Nobody’s name is ever mentioned on the Something Was Wrong podcast for a good reason. The award-winning docuseries tells the stories of trauma and abuse survivors, and the alleged victims of Jake Gravbrot were the focus of Season 14.
Gravbrot was alleged to have done things that would make his mother ashamed of him. Eleven different women had almost the same story to tell and it was hard to hear. The court of public opinion has since convicted him but the 44-year-old thrice divorced hair stylist still walks free as the authorites havent done anything about it.
Who is Jake Gravbrot?
Jake Gravbrot was born in the United States of America in the year 1981. He is of American nationality and has Caucasian ethnicity. Gravbrot was raised by a single mom and his maternal grandparents. His biological dad was rarely in the picture. His mother later remarried, and he lived with her and his stepfather for some time. However, by age 18, he moved out to Seattle, where he made a life for himself.
The level of Jake Gravbrot’s education is not known, but he acquired the requisite skills to become a hairstylist. He is a short hair expert and founded a hair salon/barbershop in Seattle known as Mars Hair. The business ran from 2011 to 2014. When it shut down, Gravbrot joined Zero Zero Hair, located at Pine Street Seattle, in 2014. He remains with the company, which describes itself as a full-service hair salon to date.
What Does Jake Gravbrot Do For A Living?
Jake Gravbrot is a hair stylist who has worked for some of the biggest names out there, including members of bands like Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and Yellowcard. He must know his business very well as he has also done Justin Beiber’s hair in the past.
Gravbrot was interviewed by Menshealth Magazine in March 2011 in a segment on tips for great hair. His advice was texturized cutting with scissors and the use of grooming products such as pomades, styling creams, waxes, clays, etc.
Jake Gravbrot is also a Freelance Photographer and Journalist
Jake Gravbrot is also a Freelance Photographer and Photojournalist. A look at Jake Gravbrot’s Instagram handle shows several portraits that he shot with his camera comprising varying and interesting subject matters. Most of his photos are in black and white.
Gravbrot is also a journalist. His photos have been used in several news articles in Seattle. He is also affiliated with a news outlet known as Seattle Met. Seattle Met covers varying topics such as Food and Drinks, Arts and Culture, Home and Real Estate, Health and Wellness, and Style and Shopping.
Jake Gravbrot was the Focus of Season 14 of the “Something Was Wrong” Podcast
Jake Gravbrot was already a moderately well-known person in Seattle, but he gained nationwide infamy after he became the subject of season 14 of the Something Was Wrong podcast which aired from October to December 2022.
Something Was Wrong is an award-winning podcast that was started by Tiffany Reese in 2018. It aims to give voice to people that have faced emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, coercive control, and gaslighting in their relationships, be they familial or romantic relationships. The podcast has been quite a hit since it launched, and one of its most controversial topics has been that of Jake Gravbrot.
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He Was Accused of Abuse by Several Women on The Podcast
A total of 11 women spoke to Tiffany Reese over the course of season 14 of Something Was Wrong. The women all had one thing in common, and that was Jake Gravbrot. They detailed the criminal emotional, physical, and verbal abuse that they had suffered at his hands. They also detailed that the abuse had extended to the kids that some of them had for Gravbrot.
Amongst the women that spoke up against Jake Gravbrot were his ex-wives Kaylan von Sothen and Melissa Mullinnex. They and others alleged that Gravbrot had a history of treating women in a demeaning manner. He had boasted of having an infinite number of one-night stands and didn’t mind being “disgustingly awful” with women.
The women alleged that the abuse was not only verbal, physical, and emotional, but also sexual. According to them, Gravbrot was a sexual predator who coerced women into sex with intimidation. He would force himself on you without consent, even while you were asleep. There was also the issue of using hidden cameras to record sex sessions.
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How The Accusations Against Jake Gravbrot Built Up
Kaylan von Sothen and Melissa Mullinnex got to know each other as they both had children for Gravbrot. At a point, they shared their experiences and discovered that it was similar. They were also convinced that it was not isolated and that other victims of Gravbrot’s may be out there.
They communicated with those in their social circles and later set up a social media account in December 2021 to reach out to other women who may be victims. The duo was able to gather about 45 women who accused Gravbrot of assault and misconduct. The acts were perpetrated between 2019 and 2020, but Gravbrot’s history of nonconsensual pornography stretched back to the early 2010s.
There is a Petition Calling for Jake Gravbrot to Be Prosecuted
The women that had allegations against Jake Gravbrot did not only stop at speaking on the podcast. They gathered evidence against the hair stylist, including his text messages and Instagram posts, such as a post that showed a camera aimed at his bed, allegedly for keeping tabs on his cat. They took all this evidence to the Seattle Police Department (SPD). Tiffany Reese, the host of Something Was Wrong, also got in touch with SPD and the FBI.
The results were, however, disappointing. The FBI directed Reese to go to the state police. SPD, on their own path, insisted that the victims themselves must make a formal complaint before they can take any action. The basis for this requirement is logical, but the police rigidity was condemned.
The whole podcast has also led to a lot of outcries. Many people have gone over to Jake Gravbrot’s Instagram page to curse him out. There is also a change.org petition directed at SPD calling for Jake Gravbrot to be held accountable. The petition was launched in December 2022 and now has nearly 31,000 signatures.
Gravbrot Maintains His Innocence and Has Not Been Charged
Jake Gravbrot was invited to the podcast to give his own version of things but he declined. No lawyer on earth would allow their client do such a thing and it would have been crazy to do it seeing that legal action could be taken at any time. All that he did was to release a statement through his attorney saying that he completely denies all the allegations against him.
Meanwhile, the women involved are not concerned with seeing him in jail. They rather want the authorities to search for and retrieve any tapes that he may have of them.
Is Jake Gravbrot Married?
Jake Gravbrot has been married and divorced three times. People have said that he may have also abused his wives, hence his inability to stay married, and that is true since two of them were among those who had bad things to say about him when interviewed on the podcast.
Gravbrot’s first wife was a woman named Melissa Mullinnex. They dated for five years before getting married and having two kids; a daughter born in 2003 and a son born in 2008. Deatils of when his second marriage began and ended are not clear but it was to a woman named Kaylan von Sothen. His third marriage was to Mimi Gravbrot. They divorced in 2021.
