YouTube Stunt Fails, Teenager Charged With Manslaughter

Some people tend to do really risky and dangerous acts just to get their big break on YouTube. They’re enticed by all of the success stories to come out of the online video network, they see the fame and fortune and decide anything is worth risking for that. Things can go horribly wrong some times, as 19-year-old Monalise Perez of Norman County, Minnesota can now attest.

Perez has been charged with manslaughter after she accidentally shot her boyfriend. They were filming a stunt for YouTube, according to BuzzFeed News. She was arrested after she called 911 to report the accident which led to her 22-year-old boyfriend Pedro Ruiz’s death.

Ruiz was attempting to prove in the video that a book could protect him from a bullet. They filmed the entire bizarre episode in which Ruiz held a hardcover encyclopedia in front of his chest and Perez shot him.

Monalisa Perez first tweeted about this stunt on June 27 in which she mentioned that it was Ruiz’s idea. Claudia Ruiz, the deceased boyfriend’s aunt, told a local station that she had tried to convince her nephew to not use a gun. “We want more viewers, we want to get famous,” was his response.

The New York Times reports that the manslaughter charge carries a maximum sentence of ten years. Perez is due to appear in court later today and only then we’ll know just how dearly this prank is going to cost her.

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Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Web
Tags: YouTube