The ACE family have been covered in controversy, facing everything from cheating rumors, to
legal battles and shocking allegations.
So how did one of YouTube’s most beloved families fall so far from grace?
Let’s break it down.
Since starting their channel in 2016 The ACE family has garnered over 19 million YouTube
subscribers, making them one of the most followed family vloggers of all time.
Austin McBroom, Catherine Paiz, and their young daughters, Elle and Alaia and son Steel,
may seem picture perfect on camera, but offline their lives are anything but.
Back in 2019, Vulture reported that The Ace family was suing YouTuber Cole Carrigan for
extortion.
This happened after Cole posted a now deleted video claiming that Austin had sexually assaulted
his friend.
In the video he shared graphic photos, and screenshots of messages he said were from
the victim.
In response, Austin shared a notes app screenshot denying the claims while also sharing evidence
that Cole had fabricated the story to get money out of The Ace Family.
In the post Austin shared quote, “If you have not heard I have recently been a victim
of extortion, defamation and slander…”
He went on to say “Bullying, extortion, slander and defamation of character is something
I will not stand for and I can promise that justice will be served.”
He also shared a screenshot from the alleged victim who shared that Cole was trying to
get paid upwards of $500,000 to run the story about Austin.
In one of the screenshots, you can see Cole texting quote, “the point of this is to
scare them into them paying us off…”
But that drama wasn’t the only issue Austin ran into that year.
That July, cheating claims came to the forefront when a woman slid into Catherine’s instagram
DMs to tell her that Austin had cheated on her in Miami.
She shared quote, “Last weekend, Austin was with some friends of mine in Miami.
He slept with one of them and made her sign a NDA."
Of course, The Ace Family pushed against those allegations, but things got even weirder when
a snapchat video surfaced of Austin buying a young child a phallic-shaped lollipop.
After the clip went viral, many called Austin out on social media, which led to the family
“taking a break” from posting content on their channel only to return about one
month later; however, they never addressed the scandal or video.
That same year, they received major backlash from neighbors after Austin decided to take
his jetski for a spin in his new mansion’s infinity pool.
One Twitter follower shared that The Ace Family’s jets ski riding in their pool was creating
mudslides and destroying his uncle’s property and grapes.
And when they weren’t being called out by neighbors, the rumors kept piling up.
In April of this year, Austin was accused by multiple TikTok accounts who claimed he
had a “secret daughter”.
In now-deleted Tiktoks, one user claimed to be paid off to keep quiet about Austin’s
secret child and another user claimed to have worked at a daycare the secret child attended,
alleging that Austin was listed as the father on the child’s paperwork and was paying
for schooling.
The TikToker also claimed to have signed an NDA to keep the paternity of the baby quiet.
Eventually Austin did respond to the rumors via his Snapchat stories, sharing quote, “Y’all
some real weirdos, what type of person do you have to be to make some sh*t up like this.
I feel sorry for your life!”
In July of this year the family found themselves in hot water again.
This time when rumors surfaced that several lawsuits were being made against the Ace family.
Those rumors also alleged that the family was facing pre-foreclosure for failing to
make payments on their $7 million dollar mansion.
And, to top it off Austin has also recently come under fire after employees from the "Social
Gloves: Battle of the Platforms" event he hosted claims they weren’t paid.
Even YouTuber Tana Mongeau called Austin out for not paying employees.
She tweeted quote, “not austin mcbroom owning most of social gloves and then everyone being
surprised people aren’t getting paid”
Austin shared his response to Tana writing, quote “Not the most desperate human being
speaking on s*** she doesn’t know about.”
He added, “Don’t try and bring me or the event down to make you feel better about Tanacon.
Every fighter including myself will be getting paid and a lawsuit is happening and it’s
not with social gloves dumb dumb”
Speaking of that event…
It’s not only the employees who are asking to be paid.
Austin’s "Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms" pay per view event didn’t make as much cash
as expected.
Some of the contestants who fought in the TikToker vs. YouTuber event haven’t been
paid and Austin is also being sued by the media company he partnered with to make the
event happen for $100 million in damages.
TikTokers Tayler Holder and Nate Wyatt also filed a lawsuit on August 2 against Austin
stating they had only received a fraction of the money they were promised
TikToker Bryce Hall, and event investors like basketball star James Harden and rapper Lil
Baby are also reportedly being mentioned in legal letters sent to Austin seeking retribution
for lack of payment from the event.
And if all that wasn’t enough, it’s now being reported that Austin and Catherine may
be headed for a divorce.
Catherine recently shared that she’d be starting her own YouTube channel and fans
are speculating that she’s trying to distance herself from Austin and his countless legal
issues.
But she’s also dealt with issues of her own.
Catherine’s skin care line, 1212 Gateway, was hit with a civil complaint on April 12
alleging that Catherine attempted "a coup" of the cosmetics company that violated the
terms of her contract.
It’s unclear as to when she’ll officially launch the channel, but it seems she’ll
be addressing multiple topics down the road, and of course we’ll keep you updated as
this family drama unfolds.
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