What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News
and according to reports, Jake Paul's Los
Angeles home was searched and raided by the
FBI this morning.
Alright, so if you follow Jake Paul, you have
probably seen some of the controversy he’s
been tangled up in in recent months.
Earlier this summer he was charged with criminal
trespassing and unlawful assembly after he
was seen at an Arizona mall while it was being
looted.
According to NBC News, at the time, the Scottsdale
Police Department's statement said that it
quote "received hundreds of tips and videos
identifying" Jake Paul as "a participant in
the riot."
Jake later put out a statement on Twitter
saying that he wasn’t involved in any looting
or vandalism, but rather he and his friends
were a part of the peaceful protests.
Regardless, that wasn’t the only drama Jake
has been caught up in lately.
He’s also faced harsh criticism for throwing
massive house parties during a global pandemic.
Jake lives in Los Angeles, which is one of
the cities that’s being hit hardest by COVID
with thousands of new cases a day, yet he
told Insider that he’s quote, “not the
type of person who’s gonna sit around and
not live my life.”
But there have been no masks or signs of social
distancing seen at Jake’s parties, so the
Mayor of Calabasas had to get involved.
Mayor Alicia Weintraub said quote, “It wasn’t
just myself who was outraged, it was everyone
who saw the video.
They’re having this large party, no social
distancing, no masks, it’s just a big huge
disregard for everything that everybody is
trying to do to get things back to functioning.
It’s really just a party acting like COVID
does not exist, it’s acting that businesses
aren’t closed.”
The mayor went on to say that she’s been
getting tons of phone calls from residents
about the party.
And as a result, Mayor Alicia Weintraub said
that she was working with the Sheriff’s
department to ensure that moving forward,
there will be a zero-tolerance policy on house
parties that violate health orders.
She said quote, “No gatherings will be tolerated
like this.
Something like this will not happen again.”
But this doesn’t seem like it’s stopped
Jake from wanting to continue to quote “live
his life.”
This morning, TMZ reported that Jake’s L.A.
home was the scene of an early morning FBI
raid.
And if you don’t know what that means…
I’ll tell you, IT’S SERIOUS!
At this time, it’s unclear why the FBI raided
his home, or what the authorities are looking
for, but FBI agents are on the ground taking
a look around Jake’s property.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Jake's
house in Calabasas is currently being searched
by the feds and that a search warrant has
been issued to do so.
The sources are also unsure if Jake was home
during the raid, but it was made clear that
this raid isn’t a prank or a part of one
of Jake’s YouTube stunts.
TMZ is reporting that this FBI search is real
this time and that they felt they had reason
to search his home.
Apparently, whatever the FBI was looking for
on Jake’s property required a lot of backup
because there were reportedly at least 20
feds on the ground executing the search warrant.
There is still no word of arrests made or
if any property or evidence was taken, but
Jake hasn’t been seen in any of the TMZ
photos or videos.
And fans on Twitter have pointed out that
Jake is supposedly in Las Vegas and has been
publicly posting from there for the past few
days.
So they may be looking for something in his
house rather than Jake himself.
Since this news first broke, there have been
photos of officers carrying multiple guns
off the property.
The local ABC News station tweeted this photo
and wrote quote, “Authorities have seized
multiple firearms from the Calabasas home
of YouTube Star Jake Paul after the FBI served
a search warrant early this morning”
Fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts
on all of this like this person who wrote
quote, “Can't believe im saying this but
he should be more like logan”
This person tweeted about Jake saying quote,
“keeps getting worse n worse for this guy”
And this Twitter user wrote “karma for not
carrying about rona n wanting to live ur “life”
And while fans have made their feelings clear
about this situation, it’s still unclear
why the FBI agents were searching Jake’s
property in the first place.
Obviously this is a developing story and we
will keep you guys posted as news breaks.
But for now, if you want more on Jake Paul,
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And let us know down below what you think
about all this.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!
