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Via LA Times:
An openly gay YouTube star is claiming that he was brutally assaulted by three men in West Hollywood, but authorities said Tuesday that his claims of assault were unsubstantiated and that he injured himself after being arrested on suspicion of vandalism.
Calum McSwiggan, known by thousands of fans for his active lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lifestyle channel on YouTube, wrote in an Instagram post that after visiting a gay club, three men attacked him. He said he suffered three broken teeth and required six stitches in his forehead.
“The authorities should have been there to help and protect me, but instead they treated me like a second-class citizen,” McSwiggan wrote in his post, which showed him in a hospital with bandages affixed to his forehead.
“I’ve never felt so terrified to be a gay man in the public eye.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that deputies responded early Monday to McSwiggan’s report of assault after leaving a West Hollywood nightclub. But the Sheriff’s Department said that deputies at the scene “were unable to substantiate the assault,” according to a statement.
Update:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gay YouTube personality who said he was assaulted outside a West Hollywood club has been charged with filing a false police report and faking his injuries.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department says London-native Calum McSwiggan was seen hitting himself with a jail payphone after his arrest early Monday. McSwiggan had claimed he was assaulted by three men outside a gay club, but deputies said they could not substantiate his claims and took him into custody after seeing him vandalize a car.
The 26-year-old wrote he was attacked by three men who broke his teeth in an Instagram post Tuesday that included a picture of him in a hospital bed.
He was charged Wednesday with one misdemeanor count of making a false police report.
A Facebook message sent to him seeking comment was not immediately returned Wednesday. He was released late Monday after posting $20,000 bail.
Sheriff's officials released his mug shot, which was taken before he hit himself with the phone. No injuries were visible.
In a Facebook post Wednesday, McSwiggan acknowledged he hit himself in the head with a jail phone, but reiterated he was attacked outside the gay club.