In what is the latest installment in a long line of content creators doing insane stunts for views, a popular YouTuber has been charged following the upload of a video in which fireworks were fired at his Lamborghini from a helicopter.


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The video is titled — wait for it — “Destroying a Lamborghini With Fireworks,” and it was uploaded on July 4, 2023, in honor of Independence Day, because what better way to celebrate freedom from the British than destroying a luxury Italian sports car? The YouTuber behind the video is Suk Min Choi, who goes by Alex Choi online, and Choi was charged with “causing the placement of an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft,” according to an affidavit filed in California earlier this week.


Per authorities, Choi didn’t obtain the necessary permissions from the Federal Aviation Administration to film the video, nor did he have the requisite explosive license or permit from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Choi describes himself on his YouTube as “your average 21 year old,” and he has amassed 923,000 subscribers since joining the site in 2017. The majority of his content focuses on cars; one of his earlier videos asks the question, “Can a Lamborghini Tow 10,000lbs+?” while another shows a Lamborghini that had been destroyed after he took it off-roading.


In the contentious helicopter fireworks video, which is no longer visible on his channel, Choi can be seen pressing a “fire missiles” button, which prompts the two women in the helicopter to fire “missiles,” aka fireworks, at the Lamborghini. The document reads, “After shooting what appears to be a live-action version of a fictionalized video game scene, the video transitions to a behind-the-scenes look at how Choi shot the first third of the video.”


The video does look incredibly badass, TBH, and definitely does look like a video game brought to life, but even a cool YouTube video is probably not worth the legal headache that comes from not doing things by the book and then uploading evidence of your crimes to the internet for the world to see.