On January 4, 2024, Christopher Charkowski, a video editor, was apprehended by the Los Angeles police and charged with child endangerment following an incident captured on his home surveillance camera, where he was seen physically assaulting his six-year-old son
However, he was released on bail within 24 hours. For those unversed, Christopher Charkowski, a crew member on the reality TV series Below Deck Mediterranean, is facing allegations of child abuse after a video surfaced showing him assaulting his son on a couch.
CCTV footage of video editor Christopher Charkowski beating his 6 year old son goes viral on Twitter/X
**TW** The POS in this video is Christopher Charkowski. He’s been arrested for beating his 6 year old son. pic.twitter.com/jK8fgPTuoX
— Robbie Harvey (@therobbieharvey) January 9, 2024
If convicted, court documents reveal he could be sentenced to up to six years in prison for the felony. Upon the news going viral, social media users condemned Charkowski for his violent actions towards a young child.
In response, a user named @antifaoperative, a family friend of Charkowski, initially brought attention to the incident in a tweet. Last Thursday, the 39-year-old video editor was arrested for his aggressive behavior towards his son, as captured on CCTV footage.
Subsequently charged with a felony, Charkowski was released on bail. A week later, the incident was highlighted on social media by Beks (@antifaoperative), a friend of Charkowski’s estranged wife Dara Faye Stransky.
The couple, separated for years and divorced in 2018, has four children together, including the abused son. Beks shared court document screengrabs, a one-minute video depicting Charkowski’s abusive actions, and his arrest record from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on her social media account.
The video showed an unidentified adult man repeatedly striking a child in a living room, with two other children and dogs present.
The thread also included a clip where Charkowski expressed disturbing thoughts to an older woman (presumed to be his mother) about wanting to harm his wife and himself. These revelations led to widespread online outrage against Christopher Charkowski.
Notably, Dara Faye Stransky, a politician who ran for the U.S. House of Congress in 2021, filed for divorce from Charkowski in 2018 and sued him for child support in 2014.
In her campaign, she emphasized the need for ordinary people, not business-oriented individuals, to represent the community. She remains active on social media, addressing various sociopolitical issues, and has shared that two of her four children with Charkowski are autistic.
It’s worth mentioning that Christopher Charkowski’s professional background, as per IMDb, includes work as a video editor for Below Deck Mediterranean, the TV show Jury Duty (2023), the reality series Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, and the TV special Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy, among other projects.