Did Speed Get Arrested? What Happened To Ishowspeed In Boston?
Jessica Burns
Updated on January 02, 2026
Twitter’s hot news today says that famous YouTuber Ishowspeed got arrested from his home on 8th August 2022. The videos are circulating all over the Internet, and the reason behind it is a major concern.
From Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States, IShowSpeed is a well-known YouTuber, media personality, social media celebrity, and entrepreneur. He is well-known around the globe for his incredible gaming abilities and videos that he posted on his official YouTube account.
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Did Speed Get Arrested? IShowSpeed Livestream Calls For Trouble
Yes, Speed got arrested yesterday from his house in Boston. Reports say that the YouTuber was on a live stream when a bunch of policemen barged inside and took hold of the situation. Fans get to see a little bit of what happened in the entire 1 minute 34 seconds of the video, which is now trending on social media.
Another person whose identity has not been revealed went live from his phone to show the world what was happening to Speed. However, one of the officials gets his eye to it and asks him to put it down for privacy reasons immediately. The protocol does not allow anyone to film the legal procedures, and that is exactly what happened.
Now that the sneak peek of the arrest can be found anywhere on the internet, netizens are quite curious to find out what might be the possible reason behind it. However, no one exactly knows it. Apart from the handcuff put on his hands and a few seconds of chaos, nothing is available. The authorities will give out a statement when things get normal.
Few Twitterattis say that the web star prank called the police officer just before the live stream happened, but it cannot be confirmed as of now. Hence, barring the videos flowing, the details on arrests are yet to be made public.
What Happened To Ishowspeed In Boston? Is He In Jail?
Last night IShowSpeed got detained, and that is the most known to the media as of now. It is completely a developing story, and things will be revealed once the authorities choose to disclose them.
With an Instagram account that has 3.4 million followers, his last post is of 3 days ago. It is a promotional post for a brand that he endorses, and that alone has 1.1 million likes and 11k comments. After that, besides his live stream, there isn’t any activity noted on his social media.
As long as the question arises if he is still in jail or not, most probably he is. As we cannot track any public activity from the YouTuber, we believe that he is still behind the bars, and the investigation is going on full scale.
Speed has 10.5 million subscribers on his youtube account, and his last video streamed 17 hours ago.