The Why Don’t We singer took the stand for the first time to testify about an alleged dark web murder-for-hire plot targeting him

Singer Jack Avery won a five-year restraining order and sole physical custody of his seven-year-old daughter on Wednesday after testifying that he was “very scared” of the girl’s mother, TikTok influencer Gabriela “Gabbie” Gonzalez, who is charged with conspiring to hire a hit man on the dark web to kill him.

“I’m overwhelmed and happy at the same time,” Avery, 27, a former member of the boy band Why Don’t We, told Rolling Stone after testifying in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom and hearing the judge’s ruling.

Judge Brenda Comer Robinson ruled in Avery’s favor after a two-day hearing , finding that Gonzalez had engaged in “clearly manipulative behavior that caused him emotional harm.” The judge also found that the couple’s daughter was “a direct victim of the abuse perpetrated by Ms.…