Sam Rader, a popular vlogger known for expounding Christian family values through his and his wife's YouTube channel, reportedly made two payments to AshleyMadison.com.
According to the Daily Mail, someone named "Samuel Rader" went by the username "Dirtylittlesecretman28" and paid $189 to the extramarital affair website in September 2013, followed by four separate payments of $14 each. They used Rader's email address, credit card, and a billing address linked to the Terrell, Texas house regularly seen in Rader's posts.
In between the account opening and its closure in November 2013, Rader and his wife, Nia, celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary and the birth of their second child.
Soon after, they posted the first of numerous daily YouTube videos centered on their biblical beliefs. A pair of videos released this summer catapulted the Raders' into viral stardom. One shows Rader dropping a pregnancy test into a toilet after Nia forgot to flush. Rader documented Nia's "surprised" reaction to the positive test on camera, though neither claims it was staged.
They released a second video days later, tearfully telling their 360,000 subscribers of an apparent miscarriage. The Daily Mail points out that Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan spoke about their own miscarriages around the same time. The Raders' scolded skeptics, saying they were being targeted because of their faith.
A recently-released video entitled "IS MY WIFE A TROPHY?" has Rader passionately saying how he wants to be a good role model for his daughter.
"I want to be the man that I want my daughter to marry," he says. "That's something that's been on my mind lately, as far as when she asks me anything, or when it comes to like doing things with her, or being an example in front of her with Nia."
"Because I feel like she's absorbing more things lately than before; I feel like it's really important now that I'm being a good man to Nia and to the family, and that she sees what a real man needs to be."
The Raders' were in Seattle for a Vlogger conference as news broke over the weekend. According to Gawker, Sam Rader first said he never threatened anyone but later admitted to threatening at least one person. He claims a group of vloggers ridiculed him on Twitter, telling them "You need to watch out before he messes with my family."
Vlogger Fair program director, Liz Bradshaw, didn't specify why Sam and Nia left early but did say the event prides itself as a place "where our guests and community feel welcome and safe."
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