Logan Paul said "the system failed" a stalker who once broke into his home after he was stunned to learn the man reportedly "died by suicide".
Back in 2018, the YouTube star-turned WWE wrestler was left shaken after he was targeted by a man who was allegedly "obsessed with him" and had to perform a citizen's arrest in his own home. The man, known as Tahj Deondre Speight, had walked into his home and took a nap on the couch before being spotted by the YouTuber, according to a video he made about the incident at the time.
Logan confronted the intruder and reportedly "wrestled him to the ground". He then detained him in his £5.1m Los Angeles home, which he's since moved out of, until police arrived and arrested him. "It did shake me up a little bit it's very weird having someone invade your privacy and their motive being unclear," he said in the video.
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Logan eventually decided to press charges, "beef up" his security and filed a restraining order against Speight, who was sentenced to 45 days behind bars. But speaking to TMZ recently, he recalled the ordeal and revealed he "empathised" with him.
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During an interview for TMZ Investigates: Obsessed and Dangerous: Hollywood’s Stalker Crisis recently, he said: "It was pretty clear right off the rip that this was a mentally unstable human and so you do your best to exercise a little grace in that scenario, but then it's hard because you've been violated." But the social media sensation was then told the trespasser died in 2019 by apparently taking his own life.
Logan was visibly affected by the news as he revealed he didn't know about it before the interview. "Heavy...I didn't know he died," he said.
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Logan looked away from the camera momentarily before continuing: "I'd say the system definitely failed him for sure. I didn't even know he died and the first thing I said was this is obviously an unstable individual and I'd like to empathise with him as much as I can.
He said Speight should have been taken care of in a "better way" as he added: "Whatever mental facility, whatever protocol was put in place to try to help this individual obviously failed and that's a shame."
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