoth Lakes. It's not long, however, before he ...
YouTuber Admits to Intentionally Crashing Plane After Initially Claiming Engine Failure, Says DoJ
toofab - 12 May 2023 23:05
YouTuber and Olympic snowboarder Trevor Jacob has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of obstruction, admitting in a plea deal that he staged a plane crash "to gain online views" before lying to authorities about what actually happened. Jacob, 29, first made headlines when he posted a video titled "I Crashed My Airplane" in December 2021. In the footage, he's seen flying a single-engine plane equipped with cameras both inside and out toward Mammoth Lakes. It's not long, however, before he ...
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