Transgender YouTuber Chris Chan, 39, has been filed as female by police and will be housed with women inmates despite being biologically male and arrested for raping her mother.
The vlogger and artist, who goes by the name Christine Weston Chandler, was arrested after leaked phone called revealed her allegedly admitting to raping her mother, 79, who suffers from dementia.
Chandler is being held in Central Virginia Regional Jail alongside 59 other detainees. She was jailed without bail on suspicion of incest, a felony punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
Chandler is biologically male but came out as a transgender woman at the end of 2014.
YouTuber Christine Chandler, 39, has been arrested in Virginia on an incent charge involving her 79-year-old mother, who allegedly has dementia
Chan, 39, was listed as female on Henrico County Jail's custody record, despite being biologically male and arrested for allegedly raping her mother
Video recorded by alt-right podcaster Ethan Ralph purports to show Chandler being arrested at a motel in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday
Chandler (far left) is heard telling Ralph that 'everything is going to work out'
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Chandler was transferred on Monday from Henrico County Jail to Greene County, where the sheriff's office issued a statement confirming her arrest.
According to a press release from county law enforcement, a warrant was issued for Chandler's arrest after investigators 'received information involving sex crimes against a family member, who resides in the Ruckersville area.'
Chandler has lived with her 79-year-old mother, Barbara, in Ruckersville, Virginia, for many years.
Chandler is currently being held without bond at the Central Virginia Regional Jail. The sheriff's office said additional charges were pending, reported Newsweek.
Chandler is best known for creating the comic series characters Sonichu, which is a cross between Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog, and its love interest, Rosechu. Her YouTube channel has more than 50,000 subscribers.
Chandler's arrest came just days after a phone call was leaked on an instant messaging platform, on which a person believed to Chandler seemingly
