Twitch and YouTube star Duke Dennis has returned to streaming and is breaking his silence on his arrest after playing a game of Hide-And-Seek with streaming superstar Kai Cenat in a San Antonio mall earlier this month.
Around 10:30 p.m. on August 2, San Antonio Police officers arrested Duke Dennis. In the early hours of August 3, videos and reports began surfacing showing the streamer being handcuffed. Online users claimed the streamer was playing a game of Hide-And-Seek before the arrest.
Early reports said 31-year-old Dennis, born Denzel Shaquille “Duke” Dennis, was filming content with 23-year-old Kai Cenat, born Kai Carlo Cenat III, at The Shops at RiverCenter in Downtown San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Police said Dennis was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and evading arrest. Police said he was playing the game of Hide-And-Seek after the mall closed.
San Antonio Police Arest Duke Dennis For Evading Arrest And Criminal Trespassing
According to NBC News, responding officers tried “to remove individuals playing hide and seek” as they were “causing disruption throughout the area.” Mall security guards previously advised everyone, including Dennis, to leave the mall, but they refused, police said.
Police added, “an officer instructed the suspect to leave, and the suspect verbally and physically refused to leave the location. An officer instructed the suspect to place his hands by his back and that he would be arrested for criminal trespassing private property.”
Police said Dennis ran away, but security guards and police officers detained and arrested him. Online records reported his charges of criminal trespassing and evading arrest.
Police also claim another person allegedly attempted to interfere with Dennis’ arrest by pushing an officer. Police subsequently arrested them and charged them with three counts of assault on an officer, one count of interfering with the duties of a public servant and one count of resisting arrest.
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Duke Dennis Addresses San Antonio Mall Arrest For Evading And Criminal Trespassing
Around 11:39 p.m. on August 3, authorities released Dennis from jail in San Antonio. He reportedly posted two $1,000 cash bonds. In the early hours of August 4, the streamer took to his Instagram Story with his first post since his arrest and release. He told his more than 5.3 million followers, “Officially on vacation. Need suggestions on where to go… See y’all later.”
On Saturday (August 16), clips began to surface showing Duke Dennis addressing his arrest on a stream. Dennis — who is part of the content creator collective AMP (Any Means Possible) along with Kai Cenat, Agent 00, Fanum, ImDavisss, and ChrisNxtDoor — said he does not do content that could result in him going to jail. He told his audience:
“…I get back, as soon as I get done streaming, the bullsh*t happen. I go to jail, the bullsh*t happen over some dumb a**, stupid a** sh*t. Bro, I needed a break, bro. I’m not gonna lie, bro, that sh*t was, it was a lot, bro. But, I will say like, I know y’all wanna hear about like the whole jail sh*t, But, to be honest, I can’t even talk about it.
What I can say is like the whole thing was just a big a**—the whole thing was just a big misunderstanding, miscommunication, mostly. Bro, no cap. I’m going to go ahead and keep it a bag, bro. Jail isn’t a place that I would wish on anybody. Like this sh*t is so unnecessary, bro.
Like the thing about us bro—like the thing about me bro, I’m not the type of content creator that’s gonna like risk my freedom for the content. Content ain’t that deep for me. Like, it’s not that deep to me, it never will be.
Like, it’s not that deep to me or none of my dawgs, bro. Nobody in AMP content is not that deep to be risking your freedom and going to jail over. Like I said, that sh*t was a big a** misunderstanding, big a** miscommunication. Like I said though, bro, I wouldn’t wish—listen, bro, I wouldn’t wish jail on nobody, bro. Don’t go.”
Another clip of Duke Dennis shows him responding to all of the social media posts and memes joking about his arrest. He addressed the critics and continued to insist that he wouldn’t risk his freedom for content. He said:
“I seen all y’all jokes. I seen about how y’all was joking about the whole reason I went to jail in the first place. And bro, that sh*t was…bro. I won’t say what I wanna say, cause I gotta wait until this whole thing over with. You know what I’m saying? ‘Cause my lawyers say it’s just not smart to speak on an ongoing situation.
But, I’ll give y’all the whole rundown eventually. But bro. All y’all making y’all little ones and twos. Bro, I still stand on the fact that like—bro, being a content creator, bro, I never put content—I never do content knowing that I could get in trouble for it. That is a guarantee. Guarantee that I would not do anything content related that I could get in trouble for, knowingly.”
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