DaddyOFive

DaddyOFive is a YouTube vlog channel run by Mike and Heather Martin. Their content mainly featured videos of the family hurting eachother, breaking eachother's personal belongings, and pretending to put their youngest son Cody up for adoption. All instances provoked by Mike and Heather. The channel currently has 733,000+ subscribers and 5.9 million+ in total views.

Child Abuse Controversy
Although DaddyOFive has been posting content since 2015, they became the center of child abuse claims on April 17, 2017 where Internet Personality Phillip DeFranco made a video condeming the abusive and extreme nature of the Ink Spillage video. The video currently has 4.9 million+ views. The video was pivotal in the exposure of the abuse and made people question the moralitty of child celebratism.



After the video was uploaded, Mike and Heather responded by posting an illegitamate apology video claiming their videos were faked and outright blaming DeFranco for the negativity brought upon them.

Post-Controversy
Shortly after the apology, two of their non biological children, Cody and Emma, were removed from the Martins and reunited with their biological mother, Rose Hall.

 In August 2017, the martins were prosecuted by the Fredrick County Circuit Court and each faced two counts of "neglect of a minor". They both pleaded guilty on September 11, 2017 and were sentenced to five years of supervised probation.