Hey y’all, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. with Clevver News, and following the news that Jake Paul
had taken part in looting and riots in Scottsdale, he has now officially been charged by police
for his wrongdoings.
It’s basically written loud and clear in the ‘Influencer 101’ rulebook that there
will always be another set of eyes on you at all hours of the day, and earlier this
week, Jake Paul learned this lesson the hard way.
While in Scottsdale with some friends last weekend, Jake was caught on camera taking
part in the looting and rioting inside the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall after it was
closed.
The videos in question show Jake and his buddies clearly setting off fireworks, and someone
even handing him a bottle of stolen vodka from a P.F. Chang’s.
Many fans took to social media as the video went viral, to confirm that Jake was, in fact,
participating in the looting, like one user who wrote, “Some people were saying Jake
Paul didn’t stay or wasn’t doing anything wrong but here he is very clearly at Fashion
Square lighting fireworks with friends. all of this for content.”
Now, police are confirming that Jake was identified as being present after hundreds of tips and
videos were sent in to officials. Officials say that Jake “was present after
the protest was declared an unlawful assembly and the rioters were ordered to leave the
area by police.” Because of this, Jake has officially been
charged with criminal trespassing and unlawful assembly, both of which are misdemeanor charges.
Just before being charged and after the video went viral, Jake took to social media to respond
to the allegations, claiming that he never even took part in the looting.
In a statement posted to Twitter, he wrote, “To be absolutely clear, neither I nor anyone
in our group was engaged in any looting or vandalism,” and claims he and his friends
were there to “share our experience and bring more attention to the anger felt in
every neighborhood we traveled through…”
Naturally, fans weren’t buying his statement, taking to Twitter to praise the people who
turned him in.
One user wrote, “I'm glad someone got this on video & that you posted it, because you
know he's going to try and talk his way out of this like he does everything else, and
now he can't say that he didn't take part. he was right there in the middle of it. participating
& cheering people on. sick.”
Another user tweeted, “He literally tried to break a window of a car inside the mall
and it's on video he's just straight lying. He was also hyping up the people doing most
of the looting going woo and making loud noises and getting all excited. Never seen someone
so dumb”
But what might be the saddest reality of it all, is what another user pointed out, saying,
“They charged him quicker than Derek Chauvin.”
Another response came from Jake’s brother Logan, who addressed the looting during his
most recent Impaulsive podcast earlier this week.
While discussing the ongoing protests and current issues our country is dealing with,
Logan switched gears to chat about Jake and his recent actions.
Logan went on to add, “Why he was inside of a mall that was being looted, I have no
idea.”
He also revealed that after talking to Jake on the phone, Jake explained that he was out
at a dinner that was next to the mall, and that QUOTE, “Although it’s very unfortunate,
it’s also very on brand for Jake Paul to magically be seen at a looting site.”
BUT, although Logan doesn’t agree with the fact that Jake was at a looting site and stuck
around long enough for videos to be taken, he did stand up for Jake by relaying to his
viewers QUOTE, “You are a f***ing moron, if you think my brother was actively participating
in looting.”
Many viewers immediately disagreed with Logan, considering Jake’s destructive past, as
did Logan’s co-host Mike Majlak, who interrupted his soapbox speech with another interesting
point.
He poses a pretty solid argument, but going back to the real issue at hand, we can only
hope that Jake is able to learn from his recent actions, and use his platform moving forward
to spread awareness, donate, or educate himself on the protesting caused by such injustice.
And with our platform, we here at Clevver also stand against all injustices experienced
by members of the black community.
We proudly stand with George Floyd and the many other black people who have tragically
lost their lives due to the color of their skin.
We’ve linked some resources and places to donate down in the description below and we
will continue to cover these stories and take part in these conversations.
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up against injustice!
And feel free to share your thoughts on all Jake’s recent scandal down here in the comments.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys.