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Rumors of Chris Chan escaping law enforcement prior to standing in court have now surfaced online.
The Sonichu creator was arrested in August 2021, following incest allegations. The YouTuber was arrested by cops in Richmond, Virginia, and held without bail after being exposed for having intimate physical relations with her 79-year-old dementia-ridden mother.
In late July, speculation of Chan’s case being approved for Grand Jury appeared on the internet. She was finally about to take the stand, a year after her arrest. However, Chan escaped custody moments before the trial.
On August 28, 2022, Twitter user @ibismojo72 took to the social media platform to post a video with the caption,
"CHRIS CHAN HAS ESCAPED."
The video revealed that Chan had climbed out of the bathroom window five minutes before the trial. It further added that she had been missing for five hours (at the time the video was posted) and that a search was underway.
The tweet has since gone viral as “Chris Chan” trends on Twitter. At the time of writing this article, the tweet has amassed over 21k likes with over 3950 tweets.
As rumors of her fleeing surfaced on Twitter, Reddit was not left far behind. Platform user u/AllHopeGoneBaby wrote:
“IM SEEING S**T ON TWITTER ABOUT CHRISCHAN APPARENTLY ESCAPING JAIL WTF CAN ANYONE BACK THIS UP???”
It is important to note that credible information about Chris Chan’s court appearance was not made public at the time of writing this article. Netizens may have simply hopped aboard the bandwagon of misinformation and fueled it with their memes.
Netizens react to rumours of Chris Chan escaping law enforcement
Internet users were quick to poke fun at speculations of the webcomic creator fleeing the police and flooded social media with hilarious memes of Chris Chan.
Everything to know about Chris Chan’s arrest
In August 2021, Chris was handcuffed at the Regency Inn and placed at the Henrico County Regional Jail West in Virginia. The content creator stayed at the premises after being placed under an Emergency Protection Order that was issued by the Ruckersville Police.
Chris’ entanglement with law enforcement began after audio clips of her revealing explicit details about her intimate relationship with her mother Barbara went viral on social media. In an almost 10-minute clip, the YouTuber described having a physical relationship with her mother “every third night.” The internet personality went on to state that her mother was “partially confused” by the act itself.
It remains unclear whether Chan has been slapped with other legal charges as well.
Chris’ mother has since had a welfare check by the police and been moved to a hospital. As per an Emergency Protective Order, Chris was ordered not to visit Barbara until August 5, 2021.
Engaging in s*xual intercourse with one’s mother is considered to be a class 5 felony in Virginia. The court can identify the alleged assault as the same, which may lead to Chris spending ten years in prison.
