ASPIRATIONS FOR YOUTUBE FAME WENT FATAL WHEN MONA LISA PEREZ
SHOT HER BOYFRIEND PEDRO LUIZ, THIS WAS ALL FOR YOUTUBE VIEWS.
THEY HAD A CHANNEL WHERE THEY DUCK AMENDED THEIR LIVES AS
TEEN PARENTS OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
SHE TWEETED ABOUT THE STUNT BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
SHE SAID, "ME AND PEDRO ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SHOOT ONE
OF THE MOST DANGEROUS VIDEOS EVER.
HIS IDEA, NOT MINE."
THE COURT DOCUMENTS ARE STATING THAT SHE STOOD A FEW FEET
AWAY FROM HER BOYFRIEND AND SHOT HIM WITH ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL SEMIAUTOMATIC GUNS IN THE WORLD.
HE WAS HOLDING A BOOK TO HIS CHEST, THE BOOK WAS SUPPOSED TO
BLOCK THE BULLET, THEY FELT SURE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE
OF IT AND NOT HAVE ANY HARM DONE TO HIM, BUT THIS OBVIOUSLY
DID NOT HAPPEN.
NOW, THERE ARE REAL CONSEQUENCE IS COMING TO PEREZ AS A
RESULT OF THIS.
PEREZ WAS ARRESTED ON MONDAY AS A RESULT OF RECKLESS
DISCHARGE OF A GUN.
ON WEDNESDAY, THAT CHARGE WAS UPGRADED TO SECOND-DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER.
SHE WAS RELEASED ON $7000
BAIL AFTER HER INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE, AND ORDER TO
WEAR A GPS MONITOR AND STAY AWAY FROM FIREARMS.
IF CONVICTED, SHE FACES UP TO 10 YEARS BEHIND BARS.
YOU LIKE TO TELL, THIS IS A REALLY HEARTBREAKING STORY TO
COVER, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE ñ
IT FEELS LIKE IT COULD'VE BEEN SO EASILY PREVENTED, AND
THE QUESTION TO KEEP ASKING MYSELF IS, FOR WHAT?
FOR WHAT?
THEY SAID IT, FOUR VIEWS, WHICH IS SO CRAZY, BUT THEY
ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THAT.
THEY HAVE A THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AND I BELIEVE THEY HAD
REVEALED THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH A BOY IN MAY, AND BOTH OF
THESE PARENTS ARE GONE NOW.
YOU KNOW, SHE COULD POTENTIALLY BE LOCKED UP, WE DON'T REALLY
KNOW, BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST
HEARTBREAKING STORIES I THINK I'VE COVERED RECENTLY, BECAUSE,
FOR WHAT, ANA?
WHY DO YOU DO THIS?
I KNOW, I NOTE.
BECAUSE THERE IS ñ LOOK, THERE IS THIS ENVIRONMENT ONLINE WHERE
ñ FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS AN ENVIRONMENT IN THIS
COUNTRY, IN GENERAL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT KIND OF CONTENT CREATOR
YOU WANT TO BE, REGARDING FAME, AND HOW AWESOME FAME IS,
AND WE ONLY DISCUSS THE HONESTY OR THE TRUTH BEHIND FAME,
AND WHAT IT ENTAILS, AND HOW TERRIBLE IT ACTUALLY IS, RIGHT?
I MEAN, I THINK PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, AS LONG AS
YOU DO SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS ENOUGH ONLINE, YOU WILL BECOME
FAMOUS AND ALL OF IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD.
IT WILL LEAD TO GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN SOME CASES PEOPLE ACT CLOWNISH, AND
THEY BECOME FAMOUS AND THEY DO END UP MAKING A TON OF MONEY.
THAT WHOLE CASH ME OUTSIDE GIRL, I DON'T KNOW HER REAL NAME,
SHE BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE HE WAS ACTING BADLY ON A DOCTOR PHIL
EPISODE, AND SHE STARTED GETTING ALL THESE LUCRATIVE DEALS
AS A RESULT OF THAT, SO I THINK THE WAY THAT WE CELEBRATE PEOPLE
IN THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO BE RECONSIDERED, AND REEVALUATED.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
ACTUAL DISCUSSIONS WITH KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT LIFE
ISSUES THAT MATTER.
WE USED TO HAVE HOME EC, MAYBE SOME SCHOOLS STILL HAVE
HOME EC, BUT INSTEAD OF THAT WE SIT SOME KIDS DOWN AND TALK
ABOUT LIFE ISSUES THAT WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT THEM.
HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO, I DON'T KNOW, AVOID DOING THINGS
THAT COULD PUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AT HARM, OR AT RISK.
I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS A DEVASTATING STORY, AND I FEEL
HORRIBLE FOR THE VICTIM, AND THE VICTIM'S FAMILY, BUT TO BE
QUITE HONEST FOR YOU, I FEEL BAD FOR THE GIRL, OR THE WOMAN
WHO IS NOW GOING TO FACE SERIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGES BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW?
I DON'T THINK SHE IS A VIOLENT CRIMINAL; I DON'T THINK
THAT SHE IS A PERSON WHO IS A GENUINE THREAT TO SOCIETY,
AND THIS IS GOING TO DESTROY HER LIFE.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT SHE IS FEELING RIGHT NOW; SHE JUST
KILLED THE PERSON THAT SHE LOVES, ACCIDENTALLY OF
COURSE, AND IT WAS FOR SUCH A STUPID REASON.
AND IT WAS HIS IDEA, AND HE HAD ASSURED HER THAT THIS WOULD
WORK OUT.
THEY HAD EVEN TESTED WITH ANOTHER ñ
LIKE, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, HE CLAIMS THAT THE BULLET DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY
THROUGH.
THAT'S WHAT HE FELT MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT IT.
BY THE WAY, ONE MORE QUICK THING I WANTED TO ADD, AND I
THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MORE CLEAR POINT THAT I SHOULD
GET ACROSS; LOOK, WE NEED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GUN
SAFETY, OKAY?
SO, I GET IT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO GET EVER
ñ YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO TALKING
ABOUT GUN REGULATION, BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT BANNING OR
OUTLAWING CERTAIN GUNS OR TYPES OF MAGAZINES, THIS IS JUST
ABOUT GUN SAFETY, OKAY?
CAN WE AT LEAST AGREE?
FIND A MIDDLE GROUND, AND HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION
ABOUT HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ACT AROUND GUNS.
GUNS ARE NOT TOYS, THEY ARE NOT FUN AND GAMES, THEY ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR PRANKS, OKAY?
WE NEED TO HAVE VERY SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS,
BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST THINK IT'S LIKE, THIS COOL THING THAT
YOU CAN HAVE FUN WITH.
YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S COOL, BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO TREAT IT
LIKE A LETHAL WEAPON, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS:
IT'S A LETHAL WEAPON.
WE MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR IT, BUT THEY KNEW IT WAS A LETHAL
WEAPON, AND THAT'S WHAT MADE THIS SO INTENSE AS A STUNT.
YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE STUNT THEY WERE
INVOLVED IN PRIOR, THEY DID HAVE KIND OF A YOUTUBE FOLLOWING
BECAUSE THEY WERE TEEN PARENTS.
THEY WOULD DO PRANKS, PRANKS LIKE, INSTEAD OF A POWDER
DONUT THEY WOULD PUT BABY POWDER, HARMLESS PRANKS.
RIGHT, BUT IT WAS THE INTENSITY OF THIS THAT THEY KNEW WOULD
DRAW A LOT OF ATTENTION, AND AS ANA SAYS, THAT ATTENTION IS
CELEBRATED IN THIS COUNTRY; IT WAS WANT TO BE RUN ON THE
NEWS, AND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THIS IS THE IRONY, BECAUSE ñ AND I FEEL LIKE I'M REPORTING ON AN
EPISODE OF BLACK MIRROR ñ THEY GOT THE FAME.
THEY WANTED THE FAME, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOTHING THEY
CAN DO WITH IT RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S FOR A TRAGIC REASON, BUT
ñ BUT THEY GOT IT, AND IT MAKES ME SO SICK.
DOESN'T IT FEEL LIKE AN EPISODE OF BLACK MIRROR THAT WE ARE
REPORTING ON, THAT WE SAW HAPPEN IN REAL TIME?
YEAH.
WELL, SHE IS FACING 10
YEARS IN PRISON, AND WE WILL SEE HOW THE CASE PLAYS OUT, BUT
IT SHOULD BE AT THE VERY LEAST A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR ANYONE
WANTING TO DO SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS IN THE NAME
OF FAME.
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