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
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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.
