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Avery opposes Gonzalez’s visitation bid.
On Sept. 20, TMZ reported that Avery opposes Gonzalez's visitation bid in a custody response on Lavender and cites an active criminal protective order, with trial set for Oct. 20–21. The charge is not a conviction.
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Custody filings and a criminal protective order are separate from whether the State can prove murder-for-hire counts. A not-guilty plea is not a conviction on the criminal case. On Sept. 20, 2026, TMZ reported that Why Don’t We singer Jack Avery filed a court response opposing TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez’s request for visitation and video calls with their 7-year-old daughter, Lavender. Avery cites an active criminal protective order blocking her contact, says there is no emergency, notes a custody trial set for Oct. 20–21, 2026, and asks the judge to deny the request. An opposition paper is advocacy. It is not a new custody judgment, and a protective order is not a murder verdict.
About four months earlier, Gonzalez was arrested. Prosecutors allege murder-for-hire and conspiracy targeting Avery, involving her father, Francisco Gonzalez, and another man. She has pleaded not guilty. Related coverage has put a preliminary hearing on Nov. 18. Those are charging theories and a plea. They are not a conviction, and a not-guilty plea keeps the criminal file in the accusation lane. A July parenting-time request was denied, per prior TMZ reporting. A prior denial is a prior order on parenting time. It is not a finding on the murder-for-hire counts.
TMZ also described supporting declarations from Alexis Abner and Shelly Woodcox in the custody papers. Those are claims in filings. They are not court findings. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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