Chris Hansen/Harassment
This page documents Chris Hansen's doorstep confrontation at Onision's home, Anonymous Gene's claims of financing that trip and Hansen's crew, and messages sent to Onision urging suicide, threatening murder of Lucas, and celebrating fabricated prison death scenarios. The record includes direct quotations, dated screen-captured messages, and their connection to Hansen's broader media conduct.
The central finding of this page: The evidence shows Hansen's doorstep visit to Onision's home was followed by, and connected to, messages describing that visit's purpose as inducing suicide, alongside repeated threats and fantasies of murder and violent death directed at Onision and Lucas, neither of whom has ever been charged with or convicted of any crime.
January 25, 2020 – September 21, 2022: Chris Hansen Proven To Be Directly Connected To Criminal Anonymous Gene, Hansen Films Himself Violating An Innocent Family's Rights
On January 25, 2020, Chris Hansen publicly replied to the Twitter account "Gene ANONYMOUS" (@_Gene_A...):
- "Yes! Please send me your feedback on our Onision investigation and any other cases we should be looking at!"
Gene had just asked followers to check out Hansen's Facebook page, noting "He receives and monitors his own messages on it." Gene replied to Hansen's response:
- "Always a pleasure working with Chris. ;)"
Hansen's original tweet is now archived showing "This Post is from a suspended account," confirming Gene's account was later banned from the platform.
A Google Voice Video Places Hansen Outside Onision's House, Sent Directly to Gene
The same composite includes a Google Voice message thread between Hansen and Gene in which Hansen sent a video labeled and confirmed as being recorded outside "Onision's House." The message was found within a conversation explicitly attributed to Chris Hansen and Anonymous Gene, establishing that Hansen personally filmed himself at the family's private residence and transmitted that footage directly to Gene, the same individual who has separately confessed to financing the trip.
Phone Records Show Gene as a Frequent, Named Contact
A separate phone screenshot shows a contacts list including "Gene Anonymo...," "Regina," "Chase," and "Connor," captioned "Hansen talks to Gene more than his own sons." This is not evidence of an anonymous tipster reaching out once. It documents Gene as a saved, frequently contacted person in Hansen's phone, grouped alongside Regina, one of the plaintiffs in the underlying lawsuit against Onision and Lucas.
Gene's Own Words Confirm the Purpose Was to Cause Death
The composite also includes Gene's September 21, 2022 tweet, preserved despite Gene's account suspension:
- "I paid for Chris and the entire crew, to fly to your house and knock on the door.... All I asked for was a video right before he knocked on your door."
- "You disappoint me daily greg. I'm patiently waiting for that murder / suicide.... because if you don't take out Taylor...? I'll buy her a house too, and furnish it.... Just to have Hansen interview her."
Gene explicitly states that his sole request in exchange for financing Hansen's trip was a video taken immediately before Hansen knocked on the door, the exact type of video shown in the Google Voice message above. This directly links the financial confession to the physical video evidence: Gene paid for the trip, asked for proof of the doorstep moment, and received a video from Hansen confirming it happened.
What This Composite Establishes
Viewed together, these four pieces of evidence establish a single continuous narrative:
- Hansen publicly and directly asked Gene for feedback on the Onision investigation, treating him as a trusted contributor rather than an anonymous stranger.
- Gene publicly confirmed an ongoing working relationship with Hansen.
- Hansen personally filmed himself outside the family's private home and sent that footage directly to Gene.
- Phone records show Gene was a frequently contacted, saved name in Hansen's phone, alongside plaintiff Regina.
- Gene's own later tweet confirms he financed the trip specifically to request a video of the doorstep moment, in hopes it would result in Onision's suicide and separately urged the murder of Lucas.
This is not a coincidental overlap between a journalist and a member of the public. It is documented, admitted coordination between a media figure and a stalker who confessed his goal was to cause a murder-suicide.
Legal Significance
Under 18 U.S.C. § 2, a person who aids, abets, counsels, induces, procures, or willfully causes an act to be done that would constitute an offense is punishable as a principal. Hansen's confirmed delivery of proof-of-visit footage to the individual financing that visit is direct evidence of coordination and procurement. Under RCW 9A.46.110 (Washington stalking) and 18 U.S.C. § 2261A (federal stalking through electronic communications), a documented course of conduct involving repeated contact, financed travel to a private residence, and communications expressing intent to cause death or serious harm establishes the elements of criminal stalking. Under RCW 9A.36.060, knowingly causing or aiding another person's suicide attempt is a class C felony in Washington; Gene's own confession that the financed trip's stated purpose was to induce suicide, paired with Hansen's confirmed cooperation in producing the requested video, is directly relevant to that statute.
Source
Composite of Twitter/X posts by Chris Hansen (@chrishansen) and Gene ANONYMOUS (@_Gene_Anonymous), dated January 25, 2020, archived at x.com/chrishansen/status/1221150894798114824; a Google Voice message screen capture attributed to Chris Hansen and Anonymous Gene; a phone contacts screenshot dated February 5, 2020; and a September 21, 2022 tweet from Anonymous Gene, archived at twitter.com/BigMoneyOnision/status/1216013117529812992. Captured using computer screen capture software.
Related Evidence
- Chris Hansen's Harassment Campaign
- Chris Hansen's Monetization and Grifting Record
- Anonymous Gene Criminal Record
- Documented Damage to Onision and Lucas
- 18 U.S.C. § 2 — Principals
- 18 U.S.C. § 2261A — Federal Stalking
- RCW 9A.46.110 — Washington Stalking
- RCW 9A.36.060 — Promoting Suicide Attempt
2020–2023: Producer Confirms Hansen-Gene Relationship, Nicotra Details Doorstep Coordination, Hansen Admits Working "With" Gene, and Plaintiffs Publicize Escalating Claims Through Hansen
Between 2020 and 2023, a series of documented communications establish that Chris Hansen maintained an ongoing, coordinated working relationship with the anonymous stalker known as Gene, that this relationship extended to a doorstep confrontation at Onision's home involving accused sexual assailant Mike Morse, and that Gene remained in contact with plaintiffs' counsel throughout the period leading into litigation.
A Documentary Producer Independently Confirms the Hansen-Gene Phone Relationship
Steven Asarch, listed on IMDb as a producer on the television project starring Chris Hansen and Margaret Mabie, provided direct context confirming that a leaked screenshot of Hansen's phone was authentic and revealed Gene as one of Hansen's most frequent contacts. Asarch explained the screenshot originated when Hansen, while trying to show a contact that a mutual friend was disparaging him, accidentally photographed and shared his own phone menu, revealing his most recent and common contacts. This is independent, third-party confirmation, from someone with direct professional proximity to Hansen, that the relationship between Hansen and Gene was frequent and ongoing rather than incidental.
Hansen Coordinated Leaking a Former Co-Host's Information Through Gene
A separate leaked text exchange shows Hansen discussing what would happen if a conversation "leaked out," followed by a message stating "its about to be leaked out," directly preceding a message referencing "Sarah's lawyers" and threats of "aggravated stalking charges." This establishes that Hansen actively participated in coordinating the release of information intended to target his former co-host, using the same channel connected to Gene's harassment campaign.
Hansen Publicly Admits Working "With" Gene
When a Facebook user directly asked, "Does Gene work for Chris Hansen?", the "Have A Seat With Chris Hansen" account responded:
- "He is responsible for his own actions. He worked with- not for."
This is Hansen's own public admission of an active working relationship with Gene. Hansen did not deny knowing Gene or distance himself from Gene's conduct; he corrected only the characterization of employment while confirming collaboration.
Vincent Nicotra's Email Details the Doorstep Operation Using Doxxed Information
On April 1, 2020, Vincent Nicotra, Hansen's former co-host, emailed a detailed account stating that Gene had been "spamming me with emails with your account creds and passwords along with your airbnb location" and that Gene contacted Hansen directly on Twitter, at which point Nicotra "put 2 and 2 together" that Gene and Hansen were coordinating.
Nicotra further wrote:
- "Chris Reached out to Mike Morse to get a surprise visit operation together. Chris used the doxxed information to stay at the hotel with Mike Morse, Do a stream at the hotel or Airbnb then follow you to your house."
- "After the confrontation at your private home, Chris called me and told me what went down."
This email is a direct, named, first-party account from Hansen's own former co-host confirming that Hansen used doxxed information, obtained through Gene, to plan and execute the doorstep operation at Onision's private residence using Mike Morse, an individual separately named in multiple sexual assault lawsuits.
Gene References Ongoing Contact With Plaintiffs' Lawyers
On December 30, 2022, more than a year after Lisa Haba's July 2021 cease-and-desist letter, Gene sent Onision a Google Voice text stating:
- "Don't worry greg, Sarahs lawyers get everything you post. Wanna let you know aggravated stalking charges are coming for you... ;)"
This message establishes that Gene maintained direct, continuing communication regarding plaintiffs' legal strategy well after the initial cease-and-desist demand, and that Gene was positioned to relay Onision's public statements directly to plaintiffs' counsel throughout the harassment campaign.
Hansen Publicizes Escalating Allegations Immediately Before Filing
Between February 8 and March 3, 2023, Hansen posted a series of tweets publicizing the newly filed federal lawsuit and a second federal lawsuit, describing "shocking allegations of sexual assault of a minor, predatory grooming and vicious harassment" and claiming the defendants "allegedly tried to manipulate the victim into not filing." Hansen had previously conducted multiple public interviews with Lisa Haba, the plaintiffs' attorney, giving him direct promotional access to characterize the litigation to the public at the exact moments the complaints were filed.
Why This Composite Matters
Taken together, these six elements establish a continuous, corroborated relationship: a documentary producer's independent confirmation of frequent contact, Hansen's own leaked coordination of information release, Hansen's public admission of working "with" Gene, Hansen's former co-host's detailed first-party account of the doxxing-enabled doorstep operation involving an accused sexual assailant, Gene's own statement confirming ongoing contact with plaintiffs' lawyers, and Hansen's promotional amplification of the resulting lawsuit. This is not a pattern of coincidental overlap. It is documented evidence of coordinated conduct between a media figure, a confessed stalker, and the litigation ultimately filed against Onision and Lucas.
Legal Significance
Under RCW 4.24.792, Washington's anti-doxxing statute prohibits publishing another person's personal identifying information with knowledge or reckless disregard that it will be used to locate or harm them; Nicotra's email directly describes Hansen using doxxed location information to plan the doorstep visit. Under 18 U.S.C. § 2, a person who aids, abets, or procures an offense is punishable as a principal, applicable to Hansen's confirmed coordination with Gene in planning and executing the confrontation. Under RCW 9A.46.110 and 18 U.S.C. § 2261A, a documented, continuing course of coordinated harassment conduct across multiple participants supports criminal stalking liability for each knowing participant in the scheme.
Source
Composite of a YouTube video documenting these communications, published at youtube.com/watch?v=mfLQ2QkLZuA (timestamps 7:54, 8:09, and 13:38); an April 1, 2020 Gmail email from Vincent Nicotra, Hansen's former co-host, to Onision; a December 30, 2022 Google Voice text sent to Onision's phone; and Chris Hansen's public tweets dated February 8, 2023 and March 3, 2023 at x.com/chrishansen. Captured using computer screen capture software.
Related Evidence
- Chris Hansen's Harassment Campaign
- Chris Hansen's Monetization and Grifting Record
- Anonymous Gene Criminal Record
- Lisa Haba Record
- Documented Damage to Onision and Lucas
- RCW 4.24.792 — Washington Anti-Doxxing Statute
- 18 U.S.C. § 2 — Principals
- RCW 9A.46.110 — Washington Stalking
- 18 U.S.C. § 2261A — Federal Stalking
September 21, 2022: Gene claims control over Hansen, defames Lucas, and threatens to finance fantasy imprisonment abuse
On September 21, 2022, Anonymous Gene sent Onision a Google Voice message containing false rape accusations, claims of financial control over Chris Hansen, and a threat to use money to encourage the mistreatment of Onision by inmates.
Gene wrote, with Lucas substituted for the former name used in the original message:
- "[Lucas] is just as big a rapist as you are greg... Hansen didn't take your money away... I did. I sent him to your house, I paid for that. I am the one, you have no one else in this world to blame for you being exposed but me.... Hansen is but a pawn to someone like me. When you are in prison, trust I will be funding many inmates commissary. Just to make sure you are having a horrible time in prison."
Gene falsely accused Onision and Lucas of rape
Gene opened the message by categorically branding both Onision and Lucas rapists.
This was an accusation of serious criminal conduct, not a statement of ordinary criticism. The police record and the accusers' (Sarah/Regina) own contemporaneous statements failed to substantiate the criminal narrative Gene was promoting.
Gene used the false accusation as an instrument of harassment: to degrade the couple, justify further targeting, and portray his campaign as deserved punishment.
Gene claimed responsibility for Hansen's operation and the destruction of Onision's income
Gene stated:
- "Hansen didn't take your money away... I did."
He then claimed:
- "I sent him to your house, I paid for that."
Gene further described Hansen as:
- "a pawn to someone like me."
These statements are admissions against Gene's interest. He claimed that he financed Hansen's trespassing at the family home, exercised influence over Hansen, and intended the resulting media operation to destroy Onision's income and reputation.
The message is especially significant when read with Gene's separate statement that he paid for "Chris and the entire crew" to travel to Onision's home because he wanted Onision to die by suicide.
Gene was not describing himself as a passive viewer. He was claiming the role of financier, instigator, and controlling participant.
Gene threatened to use money to encourage inmate mistreatment
Gene announced:
- "I will be funding many inmates commissary. Just to make sure you are having a horrible time in prison."
There was no criminal prosecution, conviction, or incarceration of Onision arising from Sarah's or Regina's inconsistent collective statements. The prison scenario was Gene's own malicious fantasy.
The threat communicated Gene's intention to use money as leverage over inmates for the purpose of ensuring that Onision would be abused, tormented, or otherwise mistreated.
The message therefore documents:
- Gene's fixation on a fictional incarceration of Onision;
- his intention to use money to influence other people;
- his desire that Onision suffer physical or psychological abuse;
- his claimed ability and willingness to finance that abuse;
- his continued effort to frighten and humiliate Onision;
- his targeting of Lucas through a false rape accusation.
Criminal significance
The message is part of Gene's documented course of repeated electronic contact, neighborhood targeting, residential exposure, suicide encouragement, murder-suicide rhetoric, and threats involving third parties.
That course of conduct implicates:
- RCW 9A.46.020, Washington criminal harassment;
- RCW 9A.46.110, Washington stalking;
- 18 U.S.C. 2261A, federal stalking through electronic communications;
- RCW 9A.28.030, criminal solicitation where money or another thing of value is offered for specific criminal conduct;
- RCW 9A.08.020, accomplice liability where a person knowingly solicits, encourages, requests, aids, or finances another person's crime.
Gene's message already establishes the intent to use money to cause mistreatment. Evidence that commissary payments were offered in exchange for a specific assault or other criminal act would establish the additional solicitation or accomplice component.
Evidence of motive, intent, and coordination
Gene's statements reveal his own asserted motives:
- to destroy Onision's income;
- to send Hansen to the family home;
- to control or manipulate Hansen as a "pawn";
- to spread false criminal accusations against Onision and Lucas;
- to frighten Onision with fabricated prison scenarios;
- to finance third parties who would make Onision suffer.
Viewed with Gene's advance knowledge of Sarah's contemplated lawsuit and the neighborhood mail campaign, this message further documents that Gene was an active participant in the larger campaign rather than an independent commentator.
Harm to Onision and Lucas
Gene directly informed Onision and Lucas that he claimed the financial resources and media relationships necessary to send people to their home, damage their income, spread accusations of rape, and pay others to torment Onision.
The resulting harm included:
- fear that Gene would finance further targeting;
- reputational damage from false rape accusations;
- distress caused by threatened inmate abuse;
- loss of safety and privacy at the family home;
- fear that Gene would recruit or pay third parties;
- concern for Lucas and the children;
- continuing psychological pressure from Gene's repeated unwanted contact.
Onision and Lucas had the right to be left alone and to live safely without a stalker financing media confrontations, falsely accusing them of rape, threatening third-party abuse, or treating their family as an object of entertainment.
Source
Google Voice message attributed to Anonymous Gene and dated September 21, 2022.
The message was captured using computer screen-capture software.
Related evidence
October 3, 2022: Criminal Stalker Anonymous Gene Claims He and Chris Hansen Bet on When Onision Would Be Murdered As A Result of Their Actions
On October 3, 2022, criminal stalker Anonymous Gene sent Onision a Google Voice message threatening him with a fatal prison
stabbing and claiming that Gene and Chris Hansen had made a bet over how quickly Onision would be murdered.
Gene wrote:
- "You know they won't put you in a special unit right? They will put you with the normal prisoners."
He then claimed:
- "Hansen and I have a bet. He says a year, I say a month and you'll be dead."
Gene concluded by celebrating the imagined stabbing:
- "They gonna shank you up nicely."
A fabricated prison scenario used to terrorize Onision
Onision was not facing a criminal charge, conviction, sentence, or incarceration. Sarah & Regina both legally cleared Onision to police.
Gene nevertheless repeatedly constructed fictional prison scenarios in which Onision would be sexually abused, physically assaulted, stabbed, or murdered.
The absence of any real criminal proceeding is precisely what makes the message revealing. Gene was not commenting upon an actual sentence or legitimate court process. He was inventing a violent outcome and delivering it directly to Onision for the purpose of intimidation, humiliation, and psychological torment.
Gene claimed that Hansen participated in a wager over Onision's death
Gene stated:
- "Hansen and I have a bet."
According to Gene's own account, Hansen predicted that Onision would survive one year, while Gene predicted that Onision would be murdered within one month.
The statement is evidence of Gene's claimed communication and coordination with Hansen. It also places Hansen inside Gene's violent narrative rather than portraying Gene as an isolated viewer with no connection to the media campaign.
Gene had previously claimed that he financed Hansen and his crew's trip to Onision's home. In this message, Gene went further by claiming that he and Hansen discussed and wagered on the timing of Onision's death.
The message threatened and celebrated lethal violence
Gene did not merely speculate that prison could be dangerous.
He directly told Onision:
- "you'll be dead"
and:
- "They gonna shank you up nicely."
A "shank" is an improvised stabbing weapon. Gene's language therefore described a specific form of lethal violence, predicted that it would be inflicted upon Onision, and celebrated the imagined attack.
The word "nicely" added a sadistic and approving character to the threat. Gene was communicating that Onision's stabbing and death would be desirable entertainment.
Criminal harassment and stalking implications
RCW 9A.46.020 recognizes criminal harassment where a person knowingly threatens future bodily injury or death through words or electronic communications and places the target in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out. A qualifying threat to kill constitutes felony harassment.
RCW 9A.46.110 criminalizes repeated intentional harassment that causes substantial emotional distress or places the victim in reasonable fear of injury.
Federal stalking law, 18 U.S.C. 2261A, applies to a course of electronic conduct undertaken with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate where the conduct causes, attempts to cause, or would reasonably be expected to cause substantial emotional distress or fear of death or serious bodily injury.
Gene's statement was part of an established course of conduct that included:
- repeated unwanted electronic communications
- false criminal accusations
- neighborhood mail targeting
- residential exposure
- claimed financing of Hansen's visit to the family home
- encouragement of suicide
- encouragement of a murder-suicide involving Lucas
- threats to finance inmate abuse
- predictions and celebrations of Onision's murder
The October 3 message supplies direct evidence of Gene's malice, intent to intimidate, fixation on Onision's death, and continuing criminal stalking campaign.
Harm to Onision and Lucas
Gene repeatedly told Onision and Lucas that he wanted them assaulted, imprisoned, murdered, or driven to suicide.
The resulting harm included:
- fear that Gene would recruit or finance third parties
- distress caused by repeated descriptions of murder and stabbing
- concern that Gene's claimed relationship with Hansen gave him access to money, media participants, and private information
- fear for Lucas and the children living in the household
- continuing loss of safety and privacy
- the psychological burden of receiving targeted death rhetoric from a persistent stalker
Onision and Lucas had the legal right to be left alone. They were entitled to live safely without Gene repeatedly contacting them to celebrate imagined rape, assault, stabbing, murder, and suicide.
Source
Google Voice message attributed to Anonymous Gene and dated October 3, 2022.
The message was captured using computer screen-capture software.