YouTube star MrBeast reported to the FBI about ‘disturbing’ leaked messages

October 29, 2024, 4:46 PM

MrBeast, YouTube’s most popular creator, has been reported to the FBI over “disturbing” company chat logs.

Fellow YouTuber and baking personality Rosanna Pansino claims to have reported MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, to the FBI, calling the messages “crazy,” “disturbing” and “inappropriate.”

The messages, reportedly attributed to former MrBeast associates, contain references to underage sexual activity, Nazi symbolism and incest, usually shared in jest.

Donaldson holds the record for the most subscribers on YouTube, with 324 million subscribers at the time of writing.

He recently topped the Forbes 2024 creators list, earning a record-breaking $85 million dollars (approximately £65 million) last year.

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One of the messages allegedly contained a photo showing a naked 13-year-old Ivanka Trump.

It was later confirmed that Ivanka Trump was actually 18 years old in the photo, which was part of a British GQ Magazine photo shoot in April 2000.

Ms. Pansino shared the messages in a YouTube video titled “MrBeast Knew It All Along.”

Many of the posts shared are attributed to Ava Kris Tyson, a former employee and close friend of Donaldson.

In July, Ms. Tyson, 28, was accused of sending inappropriate messages to a minor, who was 13 at the time, when she was 20. Both Tyson and the alleged victim have strongly denied these allegations.

Tyson has now left the company.

In the video that surfaced the allegations, Tyson said: “These MrBeast Company work chat logs have been confirmed as legitimate by multiple former MrBeast employees present in the chats.

‘I’m sorting them as quickly as I can. To me, this is proof that Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast) was aware of Ava Kris Tyson’s behavior for years.”

Ms Pansino, 39, says the messages were shared in official work chats of the MrBeast company between 2020 and 2021. Pansino claims that Donaldson was an active member of the chats, under the alias John Smith.

This isn’t the first controversy Donaldson has been embroiled in.

Last month, five female contestants on his upcoming Prime Video show Beast Games announced they would be taking legal action against his production company, MrB2024, and Amazon.

The 54-page legal document alleges that the participants were “malnourished and overtired,” and that they suffered physical injuries and were denied proper access to medical care.

It is also alleged that they suffered from an environment that “systematically fostered a culture of misogyny and sexism”.

Donaldson has not commented on the allegations and the FBI has not confirmed whether an investigation has been opened.

LBC has contacted MrBeast for comment.