Christopher Saccoccia, widely referred to as Chris Sky, is a Canadian social media personality known for his involvement in the anti-mask, anti-lockdown, COVID-19 denial and anti-vaccine movements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[1] Saccoccia faces a number of legal issues and criminal charges including for allegations of uttering death threats against Ontario Premier Doug Ford and other public figures and for assault of a police officer, among others.
[8] During the summer of 2021, Saccoccia joined an Italian online movement against lockdown and COVID's prevention measures called Mattonisti by putting a brick emoji after his Twitter's account name.
[17] Saccoccia can be heard stating which doctor gave him the exemption while in a public video he posted to his Telegram account from the day he and his wife were detained by West Edmonton Mall security for failing to obey a no trespass order on Saturday December 4, 2021.
He also suggested the Ukraine biolabs conspiracy theory was true and made fun of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's acting career.
[30] Saccoccia later travelled to the Maritimes for planned rallies and on October 9, 2020, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested him following a disturbance on his flight into Moncton, New Brunswick.
He was scheduled to attend an event in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 11, however he was escorted back to the airport and took a flight leaving the region.
[31] On January 24, 2021, Saccoccia was charged with being a common nuisance and four counts of public mischief following an anti-mask event in Toronto.
[35][36] He was charged with breach of undertaking under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act,[37] and was released the following Tuesday with a future court date.
The Winnipeg Police Service stated that they arrested Saccoccia on a warrant for contravention of the Public Health Act that was issued in May, as he had violated Manitoba's self-isolation requirements for people entering the province, and attended an anti-mask rally that violated restrictions that limited outdoor gatherings to a maximum of ten people.
Before his arrest, Saccoccia posted on Twitter, blaming the “deep state” conspiracy as the reason behind his decision to surrender to police.
[51] According to screenshots posted in a piece on Saccoccia by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, he has engaged online in rhetoric regarding Holocaust denial and antisemitism, anti-black racism, Islamophobia, homophobia and transphobia.
[54] Following his arrest in Thunder Bay, Saccocia and his associates demanded free food at a restaurant in Sault Ste.
[37] The Forks Market in Winnipeg closed its doors on April 25, 2021, in response to safety concerns caused by Saccocia's group during a rally.