JAKE'S SHAKEDOWN
YOUTUBER Jake Paul's Los Angeles home has been raided by FBI in relation to his May protesting arrest, and guns have been seized from the residence, The Sun can confirm.
The social media influencer's Calabasas mansion was searched by law enforcement on Wednesday morning.
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A Public Information Officer for the Los Angeles FBI told The Sun: "FBI is executing a federal search warrant in connection with an ongoing investigation. The warrant affidavit is under seal."
A law enforcement source confirmed to The Sun that guns were seized in the raid.
The Phoenix FBI is investigating allegations of “criminal acts surrounding the incident at Scottsdale Fashion Square in May, 2020.”
The PIO continued in a statement to The Sun: “This morning the FBI executed federal search warrants in California and Las Vegas, Nevada in connection with this investigation.”
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Jake was hit with misdemeanor charges such as criminal trespassing and unlawful assembly from a May arrest.
Authorities confirmed the misdemeanor charges from the incident at Scottsdale Fashion Square riots have been dismissed without prejudice so "that a federal criminal investigation can be completed."
The statement to The Sun read: "The Scottsdale Police Department and Scottsdale City Attorney’s Office are coordinating with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona and the FBI to ensure that justice is served regarding criminal acts at Scottsdale Fashion Square on May 30,2020."
In photos obtained by TMZ, the 23-year-old's home can be seen surrounded by authorities, although it's unclear whether he was at home at the time.
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The early morning raid comes after Jake was criticized for throwing a massive house party amid California's coronavirus spike in July.
Footage showed dozens of youngsters crowded into the comedy star's LA mansion last month, none of them wearing masks or practicing social distancing.
In 2018, he and British personality Deji also fought the undercard at an amateur boxing bout between their older brothers, fellow YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI.
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Cases of the coronavirus continue to rise across California, with Los Angeles as the epicentre of the state's outbreak.
Yesterday saw the total number of people diagnosed in the state so far surge past 345,000, prompting a renewed shutdown of bars, restaurants, and gyms.
Almost 3,900 people have died in LA alone since the start of the pandemic.
In footage circulating online, crowds of people can be seen in the living room, kitchen, and garden of Paul's Calabasas home.
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Dozens can also be seen crowded at close quarters around a television to watch a UFC match.
In footage shot from a property nearby, a neighbor can be heard saying: "All of them are over there hanging out. No masks, no nothing."
Previous complaints of noise and parties from Paul's neighbors, and the negative publicity generated, saw him fired as an actor on Disney series Bizaardvark.
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His other antics include a skit in which he pretended to have been seriously injured while filming a segment to prank boxer friend Ryan Garcia.
After footage of Saturday's party emerged online, Calabasas Mayor Alicia Weintraub said that she and everyone who had seen it had been left "outraged", Fox 11 reported.
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“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,” she said.
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She added that she was working with the local sheriff's officer to ensure that in the future there would be a zero-tolerance policy towards house parties and other violations of health orders.
“No gatherings will be tolerated like this. Something like this will not happen again," she said.
YouTuber Jake Paul slammed for throwing massive house party amid coronavirus spike