Jack Doherty
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 6 → 26. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −80, concerns that are not fraud −3.2, problems around the subject, caused by others −0.3; legitimacy credit long-running +10; no established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| The subject's own conduct | -80 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -3.2 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -0.3 |
| Long-running | +10 |
| Sum | -8 |
- No established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band (26 or above).
Score: 26/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
Jack Colin Doherty (born October 8, 2003) is an American YouTuber and livestreamer with approximately 15 million subscribers, known primarily for stunt and prank content. He has been accused on multiple occasions of orchestrating pump-and-dump schemes involving Solana memecoins promoted to his large, predominantly young audience. No formal regulatory charges related to his crypto activity had been filed as of the investigation date.
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Timeline(8 events)
1 January 2016
Jack Doherty begins publishing YouTube content, initially focused on backflip and stunt videos.
Wikipedia6 October 2024
Doherty crashes his $200,000 McLaren on a South Florida highway while apparently reading live chat on his phone during a Kick.com livestream. Passenger sustains minor injuries. Kick permanently bans him.
NBC News23 November 2024
Doherty is accused of launching the McLaren (MCLAREN) memecoin on Solana, allegedly pre-buying via multiple wallets, hyping it on livestream, then selling his holdings as the price collapsed. He subsequently deletes promotional posts on X.
Uniladtech / Cointelegraph19 January 2025
Doherty receives a second permanent ban from Kick after an alleged on-stream assault involving him and his security personnel.
Sportskeeda14 November 2025
Doherty is arrested in Miami Beach and charged with possession of amphetamine, possession of marijuana, and resisting an officer without violence after allegedly blocking traffic while filming a social media video.
CBS Miami / NBC News4 September 2026
Doherty is arrested in Fort Lauderdale and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery. Bond set at $1,000. Sources close to Doherty tell TMZ his actions were in self-defense.
NBC Miami / TMZ27 September 2026
Doherty launches the $JACK Solana memecoin. He publicly pledges never to sell, posting 'IM NEVER SELLING' to his X account. The token reaches a reported peak market cap of approximately $6.68 million.
KuCoin / Sportskeeda27 September 2026
On-chain data reviewed by Coffeezilla allegedly shows Doherty sold his $JACK holdings within hours of his never-sell pledge, earning an estimated $213,000. The token collapses approximately 98.4% from peak to roughly $108,000 market cap, leaving approximately 6,500 holders with near-worthless positions.
Sportskeeda / KuCoinDecision Log
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- slot 451380665 · hash 4Mu8pC9bEYw1v2MAtF4MuSVi1gwecgB6Hhx44Ka8Qwrb
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (2 decisions). 9 of 14 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 9/28/2026, 5:03:26 PM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:41:47 PM
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