LOS ANGELES (Court TV) — A social media influencer accused of plotting a murder-for-hire to kill her child’s father appeared in court alongside her father and ex-boyfriend on Thursday.
Francisco Gonzalez, Gabriela Gonzalez and Kai Cordrey appear in court on July 23, 2026. (Court TV)
Gabriela Gonzalez, 24, is accused — along with her father, Francisco Gonzalez, 59, and ex-boyfriend, Kai Cordrey, 26 — of conspiring to hire someone to kill singer Jack Avery. Avery, who rose to fame as part of the boy band Why Don’t We, and Gabriela Gonzalez share custody of a little girl. Prosecutors say that Gabriela Gonzalez, frustrated by failed attempts to portray Avery as an unfit father, saw the proposed murder-for-hire as a way to get full custody.
While the three alleged conspirators were arrested and charged in May, they have been out of custody on bond for more than a month. At a brief hearing on Thursday, attorneys for all three defendants asked the judge to delay the scheduled arraignment until September.
“Let’s get this case moving,” prosecutors said as they objected to the push to delay. “This is an old case…let’s not make it even older by engaging in needless delays.”
But Gabriela Gonzalez’s attorney said the delay was necessary. Prosecutors have “had this case for a very long time,” he said. “I’ve had this case for six weeks. There’s a ton of discovery for me to go through.” The three attorneys argued that they needed time to go through discovery before they would feel comfortable entering a plea.
The defense said it also wanted to maintain its right to challenge venue, questioning whether California was the appropriate state to hear the issue; Francisco Gonzalez is alleged to have participated from his home in Florida, for instance. “Multiple overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy occurred in LA,” prosecutors said. “The family law case that was weaponized against Jack and served as the basis to have him killed occurred…right down the street.”
The judge ultimately granted the defendants’ request, moving the arraignment and plea entry date to Sept. 14. The judge said Gabriela Gonzalez and her father would remain free on the same $2 million bond they had previously posted; Cordrey would remain free on a $100,000 bond.
Prosecutors asked the judge to order that no further continuances of the arraignment be granted; she agreed.
