Why Did MrBeast Get Arrested?
MrBeast is a popular American YouTuber whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson. He creates YouTube videos that focus on expensive stunts, challenges, and donations. He is popular for his philanthropic YouTube stunt videos and is one of the highest-paid YouTubers.
The YouTuber, who has an astounding 132 million subscribers, is not only the most popular individual user on the internet but is also renowned for his humble and charitable nature. Donaldson has a sizable fan following that constantly supports him. His net worth was determined to be about $103 million to $105 million in 2023. The content creator made headlines for getting arrested in Greenville, North Carolina, and there is an interesting story behind his arrest.
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MrBeast arrested and taken into custody
The famous Youtuber MrBeast made headlines when he was arrested and taken into custody. MrBeast real name Jimmy Donaldson had a meeting with Elon Musk at the Twitter headquarters in New York. The meeting got canceled by Musk. After that, he messaged Eric Decker to join him for a meeting. Donaldson has more than 150 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. He is known for his extreme challenge videos and big-money giveaways.
The video creator was pulled over by Greenville, North Carolina police while riding in his Tesla with a friend. They informed him they had an arrest warrant against him. Soon the 25-year-old was placed into handcuffs for breaking the law. The creator was stopped for tint on the windows of his car.
He thought that it was a prank pulled on by a friend until he reached the police station and was placed in a holding cell. MrBeast was denied food and water during his time in jail and was allowed a phone call, and then came the big revelation. He was pranked by Airrack, whose real name is Eric Decker.
Airrack takes revenge on MrBeast
Airrack, whose real name is Eric Decker, is also a YouTuber. He is a big name himself, with more than 13 million subscribers. The creator took it upon himself to prank MrBeast and got him arrested. He posted a video titled I ACTUALLY Got MrBeast Arrested, which has already earned more than a million views and revealed his major prank on the 25-year-old creator.
Decker informed Donaldson that the entire incident was retaliation for a video he and another creative, Tyler Blanchard, produced more than a year ago.
Blanchard is close friends with Airrack and frequently appears in MrBeast videos. The duo made a video in which they convinced Decker that Blanchard was allowed to work for the American YouTuber and relocate to North Carolina. It was a prank pulled on Airrack by the two, and I Left Airrack For MrBeast a YouTube video that has more than 2.7 million views.
Since MrBeast started a prank war it was Decker’s chance to strike back, and he did it well by putting Donaldson in jail.
Source: Youtube
