YouTube Star Jake Paul Under Fire For Throwing Party Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

YouTube star Jake Paul is currently in hot water for hosting a massive party at his home on Saturday amid California's coronavirus spike.

Footage from the party that made its way to social media saw revelers at the 23-year-old’s Los Angeles mansion without masks and not practicing social distancing norms. The clip, which was shared by Fox 11 Los Angeles reporter Bill Melugin on Twitter, showed many playing in Paul's garden and dozens crowding around a television to watch a UFC match inside his home.

Reacting to the footage, Calabasas Mayor Alicia Weintraub told news station Fox 11 that she, along with everyone who watched the video of Paul’s party, was “outraged.”

“It’s really just a party acting like COVID does not exist, it’s acting that businesses aren’t closed,” Weintraub said.

“They’re having this large party, no social distancing, no masks, it’s just a big huge disregard for everything that everybody is trying to do to get things back to functioning,” the mayor said.

Coronavirus cases continue to rise in California, and since the start of the pandemic, almost 3,900 people have died in Los Angeles alone.

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an order to shut down bars, indoor dining, gyms, churches and a handful of other venues in a bid to control the spike in cases.

Meanwhile, Weintraub said that there will be a zero-tolerance policy on house parties such as the one Paul threw, revealing that she was working with local authorities to make sure health regulations are followed.

"No gatherings will be tolerated like this. Something like this will not happen again," she said, referring to the YouTube star’s party.

This is not the first time Paul, who has over 20 million subscribers on YouTube, has come under fire this year. In June, the controversial social media star made headlines after he was charged for his alleged participation in a mall riot in Arizona.

Paul said he was only documenting the looting at the Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, but police said he was charged following “hundreds of tips and videos from the community” that showed he was a “participant in the riot.”

“Paul also unlawfully entered and remained inside of the mall when it was closed,” the Scottsdale Police Department said in a statement (via The New York Times).

Paul was charged with two misdemeanor crimes — criminal trespassing and unlawful assembly.