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Katie Ring
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Narrator
The park was booked over the weekend for what was supposed to be a genuine wedding ceremony, but Disneyland staff and security called police when they noticed the so called bride wearing a wedding dress was too young.
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He hired guests. He hired the bride, a nine year old girl who was flown in from Ukraine. He hired best man, father, all this. He hired the whole thing.
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Katie Ring
He called himself a Hollywood producer, but Jackie Judge's script was one of deception. This is a story of a pedophile who was able to bend the rules of his court orders by hiring child actors to play roles in his extravagant productions. The question now is, will his most recent stunt be enough to keep him in jail? Foreign hi, I'm Katie Ring, a true crime analyst, self defense instructor and fierce advocate for victims. And this is Crime House Daily, your essential true crime companion. Every weekday morning and night here at Crime House Daily, we dig into the true crime stories making headlines right now, where justice is unfolding, arrests are happening and new evidence is emerging. Every morning, First Watch gets you up to speed on the biggest cases. Every night, Nightwatch takes you deeper. If you want to follow a case from the first 911 call to the final verdict, this is the place for you. Follow Crime House Daily wherever you get your podcasts, leave a Review and for ad free listening, subscribe to Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts. For a video, check out our YouTube channel at Crime House Daily. This episode discusses active criminal cases and breaking news. The information we share is based on what's publicly available at the time of recording and and may change as new evidence comes to light. We aim to inform, not to decide guilt or innocence. So everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. On tonight's episode, we're unpacking the deeply twisted story of convicted UK sex offender Jackie Judge, who staged a mock wedding to a nine year old girl at Disneyland Paris. His long history of bizarre stunts have kept him somewhat relevant and now Jackie's being held as we await his Next act in front of a jury.
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Katie Ring
Tonight we're covering the recent arrest of a 39 year old British convicted sex offender and pedophile. Jas Karn Jackie Judge. Over the past few years, Jackie has become infamous for over the top elaborate YouTube videos and publicity stunts, many of them featuring minors. It's alleged that he organizes these events as a way to come into close proximity with children without violating the restrictions placed on him as a sex offender. This summer, Jackie's latest stunt was to rent out the entirety of Disneyland Paris so he could stage a mock wedding with a nine year old girl. When the French authorities investigated how he had planned all of it, they arrested him and charged him with fraud, identity theft, money laundering and breach of trust. As of this recording, the latest update on the case is that Jackie is still in pre trial custody in France and is also wanted in the UK for breaching a sexual harm prevention order and a breach of a sex offender's registration requirement. Sadly, I wish I was surprised that a sex offender and pedophile was let off on a light sentence and set free to reoffend, but luckily this case is far from over and we will keep you updated on any new developments. But for now, let's get into it. Over the years, Jackie Judge has victimized hundreds of young girls, two of which he allegedly sexually assaulted. Their identities are protected, but thanks to their bravery and their willingness to come forward, he's been exposed as the monster he is. There's not a lot of information on Jackie Judge's early years, but we know he's from a town called Felton in West London, England. Jackie's first criminal charge happened in the summer of 2015 when he was 29. He borrowed his brother's Range Rover and started approaching teenage schoolgirls in the area. Jackie tells him he's a 21 year old movie producer who who'd already worked in Hollywood blockbusters. Unfortunately, this story works on them and Jackie starts to groom two of the 15 year old girls. He buys them alcohol, invites them to parties and eventually takes advantage of their trust and sexually assaults both of them. But he doesn't get away with it because the girls come forward to the police and Jackie is arrested and found guilty of four counts of sexual activity with minors. And on November 29, 2016, he's sentenced to four years in prison. After Jackie's conviction, an officer with the Hounslow police calls him a quote, dangerous sexual predator. And it seems like this is a label Jackie wears with pride. When he's released in 2020, Jackie Self produces a two hour video about himself called dangerous sexual predator. The video shows a shirtless Jackie driving around a neighborhood inviting young girls into his car. He also starts using casting agencies to hire underage actors for his movies, which is legal for him to do as long as the children are supervised by adult chaperones. In August of 2021, he films a scene at a historic landmark called Wadson's manor, An extravagant house the British countryside. He's pretending to film a war movie. And he's even rented a tank and a fake machine gun. But even though Jackie's methods for hiring his underage cast may be legal, his behavior on set quickly becomes predatory. His actions towards a 16 year old girl are so concerning, the crew stops working and calls the police. It's not long before Jackie's reputation starts to spread, and a lot of that is by his own design. He uploads his videos onto his YouTube channel, which eventually amasses 12 million subscribers. It's unclear how many of his followers are legitimate. If I was a betting woman, I would say that a man who pays kids $56 an hour to show up and pretend to be adoring fans has probably bought some fake followers. But either way, it's enough to get Jackie noticed. A lot of his videos are music videos that show him flow flirting with girls or parading around with various guns, which may or may not be real. Some say that he's making outrage bait. Personally, I think that someone with his criminal record probably thinks everything he's doing is actually cool. But regardless of his intention, people were in fact outraged. With all of this attention on Jackie, he starts using aliases to hire casting companies. And on October 17, 2023, he organized his biggest scheme so far. That day, he sets up a shoot for a fake movie premiere outside the Odeon theater in west London. To fill the crowd, Jackie hires about 200 people, most of them girls, and half of them are children between the ages of 6 and 14. The girls are told to pose as die hard fans and yelling for attention, trying to grab Jackie and even pretending to faint. At some point near the end of the shoot, someone recognizes Jackie and word gets out about who he is. When one of the girls he hired realizes she was paid to fawn over a convicted pedophile, she contacts a reporter at the BBC about her experience. The story also reaches the London Metropolitan Police, so they look into the film shoot, but it didn't violate any major restrictions of of Jackie's Sexual Harm prevention order. However, they are able to charge him with a few seemingly unrelated violations, including failure to comply with the registration of a new passport and failure to provide notification of travel seven days prior to departure. Jackie is also charged with failing to supply a mobile phone for inspection, but these incidents don't seem to be related to the Odeon Theater shoot, and it's not clear if he faces any major punishments. So Jackie plans an even bigger stunt, and this one is especially chilling because it connects him to another man's death.
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Katie Ring
On March 4, 2024, Jackie Judge rents out Brompton Oratory in London. But instead of a fake movie premiere it, he's planning an elaborate funeral. Jackie pretends to be a man named Clyde Zaoby, who's holding a service for his 23 year old brother, Loris. Using one of his many aliases, he hires a huge crowd of actors to play the funeral goers. Many of them come from a child casting agency, but unlike his previous stunts, Jackie doesn't pay the actors in advance, so when they arrive, a few of them are complaining to each other about it. The priest running the Service, Father Rupert McCarty, doesn't know this is all fake, but he still finds the whole thing strange. And something's not right when it comes to the deceased. Either one of the funeral directors isn't sure if the cremation certificate Jackie gave him is legitimate. Either way, he never brings the ashes. When Jacky arrives on the scene, Father McCarty tries to speak speak with him about his concerns, but Jackie brushes him off and blatantly ignores him. The whole thing is extremely unsettling. And as Father McCarty prepares for the service, he finally understands why. He overhears the actors discussing their lack of pay and realizes the whole thing is fake. Father McCarty immediately stops the service and tells everyone to leave, but there's a moment of tension before they go. Speaking about it later on, Father McCarty said, quote, I was worried there was going to be some sort of violence. It was very spooky. And things get even spookier when the story breaks and it's revealed that Loris Zauby, the man Jackie held the fake funeral for, is a real person who actually went missing and Jackie knows him. Back in 2021, Loris and some of his friends had been in a music video Jackie recorded in Loris's home country of Latvia. After that, they didn't really interact, but it seems the connection didn't end there. On New Year's Eve 2023, Lars and some of his friends go to a party on an island about 20 miles outside of Riga, Latvia. There are about 80 people there and everyone seems to be having a good time. But around 2 or 3am, Laris's friends realize they haven't seen him in a little while. Laris has his location tracking on his phone and his friends can see that he's walking along the riverbank. They also see that he's left his coat behind, meaning he's in just his T shirt and it's around 18 degrees Fahrenheit outside. Lars's friends rush to catch up before he gets seriously hurt. But the app stops tracking him at 3:30am not after he'd made it about two miles away. They get to where his signal vanished half an hour later around 4am and find a narrow path that leads down to the rushing river. The next morning, emergency, divers, dogs and countless volunteers join the search for Loris, but unfortunately, they don't find him. It seems likely that Loris was swept away in the current and died. But just a few days later, on January 5, 2024, the Daily Mail newspaper reportedly gets a strange email. The anonymous writer says that they know what happened to Loris. He was kidnapped by criminals, is being held ransom, and the plot involves Jackie Judge. Apparently, Loris had left the party because he Thought he was going to meet up with Jackie outside and bring him inside to surprise his friends. But according to the email, it was a setup. Loris was kidnapped and the criminals contacted the real Jackie for a ransom. The Daily Mail's editors aren't buying it. They're pretty sure Jackie sent this email himself, especially after the fake funeral stunt. So a few months later, in March 2024, they asked Laris's actual brother and if there's any chance that Loris might have been in on it somehow. If maybe it was just all a prank. Loris, his brother says absolutely not. He would never put his family through something like that. Most likely, he thinks that Jackie saw a report about Lars's disappearance and he took advantage of it for his own cruel publicity stunt. And sadly, Lars's family gets terrible news use a few weeks after the fake funeral. On March 26, 2024, they find Loris body in the river, almost four months after he first disappeared. Police say that there are no signs of foul play, so it's unlikely that Jackie was directly involved in his death. But he did seek to use it for his own gain. And after the fake funeral, he dives into another scheme. At this point, the media is keeping a close eye on his activities, and Jackie doesn't seem to like that. For his next shoot, on August 24, 2024, he wears a prosthetic mask to disguise himself. But when he takes it off between takes, members of the crew recognize him. They confront him with an article about his crimes, and in response, Jackie runs away. But he's determined to go through with his latest attention grab. He manages to cobble together another crew and reschedule the shoot for a week. Later, on August 31, this time, instead of focusing his attention on kids, he wants to send a message to the journalists at the BBC. Once again, he wears heavy prosthetics to disguise himself. The video starts with Jackie sitting at a desk outside. He's surrounded by crumpled newspapers and he's completely naked. Behind him, there's a giant red trailer with the BBC World News logo on it, flanked by police cars. With the cameras rolling, Jackie lights a cigarette, then flicks it onto one of the police cars, setting off a chain reaction that ends with the BBC trailer exploding. Jackie had sent his message, but he hadn't taken many safety precautions, and within moments, the fire spiraled out of control. On August 31, 2024, Jackie Judge's latest film shoot ends with a massive explosion in East London. As the fire burns, local residents panic. A lot of them had no idea the stunt was even happening, and over a hundred people called the police. Reportedly, many think that there had been a terrorist attack. It takes four fire engines and 25 firefighters to put out the flames. But as scary as this was, Jackie hadn't actually broken any laws. He did inform the police that this was happening. And even though it seems like what he did was reckless, he doesn't face any criminal charges over it. They're keeping a close eye on his activities though, which may be why Jackie decides to pull his next stunt in another country. And he ups the ante yet again. On June 21, 2025, he rents out the entirety of Disneyland Paris. In France, people are allowed to do this outside of regular operating hours, although it's extremely expensive, around €130,000. But for Jackie, money has never been an issue, and for this one, he's sparing no expense. He's staging what seems to be a wedding ceremony. There's a violin trio, a cake, and everything you'd expect from a wedding. All set in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle. As usual, he hires actors to fill the seats, paying them thousands of euros to make sure they attend. It seems like he's mostly chosen adults for these roles, but. But the most important role is reserved for a minor, because the bride is being played by a nine year old girl. The organizers at Disney didn't know this, though. They think this is just a normal wedding. Jackie used a fake Latvian ID to set up the whole thing. But when they see the little girl's mother carrying the so called bride down the aisle, they realize something is terribly wrong. Reports say that Disney security staff called the police, although it's also possible that the actor hired to play the bride's father is the one who contacted them. Regardless, officers quickly arrive and shut everything down. And when Jackie gets there, they bring him into custody. There's understandably a lot of fear that this girl is being sex trafficked. It turns out she's from Ukraine and she had been flown in for the event. The girl's mom, who came with her, is arrested as well. She tells police that she knows Jackie well and had even gone on vacation with him. Apparently, she'd agreed to the setup because she wanted her daughter to feel like a Disney princess. And while this was obviously a questionable decision, it doesn't seem to have been illegal. The wedding itself wasn't real and the girl wasn't physically harmed, so her mom is allowed to go free. But Jackie remains behind bars. The French authorities charge him with money laundering, fraud, abuse of trust and identity theft. These charges seem to be associated with how he planned the wedding, using a fake identity, and the money laundering charge may show that he paid for it through illegal means as well. The latest update we have on the case is that Jackie is being held in France ahead of his legal proceedings. In the meantime, the British authorities have prepared charges of their own. He's wanted for breaching a sexual Harm prevention order and a breach of a Sex Offender's Register notification requirement, although they haven't elaborated on what parts of the order he's violated. We should be finding out more about both situations soon. We'll be sure to bring you the major updates and be sure to follow us rimehouse247 for breaking news. What did you think of today's case? Drop your theories in the comments and follow us @Crime House 24. 7 on TikTok and Instagram and subscribe on YouTube @Crime House Daily. For ad free listening, join Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts. You stay curious and I'll stay on the case. See you next time.
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Pacific Source Health Plans Representative
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Katie Ring
Hmm.