YOUTUBE star Jake Paul flaunted an extravagant lifestyle including private plans, exotic animals and fast cars before his home was raided by the FBI. The federal agency seized guns from the Los Angeles residence during the raid, which was in relation to Jake’s arrest in Scottsdale, Arizona for allegedly taking part in looting and riots. But the […]
YOUTUBE star Jake Paul flaunted an extravagant lifestyle including private plans, exotic animals and fast cars before his home was raided by the FBI.
The federal agency seized guns from the Los Angeles residence during the raid, which was in relation to Jake’s arrest in Scottsdale, Arizona for allegedly taking part in looting and riots.
But the popular social media star, who built his brand on the back of brother Logan Paul and was known for prank videos, regularly boasted about his lavish lifestyle.
His irreverent posts on Instagram would feature expensive sports cars, of which he would joke were “depreciating” during the pandemic, and eating cereal out of expensive Nike trainers.
He had a bedroom full of large teddy bears, and would hire exotic animals such as tigers for prank pictures.
The 23-year-old was also a fan of the jetset life, and would use private planes to take his friends on trips to places including Ibiza.
In one video posted online, he dropped his friend’s car into a swimming pool then spent over $50,000 on a new car for his pal.
He would also use his lifestyle to create elaborate videos, such as setting fire to a mattress in his backyard, and hosting huge backyard parties – even during coronavirus.
According to Curbed, in 2017 the star was paying $17,000 a month to rent a home in the Beverly Grove neighborhood in West Hollywood but his actions led to comlaints from neighbors – and the decision by Disney to fire the then-star of Bizaardvark.
He was later handed an eviction notice, and bought a $6.9 millionproperty in Calabasas.
In July, however, footage showed dozens of youngsters crowded into the comedy star’s LA mansion on Saturday, none of them wearing masks or practising social distancing.
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 his May protesting arrest in Scottsdale, Arizona.
During the Black Lives Matter protests, Jake was seen in clips posted online allegedly looting with graffiti artist Arman Izadi.
According to the DailyMail, the FBI were looking for video evidence of the incident at Scottsdale Fashion Square mall.
A source close to Arman told the outlet federal agents “took computers and hard drives from the Vegas home and were looking for unreleased footage” of the duo at the luxury shopping center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The same day as the raid, The Sun confirmed that Jake had previously been hit with a federal tax lien for over $2 million.
A clerk for the Los Angeles County Recorder confirmed to The Sun that the July 2019 lien remains unpaid today.
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.
