ImJayStation Biography
Jason Ethier, better known as JayStation (born October 19, 1990 in Ottawa, Ontario), is a former controversial Canadian vlogger who gained prominence for his fake prank videos on the video-sharing website YouTube. Originally beginning his YouTube career in 2015, he deleted his account after it was demonetized by YouTube after he was arrested on five accounts of trespassing by Ottawa police. That same month, Ethier then re-started on YouTube under the channel name ImJayStation, re-uploading all of his content except the ones relating to his trespassing.
In 2020, he was criticized for a video in which he faked the death of his girlfriend Alexia Morano to increase views on the platform. He was later arrested for assault and assault with a weapon, and is due to appear in Toronto's Old City Hall on March 16, 2020.
In February 2020, following the demonetization of his videos and criticism from the YouTube community, Ethier apologized for his past errors and announced his departure from the platform.
At around 6:30 p.m. on March 24, 2019, Ethier was arrested at Florida's Disney World on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest. He claims that he and a fellow YouTuber were in Florida filming haunted vlogs for future content.
Security had been called on Ethier after he became agitated at the fact that his bag had been accidentally taken by another guest at the park. According to staff, Ethier became agitated after being told to check lost and found or guest claims, instead opting to berate the managers. He was asked to leave the filmed baggage check (which Disney said in an arrest affidavit was a violation of company policy) and was subsequently jailed on a $1,200 bond where he was later released.
On Twitter and YouTube, Ethier called for his followers to boycott Disney World, threatened legal action against Disney, saying that his camera was stolen by Disney security guards and the Orlando Police Department, the latter of which has no jurisdiction over Disney property.
In January 2020, Ethier falsely claimed to his YouTube audience that his girlfriend at the time, fellow YouTuber Alexia Marano, had been killed by a drunk driver in Toronto, Canada. Subsequent videos – originally presented as genuine by Ethier – show him visiting a makeshift memorial and attempting to contact her from the grave by using an ouija board. Due to the outlandish and incredulous nature of the claims made by Ethier in other videos in the past (such as claiming to have bought children and slaves off the dark web, summoned dead animals, and become decapitated using a voodoo doll), many viewers and YouTubers were suspect of the claims.
He later admitted that the whole situation was a complete fabrication and hoax which was intended to increase his subscriber and viewer count and that he had planned to resurrect Marano in a later video. Marano ended her relationship with Ethier after the controversy and has since deleted her YouTube page.
In a video posted on January 26, 2020, Ethier claimed Marano had been in on the scam from the beginning. He said Morano had left him and took her belongings with her, and that police arrived at his home to notify Ethier that Morano had accused him of assault and assault with a weapon. Marano said on Twitter that she was "just a little girl caught in the crossfire". Toronto Police confirmed that a warrant for Ethier's arrest was issued on February 3, that Ethier had been arrested and charged, and that he would appear in court on March 16 in Toronto's Old City Hall on charges of assault and assault with a weapon. It is unclear if the charges relate to the hoax.
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