MrBeast fans were stunned to learn that the YouTube star was arrested for reaching speeds of 122 MPH in an illegal street race in 2018, when he was just 19 years old.

Mr. Monster He’s known for his videos featuring huge stunts, challenges, and big cash or prize giveaways, but he’s also famous for being surprisingly coy about the massive amounts of money he’s likely to win.

Even though the social media star has been working towards this level of success for a decade, she hasn’t always been smart about her finances. He was actually arrested in 2018, but that incident was only loosely connected to the money he was already making through YouTube.

The YouTuber was reportedly arrested for drag racing, and every once in a while, a mugshot makes its way around the internet to back up that claim.

MrBeast was arrested for driving 122 miles per hour on a North Carolina highway around 2:30 p.m. Tar River Timesa local news broadcast. Police said the two vehicles accelerated at that rate and appeared to be racing each other.

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The content creator, who was 19 years old at the time, was stopped and detained by the police. Some fans think he was probably driving a BMW i8 at the time because he posted one. now deleted video It shows his new purchase at that time.

Reddit users also claim that he didn’t just finance the car through himself. YouTube gains, but also by liquidating many cryptocurrency investments.

Many fans were surprised to learn of his arrest, with one person writing: “This is something the YouTube community doesn’t know yet. Pretty surprising tbh.

Another said: “I didn’t know MrBeast had been arrested before,” while a third added: “How surprising this is.”

While the YouTuber has never publicly addressed his 2018 arrest, he recently Responded to sexual harassment allegations against his company.