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<p><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">There&#39;s no such thing as bad press...unless it results in a police investigation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/watchbrooke">Brooke Houts,</a> a YouTuber with over 340,000 subscribers, is going viral for the wrong reasons after accidentally uploading an unedited cut of her &quot;plastic wrap prank on my doberman&quot; video.</span></p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="This old picture aged well." data-attribution="Twitter: @brookehouts" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/brookehouts/status/1152051941263831040?s=20" height="383" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dzpij5u4ae0iwe-DBazaz.jpeg" width="680" /></div> <figcaption>This old picture aged well.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/brookehouts/status/1152051941263831040?s=20">Twitter: @brookehouts</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Houts&#39;s Doberman, Sphinx, is her sidekick in a lot of videos, and um, she appears to put the &quot;kick&quot; in sidekick.</p><p>In the video, a cheery Houts told the camera, &quot;what&#39;s up everyone it&#39;s your girl Brooke here today. For this video I wanted to prank my dog...I put plastic wrap on the door, we&#39;re just going to see what he does.&quot;</p><p>After hyping up the &quot;prank&quot; in her YouTuber persona, an out-of-character Brooke is seen hitting, tackling, and spitting on the Doberman.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">haha hilarious prank <a href="https://twitter.com/brookehouts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brookehouts</a> !!! xD <a href="https://t.co/kjvmOnln7e">pic.twitter.com/kjvmOnln7e</a></p>&mdash; shoe (@shoe0nhead) <a href="https://twitter.com/shoe0nhead/status/1159037250061176833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">context: she apparently accidentally uploaded the unedited footage to her channel &amp; luckily someone caught it before she deleted it. the woman uses this dog for clicks and straight up beats it behind the scenes <a href="https://t.co/kn3EbxIbdY">pic.twitter.com/kn3EbxIbdY</a></p> &mdash; shoe (@shoe0nhead) <a href="https://twitter.com/shoe0nhead/status/1159037979417088001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>The current version of the video on Houts&#39; channel does not include the hitting and spitting, but other accounts downloaded (and uploaded) the footage, which has since gone viral.</p><p><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">The Los Angeles Police Department told </span><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/police-investigating-youtuber-brooke-houts-uncut-animal" style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">BuzzFeed News </a><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">that , after receiving numerous complaints, </span>Houts<span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"> is now the subject of an investigation into possible animal abuse.</span></p><p>As is the case with every subject of an internet controversy, Houts responded with a classic NotesApp apology/defense.</p><p>&quot;I am not going to play the &#39;victim card&#39; or anything of the sort, but I do want to point out that I am rarely as upset as what was shown in the [uncut] footage,&quot; she wrote. &quot;The bubbly, happy-go-lucky Brooke that you often see in my videos is typically an accurate representation of me, but it&#39;s obvious that I&#39;m playing up my mood in this video when I&#39;m clearly frustrated.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;That being said, this does NOT justify me yelling at my dog in the way that I did, and I&#39;m fully aware of that...I want to clarify that I am NOT a dog abuser in any way, shape, or form. Anyone who has witnessed or heard true animal abuse will be able to clearly see that.&quot;</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/brookehouts/status/1158906113741299712?s=20</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>People were not convinced.</p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">You spit on your dog dude. He wasn&#39;t being aggressive with you, he was being playful.<br /> You pushed him down to the floor, you raised your hand, pulled, pushed and yelled.<br /> That&#39;s abuse. And by the looks of his reaction, it&#39;s not the first time. Absolutely heartbreaking to watch.</p> &mdash; Crystal Paterson ❄️🍑 (@I_am__Crystal) <a href="https://twitter.com/I_am__Crystal/status/1159465921716637696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Your dog was trying to PLAY. He wasn&rsquo;t acting aggressive or inappropriate. You had so much hate in your eyes. You shouldn&rsquo;t be allowed to own a dog.</p> &mdash; Brenna Spencer (@BrennaSpencer) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrennaSpencer/status/1159311373215641600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Its obvious from the video, you are fake. You use the dog as a tool to get attention on your social media videos. In reality you spit on it, you hit it and mistreat the dog when the camera is not on. Any animal or pet owner can see through your lies. YOU need serious counseling.</p> &mdash; Chris Fleming (@chrisfleming91) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisfleming91/status/1159295852927696896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Looks like her dog days might be over.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

YouTuber investigated by police after she accidentally posted footage of her hitting her dog.

There&#39;s no such thing as bad press...unless it results in a police investigation. Brooke Houts, a YouTuber with over 340,000 subscribers, is going viral for the wrong reasons after accidentally uploading an unedited cut of her &quot;plastic wrap prank on my doberman&quot; video. This old picture aged well. Twitter: @brookehoutsHouts&#39;s Doberman, Sphinx, is her sidekick in a lot of videos, and um, she appears to put the &quot;kick&quot; in sidekick.In the video, a cheery Houts told the camera, &quot;what&#39;s up everyone it&#39;s your girl Brooke here today. For this video I wanted to prank my dog...I put plastic wrap on the door, we&#39;re just going to see what he does.&quot;After hyping up the &quot;prank&quot; in her YouTuber persona, an out-of-character Brooke is seen hitting, tackling, and spitting on the Doberman.haha hilarious prank @brookehouts !!! xD pic.twitter.com/kjvmOnln7e&mdash; shoe (@shoe0nhead) August 7, 2019   context: she apparently accidentally uploaded the unedited footage to her channel &amp; luckily someone caught it before she deleted it. the woman uses this dog for clicks and straight up beats it behind the scenes pic.twitter.com/kn3EbxIbdY &mdash; shoe (@shoe0nhead) August 7, 2019 The current version of the video on Houts&#39; channel does not include the hitting and spitting, but other accounts downloaded (and uploaded) the footage, which has since gone viral.The Los Angeles Police Department told BuzzFeed News that , after receiving numerous complaints, Houts is now the subject of an investigation into possible animal abuse.As is the case with every subject of an internet controversy, Houts responded with a classic NotesApp apology/defense.&quot;I am not going to play the &#39;victim card&#39; or anything of the sort, but I do want to point out that I am rarely as upset as what was shown in the [uncut] footage,&quot; she wrote. &quot;The bubbly, happy-go-lucky Brooke that you often see in my videos is typically an accurate representation of me, but it&#39;s obvious that I&#39;m playing up my mood in this video when I&#39;m clearly frustrated.&quot;&quot;That being said, this does NOT justify me yelling at my dog in the way that I did, and I&#39;m fully aware of that...I want to clarify that I am NOT a dog abuser in any way, shape, or form. Anyone who has witnessed or heard true animal abuse will be able to clearly see that.&quot;https://twitter.com/brookehouts/status/1158906113741299712?s=20People were not convinced.  You spit on your dog dude. He wasn&#39;t being aggressive with you, he was being playful. You pushed him down to the floor, you raised your hand, pulled, pushed and yelled. That&#39;s abuse. And by the looks of his reaction, it&#39;s not the first time. Absolutely heartbreaking to watch. &mdash; Crystal Paterson ❄️🍑 (@I_am__Crystal) August 8, 2019   Your dog was trying to PLAY. He wasn&rsquo;t acting aggressive or inappropriate. You had so much hate in your eyes. You shouldn&rsquo;t be allowed to own a dog. &mdash; Brenna Spencer (@BrennaSpencer) August 8, 2019   Its obvious from the video, you are fake. You use the dog as a tool to get attention on your social media videos. In reality you spit on it, you hit it and mistreat the dog when the camera is not on. Any animal or pet owner can see through your lies. YOU need serious counseling. &mdash; Chris Fleming (@chrisfleming91) August 8, 2019 Looks like her dog days might be over.

There&#39;s no such thing as bad press...unless it results in a police investigation.   Brooke Houts, a YouTuber with over 340,000 subscribers, is going viral for the wrong reasons after accidentally uploading an unedited cut of her...