Disturbing TikTok video sparks police response to Miami home tied to Perez Hilton, man hospitalized

Miami authorities connected Tuesday nighttime responded to a residence aft a disturbing video was posted connected societal media that appeared to impact personage blogger Perez Hilton.

The Times has not confirmed the authenticity of the video. But the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said successful an emailed connection that authorities had received an influx of calls connected Tuesday reporting that an idiosyncratic was livestreaming acts of self-harm connected societal media.

After surrounding the Miami residence of a antheral who was not named, the Sheriff’s Office said astir 9 p.m. that helium had been “safely recovered and transported by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to a section hospital, wherever helium is receiving aesculapian attention.”

Deputies had arrived earlier and said they spoke with household members astatine the country and confirmed that the antheral was unsocial wrong the home.

“In galore incidents involving a idiosyncratic experiencing a intelligence wellness situation oregon actively harming themselves, deputies prioritize de-escalation by creating time, region and opportunities for communication,” the connection read. “Unless determination is an contiguous menace to others, slowing the concern and utilizing situation involution techniques tin trim the likelihood of a suicide-by-cop brushwood and minimize the hazard of wounded to the individual, deputies and the public.”

Authorities said they had “tactically disengaged portion continuing to show the situation.” In their aboriginal update, the Sheriff’s Office said that aft the antheral had been transported to a hospital, intelligence wellness professionals were astatine the country “providing enactment and resources to the individual’s family.”

A typical for Hilton did not instantly respond to The Times’ petition for comment.

In the TikTok unrecorded video, a idiosyncratic who seems to beryllium successful distress harms himself. The video has since been removed from the platform.

Police and occurrence unit converged connected the Miami location Tuesday night. NBC6 News reported that immoderate neighbors said Hilton lived astatine the home, but constabulary would not corroborate that.

Hilton, calved Mario Lavandeira Jr., has been a popular civilization property since the aboriginal aughts erstwhile helium launched his eponymous personage gossip rag. The task garnered the columnist societal presumption but besides made him persona non grata among galore celebrities who weren’t fans of his arguable coverage, which was often deemed disparaging, particularly toward women.