Twitch star Kai Cenat faces multiple charges after a viral PlayStation giveaway at Union Square Park went horribly wrong.
, Cenat promised to pass out free “computers, Play Station 5s, microphones, keyboards, webcams, gaming chairs, headphones, and gift cards” from a truck parked at the landmark at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. “I feel like New York really deserves it,” he said.
People gather for a "giveaway" event announced by popular Twitch live streamer Kai Cenat in Union Square and the surrounding area on August 4, 2023 in New York City. Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Imagesa press conference held Friday, Maddrey said that police weren't aware that the likely popular event was in the cards until someone at the department spied a social media post around midday Friday. By then, thousands of people were already thronging to the area, and “the event grew exponentially, rapidly, vast," Maddrey said.Things turned ugly soon after that, Maddrey said.
, others were “throwing rocks, bottles, paint cans and other debris and lighting fireworks and aiming them at officers and others.”
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