TikTok stars Bryce Hall and Blake Gray face prison time after they’re charged with throwing huge parties during pandemic
TIKTOK celebrities Bryce Hall and Blake Gray face serious jail time and thousands of dollars in fines for throwing huge parties during quarantine.
The viral stars were charged with throwing massive parties during the coronavirus pandemic and could be jailed for up to one year.
On Friday L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer charged the duo, who had a rented home in the Hollywood Hills, with one misdemeanor count for violating the Safer L.A. Health Order and the City’s Party House Ordinance.
Furious with their ongoing partying during the pandemic Feuer said they had a responsibility to promote messages of safety rather than being reckless.
Feuer told the media: "With hundreds of people attending, loud music all night long and cars blocking access for emergency vehicles, party houses are really out of control nightclubs, and they’ve hijacked the quality of life of neighbors nearby.
"As if that weren’t enough, the hosts are incredibly irresponsible, with COVID-19 spreading and parties banned because of it. We’ve got to put a stop to it."
He added: "If you have a combined 19 million followers on TikTok in the middle of a public health crisis, you should be modeling great behavior...rather than brazenly violating the law."
The charge comes over a party the boys threw at their rented home on August 8.
Feuer also explained police were called back to the home later that week after reports of "shots fired."
Hall was slammed for his party as footage emerged of guests shunning masks and ignoring social distancing.
Videos of the gathering posted online showed dozens of party guests packed closely together, seemingly with no regard for social distancing.
Party-goers were seen dancing and drinking shoulder-to-shoulder.
At one point the crowd gathered around to watch strippers dressed as police officers perform lap dances on Hall.
The footage showed a number of other high-profile guests at the party.
This included Harry Jowsey, from Netflix reality show Too Hot To Handle, as well as internet influencers Olivia Ponton and Faze Banks.
The party went on until the early hours of the morning, until police shut it down at 4am.
After the massive party and complaints, the LA County cut power, gas and water to the party mansion because of flagrant Covid breaches.
Following weeks of partying, the city had forced a blackout on the sprawling home currently being rented by Bryce, Blake and fellow TikTok star, Noah Beck.
In a statement Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said: "Despite several warnings, this house has turned into a nightclub in the hills, hosting large gatherings in flagrant violation of our public health orders.
"The city has now disconnected utilities at this home to stop these parties that endanger our community."
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LA County's health order bans gatherings of any size that contain people from different households to curb the spread of the virus.
Anyone flouting the rules amid the coronavirus pandemic face having their power shut off.
But Bryce hit back, posting a video of him and Gray dancing to the song Electric Love.
According to Feuer, on August 14, Hall acknowledged the incident.
He said: "Everyone's health in our community depends on remaining vigilant.