Prison sentence and video posting ban for YouTuber who gave cookies with toothpaste to beggar

The Spanish Supreme Court has barred Barcelona resident and YouTuber ‘ReSet’ from uploading videos to his profile on Tuesday. The court upholds the decision from a tribunal in Barcelona that sentenced the video maker to 15 months in prison.

‘ReSet’ will also have to pay €20,000 to the victim for an offense against moral integrity. The YouTuber recorded a video in January 2017 where he gave Oreo biscuits to a beggar but instead of cream, they were filled up with toothpaste. 

During the trial, K.R., a Chinese residing in Barcelona, said that the video was a "prank" that he had already recorded similar videos featuring old people and minors. 

In January 2017, he was 19 years old and had over 120 million views on his YouTube channel, with 1.1 million subscribers, and around 100 uploaded videos. After uploading the video with the beggar, which he later erased, he lost thousands of followers, having less than 260,000 in 2019.

After the video was uploaded, Barcelona Guàrdia Urbana police found the victim in the Marina del Port neighborhood in the Catalan capital. He explained that a boy approached him, and handed him a €20 bill and some biscuits. 

Then, he recorded the man with his phone while he was eating the Oreos and he left after. 

The following day, the YouTuber returned to where the man was to record him again. Even when the police were speaking with the man, K.R. approached with the idea to spend the night with him, record him again, and apologize on his YouTube channel. 

Police confirmed at the time that the boy carried a sleeping bag, blankets, and a camera. The boy had allegedly given €300 to the man to compensate him for the situation. 

The court believes that between January and March 2017, the YouTuber would had earned over €2,000.

After uploading the video, R.K. apologized in another video. "It was my fault," he said. "I did not want to give out €20 to a normal person in the street, I wanted to give them out to this beggar I had seen," he continued. 

"As I promised I would give the biscuits and the €20 to someone, I gave it to him without thinking twice about it. I was immature, this is what happens, I do not know why I offered it to him," he continued. 

During the trial, he explained that these videos were "challenges" proposed by his followers and that he did them with vulnerable people as he did not dare to do it with muscular men in case he was attacked.