Who is Logan Paul?

Logan Alexander Paul is a famed social media influencer/YouTuber, professional wrestler, actor, an entrepreneur, and a professional dumbass. Logan was born on August 1st, 1995 to Gregory Allan Paul and Pam Stepnick and has a brother 2 years younger than him, Jake Paul, who is also a social media influencer/YouTuber and an actor.

Family Photos

Gregory, Logan, and Pam

Jake, Pam, and Logan

Jake + Logan (old + current photos)

Logan's fame started on the platform known as 'Vine'. When Vine shut down, Logan made a YouTube channel called TheOfficialLoganPaul, on October 18, 2013, where he would continue to post regularly. On August 29, 2015, he created the Logan Paul Vlogs channel, which is now his most-subscribed to YouTube channel. It was also said he "was ranked on the Forbes list for the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021." [3]

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Logan's YouTube Channels

About the Video

Encounter Clip

In a video posted in 2017, Logan Paul, a YouTuber, filmed a man hanging in the infamous 'Suicide Forest' also know as Aokigahara Forest in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan..He fucked up and here's what happened.

The initial purpose of the video was to focus on the haunted aspects of the forest and to camp there throughout the night when they unexpectedly stumbled across a man hanging from a tree and were met with a shocking site...When they got to the forest, they were cracking jokes and making light of the situation but stressing that it is suicide forest. At 5:47, They discovered the body, Logan said, "Im not even kidding, this isn't a fucking joke guys, that's a fucking person." After repeated denial they got closer to the body. In shock, Logan asked "Did we just find a dead person in the suicide forest, hanging?" And after being asked if they think it's real, one of his friends mentioned they know the possibility of it being a real person based on a previous suicide from a classmate from the junior highschool he went to, (I am unsure if he was referring to this possibly being the man hanging in the video) this prompted the man to take action and called the police.

When they got closer to the body, they tried checking for signs of life by exclaiming things like "Hey/Hello" "You okay?" "Yo are you alive, are you fucking with us?" They show his hands and they're purple, indicating that this was a recent suicide and is infact dead

Photos of the Hanging Man

Thankfully, he did censor his face with the intent of protecting him, his privacy, and his family. This being said, there is not a known/public uncensored video, so please don't ask me for it.

Throughout the video they expressed their denial and how this has never happened to them before. Logan apologized for the grim video, saying how "Suicide is not a joke" and "Depression and mental illnesses is not a joke, we came here with the intent to focus on the haunted aspect of the forest. This just became very real." When they were met with the reality they came to realize it was "real" and "way too scarily real" and that it was "the most real vlog I've ever made"..they start making jokes of the situation by sarcastically asking "you ever stand next to a dead guy before?" to which they start laughing at and follow up with their own jokes and went on about how the whole video was supposed to be a joke but asked "why did it become so real?" He says his laughing and jokes are not a portrayal of how they actually feel about the situation however they were still met with a lot of backlash to which he has since responded to in a 1:44 minute video and a public Twitter/X post.

I do not know what was going through his head when he was editing and thinking this would be suitable for the platform or his audience. He was disrespectful and exploited the situation and excuses his actions as a "coping mechanism".

Why Was it a Problem?

Consider his target audience, it is primarily children and teens. Displaying a real depiction of a dead person on your public channel is very disturbing and distasteful and the way he was exploiting the situation/the hanging man is deplorable. He didn't take the situation seriously and covered it as a coping mechanism, regardless of how he processes this stuff, he still has a young and impressionable audience who shouldn't be exposed to content like this and the way he was light-hearted about it all took away from the seriousness of the situation and what happened with the man. He blatantly exploited him for what he thought was spreading awareness for suicide.

His Apology

Public Apology on Twitter/X

You can review the response this post got here:

https://twitter.com/LoganPaul/status/948026294066864128

Video Apology

Logan made this apology with no intentions of being forgiven but to apologize. He ensures the initial video was raw, unfiltered, and unscripted and how they were unsure of how to think or act given the circumstances. In his apology to the victim/his family and to the Internet, he asks that those who are defending his actions to stop because those actions don't deserve to be defended. He said, "I should have never posted the video. I should have put the cameras down" and claims didn't post the video with ill or malicious intent.

Backlash

Understandably, people were angry with the video he put out. Carelessly filming a hanging man and joking around and sharing it to his YouTube where his primary audience is children and teens. He didn't take the situation seriously and

Tweets Responding on the Situation

Again, more responses can be found here: https://twitter.com/LoganPaul/status/948026294066864128

PewDiePie (Felix) himself called him out on a now deleted tweet saying:

Felix wrote: "Logan Paul goes to 'suicide forest': WoAH wE f0UNd ded GuY here!!!!! s0 cRaZy! lEMme jUsT zOom in oN tHis F0r tHe Vl0g. OK guYs seRiousLy, lEAve a like if yur sad to0." [4]

In response to everything, Logan donated $1 million to suicide prevention agencies

The Lawsuit

While Logan wasn't removed from the platform, he was sued for this incident, rightfully so. On February 12th, CEO Susan Wojcicki said that "Paul did not violate YouTube's three-strike policy and did not meet the criteria for being banned from the platform." [3] Logan was sued by a production agency called Planeless Pictures for

The lawsuit claims:

Paul “knew that the broadcast of the suicide would have a substantial impact on his followers and would also have a serious adverse impact on Planeless.” [6]

The YouTuber “intended to take advantage of the substantial anticipated exposure that the broadcast of the suicide would generate and thus enhance Paul's celebrity and acted in reckless disregard for the adverse consequences that he knew would result to Planeless" [6]

On or about January 22nd, 2018, Google terminated its partnership with Planeless and declined to distribute their movie, "Airplane Mode," which Logan starded in, citing the suicide broadcast as a noncurable event as per their agreement. "As a result, Planeless never received the compensation that Google was contractually obligated to pay to it — $3,500,000," the documents allege. [6] The company is now pursuing Logan to reimburse this sum along with other general and consequential damages, as well as attorney's fees and legal expenses.

Aftermath

After the video was released, he was cut from the Google Performed program which allows advertisers to pay to place their ads on high-performing videos on its site and in an interview he mentioned he lost $5 million from it. He also lost sponsorship/brand deals, his YouTube Red series "Foursome", and more. In 2018, according to Social Blade, he lost 6k+ subscribers since the incident and at that time he was at 15.2 million subscribers.

But despite the backlash from the incident, he continued to gain over 300,000 (2018) and has continued to rebuild himself and grow from the situation. Logan Paul continued vlogging on February 4th, after a 3 week long break, and has remained successful at 23.5 million subscribers and is at 6 billion views receiving an average of 5+ million views per videos (2024). He is still successful and will likely remain successful if he continues to move on the right track. He is the co-founder of 'Prime' beverages. And starting in 2018 he has run the 'Impaulsive' podcast which has over 4 million YouTube subscribers and is overall a successful podcast. "As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since June 2022, where he performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current WWE United States Champion in his first reign." [3]

Prime Drinks

Logan Wins First WWE Championship

I believe he has since grown and learn from this particular situation and understands the severity of his mistakes, he unfortunately had to learn the hard way. It is clear he has a past and continual history of fuck-ups and dumbassery.

More information on his history can be found here:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/logan-paul-controversies-timeline-1234785537/

Sources

[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/02/health/logan-paul-video

[2] https://twitter.com/LoganPaul/status/948026294066864128

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Paul

[4] https://www.ladbible.com/news/technology-news-pewdiepie-calls-out-youtuber-logan-paul-over-suicide-forest-video-20180102

[5] https://www.businessinsider.com/logan-paul-gained-subscribers-after-japan-video-2018-1

[6] https://people.com/tv/youtuber-logan-paul-facing-lawsuit-over-controversial-suicide-forest-video/

[7] https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/logan-paul-controversies-timeline-1234785537/

Who: Daniel Mascarenhas Xavier da Silva( victim), Ana Claudia Pires (suspect with black hair), Marcelly Albuquerque (suspect with blonde hair)

What: Tourist guide Daniel Mascarenhas Xavier da Silva, age 31, almost got robbed by two female robbers armed with knife and a fake gun, riding a motorcycle. He died later from his stab wounds on the back and neck.

During the fight, the suspects made it look like they were the ones being robbed by screaming "Get away from her!". This made it highly likely why bystanders didn't help him and most walked away. He was stabbed on his left arm, back, and neck. At the end, all of them quit fighting. The man got his stuff back , walked on the opposite direction and beg the Taxi for help but he was ignored. The robbers, on the other hand, were getting ready to drive away. The suspect with black hair handed a bystander the knife used in the attack. The other bystanders went back to follow him just as he was following the taxi to help him. It seems like they were going to attack him, but that did not happen.

Where: Centro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

When: January 4, 2023 At 2AM

Why: The two female wanted to rob his bag and whatever he had in his pocket (likely a phone)

Sources (also for full story):

https://istoe.com.br/video-guia-turistico-e-morto-a-facadas-por-duas-mulheres-apos-reagir-a-assalto-no-rj/

https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2023/01/bandidas-que-mataram-guia-de-turismo-tentaram-incriminar-a-vitima-para-testemunhas-tarado-sai-de-perto-dela.ghtml

https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2023-01/justica-mantem-presas-acusadas-de-matar-professor-no-rio-de-janeiro

Apparently this nigga is not underage ( Changed Title )

https://www.alagoas24horas.com.br/1124840/pai-mata-traficante-apos-video-intimo-da-filha-ser-divulgado-nas-rede-sociais/

Zoomed-out version:

Đak Đoa, Vietnam

On May 13, Dak Doa district police (Gia Lai) are investigating and clarifying the cause of a traffic accident that killed a child on National Highway 19 (Nguyen Hue street, Dak Doa town)

According to initial information, around 3:40 p.m. on May 12, a road roller of Khang Nhat Co., Ltd. driven by driver Lo Quang Long (36 years old, residing in An Phu commune, Pleiku city, Gia Lai) rolled the road surface at the National Highway 19. The location of the road roller doing construction was on Nguyen Hue Street, Dak Doa Town.

At this time, Ms. Pham Thi Mai (66 years old, residing in village 3, Dak Doa town) was driving a motorbike with license plate number 81AA–041.06 carrying her grandson L.H.L (6 years old) across the road. Due to not paying attention, Ms. Mai's motorbike was hit by a construction roller. The roller could not stop in time and hit the child, causing the child to die on the spot.

Initially, the authorities determined that the cause of the above accident was because Ms. Mai entered the construction site area and drove a motorbike across the street without paying attention. Driver Long, driving the roller, did not pay attention.

https://tienphong.vn/xe-may-va-cham-voi-xe-lu-chau-be-6-tuoi-tu-vong-post1636599.tpo

that sound make it a bit funny

my bad for putting this on /cartel when it should've been in ur mom sick fucks

A man was found dead and without viscera inside a pig pen in the rural area of Cachoeira Alta, Goiás state, Brazil. The body was found by family members.

It is suspected that the worker collapsed inside the pig pen after suffering a massive heart attack or stroke while preparing to feed them, and that his body was subsequently partially devoured by the pigs.

New rare angle from a boat.

And CCTV footage released by the police.

On May 10, 2024 a bus fell into a river in Peterburg, Russia. There were 9 people inside (not 20 as stated earlier).

Only the driver and one passenger survived. 7 people have died.

List of the victims:

• Marina Yu. (28);

• Elena Sh. (41);

• Andrei R. (55);

• Aleksey Kh. (72) - originally for Zaporizhzhia, outlived by his daughter Elena;

• Tamara Aleksandrovna Gorchakova (72) - lecturer at St. Petersburg State University;

And two other passengers.

List of survivors:

• Aleksandr T. (56) - only surviving passenger;

• Rakhamatshokh Kurbonov (44) - the driver.

For more videos check out this post by @harassment

Source for all the information is Fontanka.

Full video:

Tijuana, Mexico

While arranging drinks in a refrigerator, Leonardo, a 17-year-old boy who worked in a grocery store was killed by a hitman who entered the business located in "El Pedregal" located in Santa Julia neighborhood, which had been required months ago to collect a floor [TL note: "cobro de piso" is basically extortion where you pay gangs to "protect" your building].

The homicide was recorded before 3:00 in the afternoon today, Monday, May 6, at Abarrotes 'El Pedregal', located on Ernesto Riedel Street in the neighborhood belonging to the San Antonio de los Buenos municipal delegation.

Leonardo, who just a few days ago had turned 17, lost his life almost instantly, when he was shot in the back.

After the armed attack, the hitman ran out of the grocery store and boarded a blue sedan vehicle, in which he fled the scene.

Municipal police who responded to the report indicated that next to the teenager, at least three 9 millimeter caliber shell casings were observed.

According to Leonardo's relatives, he had been working in the grocery store for two years, an activity that he combined with his studies.

https://puntonorte.info/2024/05/06/asesinan-a-menor-de-edad-en-un-abarrotes-por-cobro-de-piso-en-tijuana/

Seems like the guy in black hit his skates to his neck,

OUCH