Justice: Un YouTubeur qui avait orchestré son propre crash d'avion, avant de poster la vidéo sur Internet, risque 20 ans de prison , indiquent les autorités américaines
Justice: Un YouTubeur qui avait orchestré son propre crash d'avion, avant de poster la vidéo sur Internet, risque 20 ans de prison , indiquent les autorités américaines
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00:00 (Explosion)
00:03 -Holy f***!
00:04 I'm over the mountains and I f***ed out an engine!
00:07 -A YouTuber pleads guilty to federal obstruction charges
00:12 after staging a plane crash and posting the video online
00:16 in an attempt to promote his channel.
00:19 Trevor Jacobs shot the video in 2021.
00:22 It shows him parachuting to safety over the mountains
00:25 of the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara.
00:28 -He then lied to FAA investigators about the cause of the crash
00:32 and the location of the wreckage.
00:35 Chris Wolff live with more on the stunt that could land
00:38 that 29-year-old in federal prison. Chris.
00:41 -That's right, Micah and Cher.
00:43 Seems that people are constantly pushing the limits
00:46 to grab eyeballs on social media,
00:49 but crashing an airplane on purpose?
00:52 Well, the young man behind this stunt may not be smiling now.
00:57 He is facing several years in prison.
01:00 (Explosion)
01:04 Talk about dramatic, a plane crash caught on camera.
01:09 Actually, multiple cameras inside the aircraft
01:12 and outside the aircraft and in the pilot's hand.
01:16 29-year-old Trevor Jacobs documented his terrifying
01:20 near-death experience in 2021 when the engine failed
01:25 and his small plane crashed into a Santa Barbara County hillside.
01:29 (Explosion)
01:34 The video titled "I crashed my airplane" posted on YouTube went viral.
01:40 Viewers watched the plane slam into brush
01:43 in the Los Padres National Forest
01:45 and a parachuting Jacob eventually land and hike to safety.
01:50 -I guess I should probably document what's going on.
01:54 I cut my finger pretty bad, got my elbow.
01:59 I'm just so happy to be alive.
02:01 -But in true Hollywood fashion, it was all scripted,
02:05 an elaborate stunt.
02:07 -Taking in what just happened.
02:09 Well, where the hell am I going to land a freaking plane?
02:11 I'm going to die.
02:12 That's why I always freaking fly with a parachute.
02:15 No phone service.
02:17 (Slurping)
02:22 -This week, long after surviving in the wilderness,
02:26 Jacob pleaded guilty to a felony charge
02:29 of obstructing a federal investigation
02:31 after admitting to intentionally crashing the TaylorCraft BL-65
02:37 to get views on his YouTube channel.
02:40 A plea agreement reveals he had sponsorship from a company
02:43 that sold various products, which he would promote.
02:47 The scheming social media personality lied to federal investigators
02:51 trying to locate the wreckage
02:53 and recruited a friend to help him get rid of the mangled metal
02:57 in the mountains, according to the Justice Department.
03:01 -Oh, my gosh, dude.
03:03 I have no idea where I am.
03:07 -But he knows where he may be heading,
03:09 federal prison for up to 20 years.
03:12 Incidentally, that video is still on YouTube,
03:15 reaching nearly 3 million views.
03:18 Live in Hollywood, I'm Chris Wolff, KTLA 5 News.
03:22 -Chris, thank you.