” It’s horrible. Knowing that his parents will surely go to jail is unheard of (sic)”. Facing the camera, intertwined hands and solemn gaze, he wished to restore “the truth” this Sunday. Neo, star of the Swan and Neo channel and his six million subscribers on YouTube, wanted to react to the conviction of Sophie Fantasy and Greg Inside, his parents.
The sentence targeting the couple of videographers had fallen a week ago: five years in prison, including eighteen months suspended as well as a fine of 100,000 euros for fraud in an organized gang, abuse of weakness and moral harassment. Sophie Fantasy and Greg Inside, whose real names are Gaëlle Burlot and Grégory Thonet, who used to stage the lives of their children in videos published on YouTube, are accused of having played a major role in the past. a marriage agency that allegedly defrauded 340 men.
” I hold on “
“The Swan and Neo channel is constantly linked by journalists to this”, underlines the young man in reference to the multiple press articles relaying the affair which caused a stir in the small world of YouTube. “In a few days I’m going to pass the baccalaureate and I want to make them proud. It’s way too many things for me (…) I’m hanging on”, insists Neo.
The social media star declined to comment on the ongoing legal proceedings, as her parents have appealed the decision of the Lyon court. However, he wanted to make known “his version” so that it is “more heard than rumors”.
The Swan and Neo channel, launched by his parents in 2015 and revealing the moments of life of the two brothers, aged 3 and 10 at the time, is regularly singled out by Internet users who believe that the celebrity of children is exploited by their parents.
“I recovered all the channels”
“I would like my version to be heard more than the rumors,” he said. “I’ve never been exploited: many thought it was going to end like Jordy (Editor’s note: child star of the 1990s) but it was a unique situation, not an example”, hammered the young man who blew his 18th candle only a few weeks ago. “I have recovered all the chains: everything belongs to me, I am the one who takes up the torch” declared Néo. “My parents are at the bottom of the hole, they have nothing left: they left everything to me as it was planned”.
Regarding his 11-year-old little brother Swan, he assured that he would do “(his) possible to protect him from all this”, while specifying that the chain was going to be on hiatus for a time at least. Neo will continue gaming videos on his personal channel, which has more than 2 million subscribers. “Even if there is a big drama there, it will not stop me from doing what I love”, assured the young man, specifying that this online presence was important for him in these difficult times.