YouTube personality charged with making false police report
Posted June 29, 2016 6:40 pm.
Last Updated June 29, 2016 8:40 pm.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A gay YouTube personality who said he was assaulted outside a West Hollywood club has been charged with filing a false police report and faking his injuries.
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department says London-native Calum McSwiggan was seen hitting himself with a jail payphone after his arrest early Monday. McSwiggan had claimed he was assaulted by three men outside a gay club, but deputies said they could not substantiate his claims and took him into custody after seeing him vandalize a car.
The 26-year-old wrote he was attacked by three men who broke his teeth in an Instagram post Tuesday that included a picture of him in a hospital bed.
He was charged Wednesday with one misdemeanour count of making a false police report.
A Facebook message sent to him seeking comment was not immediately returned.