Chris Hansen Returns with Updates on Onision, Dahvie Vanity, and What’s Next
Investigative journalist Chris Hansen gives updates on the investigations into YouTuber Onision and musician Dahvie Vanity, and explains why he won't do a live interview with Onision.
About This Episode
Emmy award winning television journalist Chris Hansen has returned for his second appearance on Open Mike. Raised in Southeast Michigan, Chris is well known for his segment on Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator. He has been continuing to give a voice to victims through his YouTube Channel called Have A Seat with Chris Hansen.
In this episode, Chris updates Mike on the allegations regarding Youtuber Onision, and he brings to light the horrific claims made against Dahvie Vanity, a hairstylist and musician from the now disbanded group Blood on the Dance Floor. Chris also emphasizes the importance of journalism in the investigation of potential predators.
Show Notes
- Introducing today’s guest, Chris Hansen
- Detroit Police Chief Craig and his leadership through the protests
- Has the Onision investigation been delayed by recent events?
- Onision’s new content on OnlyFans and Discord
- What is Movie Night with Onision?
- Onision is becoming a “digital vagabond”
- Why Chris won’t do an interview on Onision’s channel
- Who is Dahvie Vanity?
- Dahvie’s victims have begun coming forward
- Why hasn’t Dahvie been charged yet?
- Dahvie’s violent M.O.
- Where is Dahvie Vanity now?
- Chris explains how Dahvie manipulated families and groomed his victims
- How old is Dahvie Vanity?
- Mike find a picture of Dahvie online
- What happened to his band?
- Chris tells Mike about the reports of his interviewees
- When did Chris start investigating Dahvie?
- Dahvie published a video of one of his drugged victims
- “He’d make an interesting interview”
- Has Dahvie been interview by police?
- How did Chris hear about Dahvie Vanity?
- Where does Dahvie Vanity lie in comparison to the other predators you have investigated?
- How did these girls get near Dahvie in the first place?
- Similarities between Dahvie Vanity and Jeffery Epstein
- The lesson Chris learned from the Epstein case
- What is coming next for Chris Hansen?
- Chris and Mike discuss the importance of YouTube in a digital world
- Chris explains the investigation of multi-millionaire Peter Nygård
- Mike tells listeners about Chris Hansen’s Cameo
- Check out Chris’ YouTube channel
FAQs
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What is the status of the investigation into Onision?
Chris Hansen says the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department continued its investigation, set up a hotline and email for information from victims, and worked with an FBI task force based in Tacoma; the FBI obtained a cell phone and computer from one of the victims and examined them. He says the investigation is active, but world events, COVID-19 and then the protests, have gotten in the way. In his opinion, the evidence will add up to a criminal complaint.
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Who is Dahvie Vanity and what is he accused of?
Dahvie Vanity started out as a hairdresser with a presence on MySpace and was the frontman for the group Blood on the Dance Floor. Hansen says he was able to groom and manipulate girls ages 10 to 15, and that the allegations include forced oral sex and violent assaults that in multiple cases left young women bleeding. Hansen says he has interviewed more than a dozen of these young women.
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Why won't Chris Hansen do a live interview with Onision?
According to Mike Morse, Onision wanted to do the interview live on his channels, where he could manipulate it. Hansen says he wanted a real, safe interview and would not go live where Onision could make a mockery of it, and that multiple victims asked him not to disrespect them by putting Onision on live. He says Onision has refused to date, but Hansen would still do an interview in a setting where they have some measure of control.
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Has Dahvie Vanity been criminally charged?
As of this episode, no. Hansen says Vanity was investigated twice, once in Colorado and once in Florida, and charges were never brought. He says there are numerous current investigations because the statute of limitations has not run out on a lot of these cases.
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How did Chris Hansen get involved in the Dahvie Vanity story?
He says there was a steady drumbeat on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook urging him to look at Dahvie Vanity, and potential victims and people in contact with them reached out to his moderators. He also credits two Huffington Post reporters, who about a year earlier had put together a dozen victims and then did a follow-up, and who told him they thought he could take the story to the next level.
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