Alex Choi drives a Lamborghini Huracán. He makes a lot of videos with it – and one of them went way too far for the American authorities.
Alex Choi presents himself online as a rich class clown. “Subscribe to see the most amazing car madness!” he advertises on his YouTube channel with 925,000 subscribers. That attracts people – because Choi drives a Lamborghini Huracán, even though he is in his mid-20s. The heavily modified vehicle with a basic list price of over 190,000 euros is a real eye-catcher – and therefore a guaranteed click.
But the stunts with the Lambo are now costing the now 24-year-old (on YouTube he describes himself as 21 years old) dearly. Last year, Choi released a video entitled “Destroying a Lamborghini with Fireworks”. The video showed a chase in which a small helicopter fired fireworks at a speeding supercar.
Apparently no permits for filming with Lamborghini Huracán
Doubts arose early on as to whether this was still legal. Now the answer is: It is not. The company announced on Thursday that the YouTuber, whose real name is Suk Min Choi, is accused of “placing an explosive or incendiary device in an aircraft.” This is a serious offense in the United States that can be punished with up to ten years in prison.
The public prosecutor accuses Choi of having filmed the video without permission. The authorities actually do not need to collect any more evidence: In the video, which Choi has since deleted, he claims to be the coordinator of the shoot and thanks the production company for collaborating on his “stupid ideas”, as he explains in front of the camera.
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The public prosecutor complains that there was no flight permit. Choi is also accused of having bought the fireworks in Nevada because they are banned in California. He is said to have filmed in the dried-up bed of California’s El Mirage Lake, about 100 kilometers northeast of Los Angeles.
Indictment scheduled for July 2
According to the Justice Ministry, Suk Min Choi appeared in court last Thursday. He is currently free on bail. The arraignment is scheduled for July 2.
This isn’t the first airplane stunt to land a YouTuber in prison. Last year, Trevor Jacob was jailed for six months for crashing a small plane in a Californian nature reserve and filming himself doing so (read more here).
Source: Stern
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