YouTube star pleads guilty to vandalism in false report case

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Calum McSwiggan was charged with vandalizing a car belonging to a man who he had an altercation with outside a gay club, then falsely claiming he was beaten by the man.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP-AP

LOS ANGELES -- - A gay YouTube personality has pleaded guilty to felony vandalism in an incident in which he claimed he was the victim of a hate crime.



The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says London-native Calum McSwiggan pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to three years of supervised probation and 52 anger management sessions.



McSwiggan was charged with vandalizing a car belonging to a man who he had an altercation with outside a West Hollywood gay club in late June, then falsely claiming he was beaten by the man and his friends.



The 26-year-old claimed in an Instagram post that the men broke his teeth. Authorities said McSwiggan was seen hitting himself with a jail payphone.



A phone message left for McSwiggan's attorney was not immediately returned Tuesday.

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