YouTube stars continue to attract controversy and scandal as they all search for their next big hit.
The problem with YouTubers is that many of them are quite young and have had no professional training to do the job they do, and stories like this one highlight how immature some of them can be.
A Spanish YouTuber who goes under the name of ReSet, but is actually called Kanghua Ren, decided to pull a prank on a homeless person as part of a series of ‘funny’ videos.
ReSet boasts of more than a million followers from around the world and was hoping to boost that number with his latest prank, but it has quickly backfired and he could be looking at jailtime.
The prank involved the YouTuber removing the crème filling from Oreo cookies and replacing it with toothpaste. He then handed out the pranked snacks to a local homeless man named Gheorge, aged in his fifties.
During the video, ReSet jokes that he might be going “a bit far” but says that at least the cookies will help Gheorge finally clean his teeth.
However, the homeless man actually fell ill after eating the toothpaste-laden treats.
Still, ReSet shared the video online, where he received a lot of negative attention.
He responded by making another video, claiming that people were exaggerating and saying he planned on playing more tricks on Gheorge in the future.
He went back for a third video, and some viewers decided to contact the authorities.
ReSet was apprehended and charged with crimes against “moral integrity” and will be sentenced soon.
He earned over $2,000 for his prank video, so prosecutors are hoping that he’ll at least have to relinquish all of that money and perhaps pay a much larger fine or settlement directly to Gheorge himself.
ReSet has posted a short apology video, saying he’s “not very mature” and that he was just trying to have fun as an excuse for his actions.