Internet personality Jake Paul attends the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Photo / Getty
Internet personality Jake Paul attends the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Photo / Getty
By Hannah Parry.
A Millennial Disney star and social media 'influencer' has been accused of terrorizing his West Hollywood neighbors.
Jake Paul, 20, who portrays Dirk on the Disney Channel's Bizaardvark, is a YouTube star famed for his 'crazy' pranks which have included throwing a Harley Davidson in his backyard pool and setting furniture on fire according to DailyMail.
He and his 'squad' also love to throw rowdy parties, while he often publicizes his address which allows hoards of his young fans - he calls 'Paulers' to show up outside his home.
While his 8.5 million young followers may be impressed with his antics, his neighbors are not.
Families in the LA neighborhood have accused Paul of turning their lives into a 'living hell'.
'It used to be a really nice, quiet street and now [it's] just this, like, war zone,' Maytal Dahan told KTLA. 'We're families here and we're more than happy to have them live here if they're respectful of their neighbors, but they're not.'
Neighbors are even considering banding together to file a class-action public nuisance lawsuit against Paul and the homeowner. They say not only is Paul annoying but dangerous.
His fire stunt, when he set ablaze furniture in his pool, saw flames reach the height of the home.
Meanwhile, Paul seems amused by the misery he is imposing on those around him.
'The neighbours hate me,' he told KTLA, laughing.
When the reporter told him that locals fear he has turned the neighborhood into a 'circus' with his non-stop parties and dangerous stunts, the millennial replied: 'But, I mean, people like going to circuses.'
Jake Paul. Photo / Getty
Paul was then seen running and skipping through the streets before climbing on top of the KTLA van - ignoring the pleas of staffers to stop.
Eventually, Paul, who appears to be challenged in the attention span department, returned to the interview, where he was able to compose himself for a second to say: 'It's terrible, it's a bad situation and I feel bad for them, but there's nothing we can do. 'Jake Paulers are the strongest army out there.
'Dab,' he added, pulling the 2016 cliched dance move, before pointing at the reporter's shoes, and screeching, 'What are those?' before running away with his friends. 12
He has since taken to taunting his neighbors on Twitter, posting footage of his KTLA interview with a laughing emoji, and the caption, 'I'm dead.'
In Paul's YouTube bio, he described himself as living 'a crazy life' 'making comedy vids, acting, doing action sports, & going on crazy adventures' with his squad 'Team 10'.
He also released a laughably bad 'rap' song, It's Everyday Bro,' which became the tenth most disliked video in YouTube history.
Earlier this year, Paul landed himself in trouble after he filmed himself hiding in the bathroom of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after attending a Social Media Event at the White House.
Although he claimed he spent several hours there before leaving in the early morning, sources confirm the video was fake and actually just filmed during the event.
After he posted footage of the stunt on his blog, he was visited by the Secret Service at home.
In June, Paul was accused of emotionally abusing his ex-girlfriend Alissa Violet who also claimed he used his agency Team 10 to take advantage of women. He has denied the claims.
His older brother, 22-year-old Logan Paul, is also a YouTube star. Logan caused his own commotion in Manhattan on July 15 when his fans shut down an entire street.
They had rushed to the area after he set up a pop-up shop for the day. He took to Twitter afterwards to thank the NYPD for 'keeping my fans safe'.
