From Boy Band Singer to Custody Fight: Jack Avery's Legal Battle After Murder-for-Hire Arrest

When a relationship ends, the fallout can be messy. When it involves federal crime allegations, it becomes something else entirely.

Jack Avery, the former boy band singer, just filed for a temporary restraining order against his ex, TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez, after she was arrested Friday as part of an alleged murder-for-hire plot. According to the FBI’s account to Avery, Gabbie, her father Francisco, and her friend Kai Cordrey conspired to hire a hitman to kill him. Now that the allegations are public and Gabbie’s in custody, Avery isn’t taking chances—he’s asking the court for sole legal and physical custody of their 7-year-old daughter, Lavender.

The timing here matters. When Gabbie was arrested, Lavender ended up in foster care. Avery says he flew up to Northern California to get her, and what he found troubled him. The child was making comments blaming him for her mother’s arrest, and Avery alleges that Gabbie has been trashing him in front of their daughter. For a seven-year-old processing the sudden arrest of a parent, that kind of blame-shifting can do real damage. Avery’s asking for a therapist for Lavender to help her work through everything—a reasonable ask given the extraordinary circumstances.

Here’s where it gets thorny. Avery doesn’t want Gabbie to have any visitation with Lavender during the criminal proceedings. That’s a steep ask, but it’s rooted in legitimate concern: a child shouldn’t be caught in the middle of a murder-for-hire investigation or used as a pawn in custody disputes. Gabbie was scheduled to appear before a judge Tuesday afternoon while in custody, and Avery’s legal filing was timed to make his position clear before that hearing.

This case sits at the intersection of celebrity culture, social media influence, and family law—all wrapped in federal crime allegations. The details are still unfolding, but what’s certain is that a young kid is now at the center of a legal storm that should’ve been between adults. The question isn’t just whether the allegations against Gabbie will hold up in court. It’s what happens to Lavender while the system sorts it all out.