BREAKING: YouTuber Kai Cenat in custody after game console giveaway sparks chaos in New York
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YouTuber Kai Cenat is in custody after a game console giveaway sparked chaotic scenes in Manhattan's Union Square - with police urging people to avoid the area. Thousands of people gathered on Friday afternoon for the event organised by the popular Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator.It was not immediately clear whether Cenat had been arrested or detained.
Video footage from the scene showed chaos erupting, with people hurling objects, throwing punches, scaling structures in a park and pushing over a number of barriers.People were also filmed running through the streets, climbing on top of a moving car and pounding the side of a city bus.Skylark Jones, 19, and a friend had come to the area to try and meet the influencer. They said when they arrived at the scene it was already packed, with bottles being thrown in the crowd.
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