Daddyofive Couple Sentenced to Five Years Probation for Child Neglect

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Michael and Heather Martin, the couple behind the DaddyOFive YouTube channel, have been sentenced to 5 years probation for filming brutal pranks and violent challenges starring their own children.

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00:00 Michael and Heather Martin, the couple behind the Daddy of 5 YouTube channel, have been

00:04 sentenced to five years probation for filming brutal pranks and violent challenges starring

00:09 their own children.

00:10 Welcome back to What's Trending, I'm Adam Bozarth.

00:13 Daddy of 5 seemed like a lot of other family vlogs out there, except for one big difference.

00:18 Heather and Michael often filmed videos where they would prank their five children.

00:23 One video involved the two parents pouring disappearing ink on the carpet and blaming

00:27 their 10-year-old son Cody.

00:29 How did you do that?

00:32 I swear.

00:33 We're going to sell all your Pokemon cards.

00:36 We're going to sell your Xbox.

00:38 I need a new Xbox!

00:40 Stop wiping!

00:41 You just got owned.

00:43 It's just a prank, bruh.

00:47 This is just one video of many that were featured on the Daddy of 5 channel.

00:51 Other videos involved the children slapping each other for failing at challenges.

00:55 Another prank video involved staging a home invasion, which ended with Michael pointing

01:00 a gun at one of the children disguised as a burglar.

01:03 The videos were brought to mainstream attention by YouTube commentator Philip DeFranco.

01:07 And if we look past the screaming and cursing at the kids, there's also the physical elements.

01:11 In a video they called "Tablet Destruction Prank," at one point the dad pushes Cody.

01:15 That sends him face-first into a bookshelf, and then we see later in the video his pillow

01:18 is covered with blood.

01:20 Many people reported the Daddy of 5 channel to YouTube and to law enforcement for possible

01:24 child abuse.

01:25 A month later, Cody and Emma, the two youngest children, who are also Michael's biological

01:30 children, were back in the custody of their biological mother, Rose Hall.

01:34 However, the investigation into the Martin family continued.

01:37 According to BuzzFeed, after the Martins and their five children underwent psychological

01:41 evaluations, it was found that Cody and Emma suffered mental injury as a result of the

01:47 videos.

01:48 The three older children, all Heather's biological children, were found to have suffered no mental

01:52 injury associated with the videos.

01:54 As for Heather and Michael, evaluations showed that there was an extreme lapse in judgment,

01:59 but that there was no intention to injure the children.

02:02 With the massive amount of evidence against them, the Martins struck a plea deal.

02:06 Both Heather and Michael are sentenced to five years probation.

02:09 Pending their custody case, the Martins have also been ordered to not contact Emma or Cody,

02:15 nor may they post any videos of them to social media.

02:18 However, the Martins could be returning to YouTube.

02:21 The Martins' attorney, Steven Tully, said that it was a possibility that the family

02:25 would continue to post videos of themselves and their three other children, adding, "Just

02:30 not in the same fashion as before."

02:32 So, what do you think of the Daddy of Five case?

02:34 Let us know in the COMMENTS section below.

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