YouTuber Jake Paul breaks social media silence after FBI seized multiple firearms during home raid
SOCIAL media celebrity Jake Paul has broken his silence after his home was raided by FBI agents who seized multiple firearms.
Paul, who has more than 20million subscribers on YouTube, shared a clip of himself with the caption “me logging onto social media this week,” on his latest Instagram story.
On Wednesday, a public information officer confirmed to The Sun that the Los Angeles FBI is “executing a federal search warrant in connection with an ongoing investigation” regarding Paul’s protesting arrest in Scottsdale, Arizona, in May.
A year before the raid, Paul, 23, was hit with a federal tax lien in the amount of $2,055,714, The Sun revealed recently.
A clerk for the Los Angeles County Recorder confirmed to The Sun that the July 2019 lien remains unpaid.
Jake is also currently involved in a legal war regarding his song Litmas.
In December 2019, Jake was sued for copyright infringement by music producers Jonathan Pakfar, Shane Eli Abrahams and Erik Belz.
In court papers obtained by The Sun, the Plaintiffs claimed the former Disney channel star “copyrighted the master recording and composition in its entirety in Paul’s song Litmas” from their 2015 song “Bad Santa.”
On July 23, Jake denied the allegations against him. The case remains ongoing.
Jake also recently came under fire for throwing a massive house party despite coronavirus cases spiking in California.
Videos showed dozens of guests crowded inside the mansion with no masks or social distancing measures.
In video taken from a home nearby, a neighbor can be heard saying: “All of them are over there hanging out. No masks, no nothing.”
Jake has been hit with noise complaints from neighbors in the past, as he was accused of hosting massive crowds of screaming fans and even setting furniture on fire in his swimming pool.
The complaints resulted in his firing from Disney series Bizaardvark.
Paul’s 15,000-square-foot property boasts eight bedrooms and sits on 3.5 acres of land in the quiet LA suburb.
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The palatial pad, which was built before he was born in 1990, has featured heavily on his YouTube channel and recently been the subject of much criticism after he threw a party there amid the coronavirus pandemic.
While social distancing measures and masks were nowhere in sight, the clips that emerged on social media in June showcased the home’s incredibly high ceilings and large rooms.
In footage that circulated online, dozens can also be seen crowded at close quarters around a television in his spacious living room to watch a UFC match.