Jake Paul was seen on video during a looting on Saturday night in Scottsdale, Arizona. Because of his involvement in the vandalism, he has formally been charged.
"We filmed everything we saw in an effort to share our experience and bring more attention to the anger felt in every neighborhood we traveled through," said Paul about why he was there. "We were strictly documenting, not engaging."
Despite his claims, his presence was enough for the police to formally charge him with two misdemeanor offenses.
According to KTAR News, Scottsdale police has charged Jake Paul with trespassing and unlawful assembly after he was spotted on the premises of a closed shopping mall during a looting.
His brother, Logan Paul, has since said that he should not have been present and Jake defended himself by stating that he did not participate in the looting.
The police had received hundreds of tips, identifying the 23-year-old YouTube star as a participant in the riot though.
More than 20 arrests have been issued after shop windows and more were destroyed by a mob of people at the mall. The facility closed at 5 PM and Jake Paul was spotted there at 10 PM.
Read his full statement below.
Jake Paul Catches Heat For Being In Middle Of Arizona Mall Looting
Jake Paul found himself in a peculiar situation on Saturday night.
Jake Paul might have millions of young fans all around the world but on social media and beyond, he tends to get a lot of hate. It’s easy to see why as his antics are always getting him into trouble and his attitude seems entitled at best. Regardless, Paul is everywhere these days as he is constantly looking for content for his YouTube page.
On Saturday night, Paul found himself in Arizona, more specifically, at a mall in Scottsdale. This mall was being looted while Paul was there and he got caught in the middle of all of it. In this video provided to TMZ, Paul can be seen watching the protesters destroy stores and steal items. While Paul doesn’t actually partake in any of the lootings, you can clearly see he is amazed by what he’s witnessing.
People on social media seemed to be quite outraged by Paul’s involvement as they felt he is too rich to be looting like this. Once again, he wasn’t actually stealing or destroying anything but social media was upset, regardless.
Since the killing of George Floyd, protests have been occurring all across the nation as people are demanding real change. Hopefully, this change happens sooner rather than later.
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Gigi Hadid Drags Jake Paul After He Comes For Zayn Malik
Jake Paul alleged a heated encounter between him and Zayn Malik on Saturday night.
Jake Paul is no novice at stirring the pot; he is a YouTube personality after all. He is also the guy that desperately tried to incite a boxing match with Soulja Boy. Given his track record, it makes sense that he attempted to expose Zayn Malik on Twitter on Sunday morning (Feb. 23).
According to Paul, he approached Malik at a function and the singer treated him very poorly, which had Paul ready to throw hands. Paul tweeted, "almost had to clap up zane from 1 direction because he is a little guy and has an attitude and basically told me to fuck off for no reason when I was being nice to him.... zane ik you’re reading this... stop being angry cause u came home alone to ur big ass hotel room hahaha."
In a follow-up tweet, Paul provided more details about Malik's tempermental behaviour. "bro he literally started yelling and freaking the fuck out 'you wanna test me mate' lol I feel bad for childhood stars."
It was then proven that Paul has no reason to pity Malik for being lonely because his girlfriend Gigi Hadid came to his defence. Hadid ruthlessly clapped back at Paul with the following tweet: "Lol cause he doesn’t care to hang w you and your embarrassing crew of YouTube groupies ..? Home alone with his best friends like a respectful king cause he has me, sweetie. Unbothered by your irrelevant ugly ass. Go to bed..."
That's that on that.
