HOT NYC Realtor and Influencer Erik Van Conover Collapse in Complete

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A YouTube video? Gurl where is the article, I am not going to watch that

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R2 Girl, he's a famous YouTuber with almost 3 million followers, that's where you will find him. The world has changed, no one delivers milk door to door anymore either. Please make a not of it.

I'm with R2. Nine minutes of YT blather plus commercials? I could read a synopsis in less than a minute.

Whine like a little bitch, r4.

In a nutshell: H was pulled over for speeding somewhere in New Hampshire and when the cop got out of the car, he ran the cop over and them ran off. He got 30 miles away when they caught him. Cop is still alive

Meth is a hell of a drug, R7.

Here's an article since the OP didn't know how to post one.

Realtor has even outed him, say goodby to all those high end billion dollar listings.

Drugs or mental illness?

He got arrested for DUI just a few days before this incident. Open container, too.

Local NH news re: his arraignment

Seriously cray here. Closed-door competency hearing yesterday. Still in “protective custody”

He sounds mentally ill.

I hope they send him to a prison with a decent gym.

R10, that was a really disappointing use of the word “outed”.

[quote]He sounds mentally ill.

He sounds crazy as a loon. "Mom ... look at me!"

You're in the shithouse now pal.

He's an idiot whom looks good in a suit. In other words, a better looking, better dressed idiot of a realtor than most. I can't want his speedy videos because he slaughters architectural terms and concepts and blathers like a blonde in a bikini -- only really fast, and yet the videos are far too long, whizzing past the interesting bits to offer painfully stupid observations.

Meth.

Enes would never!

*who looks good in a suit

*I can't watch

R2 is like Eldergay's stupid sis in law and husband, they mince and look down their noses when you mention YT, they be dead soon, that's good, they're trumpers and I hate them.

He's a good friend of Chris Hemsworth.

Will his cell have a park or city view?

Wow, that's a while lot of CRAZY in the video at R13!

What in the hell is wrong with him?

[quote]"I have everything right here, and it's all falsified," Conover said during his arraignment. If anyone dares try to test my mental competence, I will eviscerate every single person with my intelligence right now," he said. "And that's not being egotistical."

Sounds like meth psychosis to me - sure buddy. So smart of you to hit and run a cop.

Will Bravo offer him a show? Million Dollar Fisting: Federal Prison.

Good looking guy.

Traveled around the world.

Millions of subscribers and viewers which means lots of ad revenue/money.

Crazy as hell.

He had a hot ass but he couldn't be free forever

[quote]Sounds like meth psychosis to me - sure buddy. So smart of you to hit and run a cop.

Apparently he has been a menace in NYC lately (attacking people) and he proudly announced that he had stopped taking his schizophrenia/bipolar medication on Instagram.

That explains why his mom was there trying to calm him down; they know he's mentally ill.

I need a new cellmate!

[quote]is like Eldergay's stupid sis in law and husband, they mince and look down their noses when you mention YT, they be dead soon, that's good, they're trumpers and I hate them.

Dumbass some of us would rather quickly skim an article instead of having to sit and watch a damn video.

Here he is showing a $150,000,000 listing on W 57th Street in NYC.

He seems pretty professional and "normal."

[quote]He seems pretty professional and "normal."

He was probably still taking his meds.

You are trying to attack me because I like to read news r23, think about that.

Overly confident, very handsome, not terribly interesting once he speaks but 3 million followes. Ive met lots of influencers; they are just exceptionally good at the one thing but have no presence in real life. They can inform you of how to do something but can rately actually do it themselves. Its a really strange phenomenon.

R31, that drug he’s showing off is an antipsychotic. He’s schizophrenic. Amazing what a positive effect those drugs can have, but you have to stay on them.

Looking at R23 's posting history - and I'd blocked this account due to prior offensive posts - one reads a lot of homophobic and ageist rhetoric, along with a comment that suggests she is a woman. The syntax of many of the posts is contrived, as if she were trying to pretend to be either uneducated or foreign, or at least not herself.

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Erik Van Conover

"hot" - um, what??

This is the cop he hit according to the DM. It looks like the extra padding may have helped him survive.

Pinged him on Grindr here in NYC. No answer then he blocked me. SMH.

R34 is off HER meds.

I feel sorry for the guy. He has real problems.

That "penthouse" at R34 is disgusting! I'm reminded of 1927's Metropolis, which has come true.

I think his meds were for bipolar I not schizophrenia. It is prescribed for both and helps manage the manic side of bipolar. He went off and now sounds grandiose. Heavy drinking as is often done to mitigate mania. Extreme mania can include psychotic symptoms too.

[quote] He's an idiot whom looks good in a suit.

Not really, his suits were ill-fitting. Way too tight.

who the fuck?

When people with issues like his are off their meds and thus their rockers, do they see their behavior accurately - as others have, as here - or is there some kind of, I dunno, disconnect between what’s obvious thus allowing them to maybe not exactly rationalize those behaviors but somehow justify them or are they ever capable of seeing themselves as others do, presumably when they’re back on track however (drugs, therapy, whatever) they get there?

Perhaps not coincidentally, at 12:50 in R34's video he pauses for a message from the video's sponsor - BetterHealth!

[QUOTE]or is there some kind of, I dunno, disconnect between what’s obvious

R49 - Yes, it's the nature of psychosis. Psychotic episodes can consist of visual and auditory hallucinations and/or delusions - ideas so out of touch with reality that the person experiencing them is the only one or one of few who believes it. Bipolar folks have grand delusions and egomania. Sometimes, if far gone, they may also develop hallucinations.

R51 poorly phrased, I’m sure, but my question is can they come back from the point where they not dealing with reality to a place where they can appreciate their actions - however real they seemed or may still seem to them - as inappropriate, whether with drugs and or therapy, and not just return to fairly normal functioning but also have an appreciation that their behavior was off the charts in terms of appropriateness. Not so much, “take your meds and you won’t do the things like that” but insight as to how that behavior led, here, to ten or twelve days in jail so far and what sounded like a 5150 hearing to determine his competency held on Tuesday.

Short way to ask: can one come back from that level of delusions/hysteria and not only regain normal function well enough, let’s say, to go back to his RE job, but also appreciate what he was doing when he was delusional or hallucinating? Perhaps by viewing the tape @ R13?

Is he bi or DL? I remember when that blone girl used to shoot with him at the apartments and they had a messy breakup. He hasn't been linked to anyone since then. I'm not getting fully straight vibes at all.

Sorry R53, meant "blond girl" -- anyway found out he did have a third relationship after Hanna the blond. He broke up with her (Geraldine) as well.

I’m with R2. I’m not watching that crap.

Pity.

He seemed so much less smarmy than Ryan Serhant or Fredrik Eklund.

R52- one can bounce back from a delusional episode. you have to take your meds and not willfully indulge in self-harming habits, but there are people all around you that have had episodes like this and you are probably completely unaware of them.

will he return to being a high powered celebrity broker? probably not. but the first step is get whatever condition it is stabilized with the correct rx meds, and stop with the illegal drugs he’s putting into his body. he clearly juices and steroids are well known to fuck with one’s head (roid rage).

[quote] When people with issues like his are off their meds and thus their rockers, do they see their behavior accurately

No. It’s the same as being on drugs.

Hopefully they sentence him to a mental health facility.

The offense he’s being held for happened in New Hampshire. The state’s motto is “Live Free or Die”

They emphasize the former over the latter: no sales or income tax.

I don’t think they spend a lot on mental health facilities up there.

[quote]When people with issues like his are off their meds and thus their rockers, do they see their behavior accurately

Nope and as for events, it varies.

Some may recall things they said or did but not feel like they had any control over those things, or rather weren't in the "driver's seat," some only vaguely recall things they said or did and some have no idea at all. Sometimes it's a combination of all three.

[quote] can one come back from that level of delusions/hysteria and not only regain normal function well enough, let’s say, to go back to his RE job, but also appreciate what he was doing when he was delusional or hallucinating?

Yes, if they're on their meds but if you've known someone before they had this (grew up with them) and after, they're quite a bit different. They can live functional lives but regular therapy helps as well as (which is required) regular psychiatric evaluations.

The bigger problem is that you constantly have to check in with these people to make sure they're okay. So if your parents or siblings are too into their own lives and your medication needs change then you have to trust your therapist or psychiatrist will catch it. If they don't then your friends or family should. It's a real bitch of a problem.

The few people I’ve known in these situation either rationalize it (“I may have overreacted; but those assholes drove me to it”) or say they don’t recall the details I relate.

Crazy eyes…

Wow he is really really insane. I cannot imagine having this level of mental illness. I mean you go off your meds and you are completely deranged. Incredibly frightening.

I've come to this thread to throw a little water on the fires of some of these over the top speculations.

Steroids don't cause the sorts of behaviors you see in Conover. They don't even contribute to them. No causal effect of steroids on violent behavior has been found, as much as you hear about it from unvetted sources. What is most likely is that steroid abusers already have a psychological profile that predisposes them to aggressive behavior. The steroids only contribute to their self-image as being big, bad and tough.

One needs to be careful when diagnosing bipolar disorder in stimulant abusers, because the effects of, for instance, meth or cocaine abuse closely mimic the effects of BP - especially crystal meth. This was a big problem in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, when mental health professionals weren't familiar with the effects of crystal meth, and misdiagnosed drug abusers as having BP. Drug abuse masks and/or confuses the symptoms of other mental health conditions, leading to further diagnostic difficulty. For instance, chronic meth abuse causes paranoia and disordered thinking, but it's not schizophrenia.

Conover may have a major mental illness, but until he's clean, it won't be easy to tease out whether it's something like BP or maybe schizophrenia, or maybe just too much ice. Like many successful SM types and real estate people, he's overconfident. The drug use amplifies this grandiose behavior.

R65 - but he posted that he stopped taking his psychotic medications a few weeks ago. When we have that evidence, it's better to go with that than to presume drug abuse.

He could have been drinking as well or taking some drugs, but people are prescribed these meds for a reason.

R65, the psych meds can reduce the effects of stimulants. I'm still going with drug abuse, whether or not experiencing mental illness. This story is super reminiscent of that of the late G. Bruno, who lived a similar influencer lifestyle, abused drugs and maybe was mentally ill, and then (allegedly) killed somebody with his car, before fatally injuring himself in another vehicular misadventure.

I could also go on and on and on and on about my brother-in-law, who is a poster child for this sort of dual diagnosis lifestyle. It's difficult to tease out which behaviors are drug influenced and which are MI influenced. But it's obvious from 2 decades of observation that even though still nuts, he's much more tame when he's not abusing drugs, even during the times he's off his meds. Meth sends his delusions, grandiosity and aggression through the roof.

Of course people are prescribed psych meds for reasons. But I'm also aware through personal and professional observation that misdiagnosing stimulant abusers with bipolar disorder is a real thing and still happens frequently. If I had it my way, anybody about to receive a dx of BP (or schizoaffective disorder) would be drug tested first and repeatedly to rule out SA. That rarely happens. But it did happen in the case of my BIL, who for good reason was given a court ordered 2-month inpatient detox and another year and a half of compulsory psych meds and weekly drug monitoring and therapy. This helped him a great deal, but I admit that this sort of treatment plan is resource intensive and not typical.

[quote]I'm still going with drug abuse, whether or not experiencing mental illness.

He is an alcoholic. His exes have all had issues with him and at least one talked about the alcohol. However, he had the later ones sign NDAs which his last one discussed.

Beyond that, he himself, talked about sobriety and would share updates on his journey. He was about to hit 4 years.

However, he is a right winger who decided that the "science" told him he didn't need his antipsychotics anymore.

A couple of weeks ago someone posted about him yelling at them in a park.

People didn't believe that person, until now.

Active addicts often talk about their recovery. Preach, even. It means nothing in terms of their actual sobriety or lack thereof. What they don't talk about is their current SA, which they hide. Wise people never take an addict at their word, especially regarding their substance use.

Dual diagnosed people will frequently abuse any and all substances they can get their hands on: Alcohol, pain meds, muscle relaxants, stimulants, MJ, etc. Usually many types at a time.

Van C. may or may not be abusing substances. He needs and deserves help regardless. I'm only explaining how SA and MI are difficult to tease apart, even for professionals; and to provide evidence of how common it is for people with MI to also abuse drugs. I also provided some personal observations how DD people present IRL.

In the case of my BIL, he presented with behavior equally as crazy and violent as Conover. But he only behaved this way when he was high. When he was sober (but still schizoaffective), he was not as combative or threatening. I realize that one could be this aggressive without the use of substances. But it is far less common.

I understand what you're doing R69, and that's fine but your perspective is not the only one.

I'm only going by what has actually happened and what was actually said [italic]without[/italic] relying on anecdotal experience.

People have been following what was going on with this guy for months after his exes started speaking out.

You have a wonderful weekend.

I love that he upgraded himself from “”Erik Conover” to “Erik Van Conover.” So posh, so Gilded Age.

Proof that being a big real estate agent just requires being good looking and being able to speak well

[quote] he clearly juices and steroids are well known to fuck with one’s head (roid rage).

What? There is nothing extraordinary about his build that suggests he’s using steroids.

Why does every fat cunt automatically assume that everyone who goes to a gym and is in decent shape is doing steroids? I think it’s because they know they’re fat and fucking lazy and therefore the people who actually put in the work *aren’t* working hard, they’re “cheating”.

r52, r51 here. I'm sorry I didn't respond. This thread disappeared from my thread watcher.

I agree with everything that's been said. What I'd add is that what he needs is long term psychiatric hospitalization to stabilize, at least six months with a long stay in a halfway house and intensive follow-up. He needs containment if he's to be treated successfully. Well, he's going to get the containment now.

One of the problems of getting people who are so delusional and psychotic into treatment involves commitment laws. It's hard to hospitalize someone unless they're a danger to themselves or others. Some people have to decompensate to that point before intervention occurs. Also, they do have the right to refuse medication unless under conservatorship (Britney).

Thanks, R9.

The guy, however hot he might or might not be, sounds like an antisocial loon with more than a couple screws loose:

"At his arraignment, Conover adamantly said on video, "If anyone dares try to test my mental competence, I will eviscerate every single person with my intelligence right now and that's not being egotistical.'"

R75, you know what always say, in court only crazy people claim to be sane.

I feel for this guy, I really do. Apparently when off his meds (the drinking is probably a form of self-medication) he goes into badass mode. I am very glad the police officer wasnt seriously hurt. Im glad too he hasn’t hurt anyone else, but that scene in the park and dui s are frightening. He needs to be separated out from society for a while to get stabilized.i hope in tine he can rebuild his life and go back to living his dreams.

I’m sure many people feel the same way you do, R77, but the question here is if he feels that way, too, and then can he do the work and gain the insight necessary to accomplish that?

Given how public his chosen role has been up to now, another question is whether or not he can redeem himself with his audience. No idea what he’ll ultimately be charged with and/or convicted of, but besides the DUI, if it’s attempted murder or manslaughter on the cop that probably means his broker’s license is gone.

R78 R77 here. You’re right of course. But in terms of his license it’s not what he’s charged with, but what he’s convicted of. His attorney needs to broker a NGRI deal-that’s not guilty by readon of insanity. He was apparently having a scozophrenic episode, the should be doeabke. He’ll spend time in a state mental health facility, where he needs to be. This is not an instant get out of jail free card. He can’t take a coupke pills and a few eeeks later get released because he’s been restored to normalcy. It’s not that simple.. He’ll be there for a while, but the important thing is that he will not have been convicted of a felony. Problem is, there are a dozen good looking men with licenses in NYC who even now are competing to take over EVC’s YouTube niche.

R49

My dad is a psychiatrist and I once asked him - kind of playing the devil’s advocate - why schizophrenics didn’t attempt to hide their hallucinations. Why didn’t they perceive they were “different” than others and tamp it down? I think I was referring to a film character at the time but extrapolated it out to real life.

Anyway, the simplest answer is that their reality is the only correct one. They don’t have the capacity or insight to say, “hey, people look at me funny when I’m talking to the purple bunny walking alongside me but that’s their problem because he’s right here so I’m going to keep talking to it.”

In Blithe Spirit, the Rex Harrison character is caught several times by his current wife talking to his dead wife and he eventually learns (IIRC) to hide her existence for a time. That film trope has always frustrated me - you know it looks weird so hide it from others who aren’t yet in on the secret!

R31 Exactly what I was thinking. He's bipolar and stopped taking his medication. Had a BFF like that. They take EVERY drug under the sun but the one they need. Seeing someone you care about like is traumatizing. It would not be easy to date someone like that. His poor parents have been put through the ringer.

At least on his YouTube commentary on historic properties, he came off a bit stupid and lazy, even by realtor standards. Not the dumbest of a dumb lot, but not in the top tiers.

But it's horrible to see someone, anyone so out of command of himself. And to realize that not matter how careful and attentive he could have been to looking after his mental health and staying on his meds, he was never very far from real madness. Of course that doesn't begin to excuse running over a man. It doesn't mean he's a nice person under it all. It's not about making apologies only having a bit of compassion for how terrible mental illness can be and how close to the surface.

From my understanding he had a short career as a realtor then gave up his license and became a blogger of luxury real estate. Maybe he switched back to being licensed at some point, but his business/incone was principally in making videos.

Ugh. I live in Hudson, NY and it’s filled with twisted real estate queens like this.

[quote] Maybe he switched back to being licensed at some point, but his business/incone was principally in making videos.

And he got access to those high end properties by letting Ryan Serhant suck his cock.

“I will eviscerate every single person with my intelligence right now.”

Can this be the new DataLounge tagline?

I’m seeing lots of evidence that he’s straight but also bi but also gay.

Been looking around on Reddit, etc. but still confused. Does he have a string of ex-girlfriends or not? Was he actually on Grindr or not?

Eshvisharate!

[quote] “I will eviscerate every single person with my intelligence right now.”

[quote]Can this be the new DataLounge tagline?

I would have taken back every bad thing I’ve posted about him if he’d told the court “I will have you EJECTED into SPACE!”

“…and that’s not being egotistical.”

Assuming as I am that his IMDb biography is self-written it ends on a bit of a grandiose note linking him to his tenth great grandfather, Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven who had a tract of land in Brooklyn near what is now JFK Airport, “though history often skips his name.”

I’m also assuming someone besides Erik listed the “I will eviscerate” quote shown there.

[QUOTE]Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven

What a coincidence. Anastasia Beaverhausen also references him as an ancestor in her bio.

He was a hot bi-guy most likely with a huge cock and a freak in the sheets. But sadly most of those guys have internalized biphobia or mental issues which outweighs the amazing sex you'll get from them several times daily. Speaking from experience.

He had such an impressive and successful career built up and he threw it all away due to a bad impulsive instinct due to to schizophrenia or bipolar.

In the vid at r82 he talks about being the first and largest Youtube channel in the "real estate space," but little did he know he was about to be surpassed by Enes.

He had good chemistry with Ryan Serhant.

It’s been a while now. He’s probably on his meds I wonder how he’s doing?

“Behind bars” is all I see, and that was datelined March 25. I was thinking about him the other day, too. No idea what kind of confinement or care he’s getting. His competency exam was closed door, too.

R96, detention often works for people like him, at least in the short term, because he's kept medicated.

R96 Usually such detention is in a locked psyc ward.

R95 probably put on some weight with those meds and no place to exercise.

R99 That’s what I’m afraid of. He needs to keep his hotness.

Our boy, or st leadt my boy was denied bail. I suppose that's for the best. Se ding goid vibes, cyber hugs and a cake with a saw insude.

Is "hot NYC realtor" code for prostitute?

Drunk throw early, R101?

I don't think it's even code at this point, r102.

where are the dick pics?

On his youtube channel.

I hate the repeated use of "guys" the YouTuber embraces. So chummy, so personal.

Whoa shit, that is sad, the video of Erik raving and melting down at R13. Apparently he was like that for hours. He was hot when he was hot, but that's way too much psycho on top of running over a cop.

And even on a superficial level you can look at that haggard face and see he's not too many life chapters away from turning into either a mentally ill old man or offing himself.

I suppose it’s unlikely, but is there any chance that his behavior in OP’s video is an act, in order to plead not guilty by reason of insanity - or to be found mentally incompetent to stand trial?

He just wanted to smoke some weed in the White Mountains. And the cop he hit is back to work.

R98 Private pay rehab at a presumably secure facility which has or soon will end after which he’ll return to jail. At a hearing last week he was again denied bail.

David Muir's 256 West 4th Street town house is for sale. Is his partner, the real estate agent, handling the sale?

Is Erik bi?

Crack is whack.

What are the odds Erik will end up selling bussy?

Ill be his first customer.

R109 if he's found incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness, he will be treated with psych meds and monitored and evaluated until the shrinks say he is competent for trial.

This explains his rigorous workouts and dedication to physical perfection. Most guys like that have something mental going on behind the drugs.

I wish I could post the Tribeca loft tour he did with Ryan Serhant, but Erik put it as Members Only. They had a nice chemistry.

Were they fucking during the loft tour R118?

No they weren't lol, at least not on camera.

Who's gonna take of Erik when his parents pass away?

The State of New York?

Or New Hampshire depending on how long he’s there.

R122, no one looks after people like this. They can wind up perpetually shuffling between the ER and jail.

R122 That's true. I'm hoping after he is stabilized and stays on his meds he'll be ok long term. I think this attempted murder thing is way overblown. The officer was not badly hurt, not even hospitalized. Im hoping charges will be reduced and possibly get off without time, but he has to be on parole a long long long tibe, a condition of which is that he see's a psyc dr. Nurse pract, or pav weekly to ensure he is on his meds. This is the only way he'll escape your scenario. I understand mental illness and i truly feel for him.