MrBeast was reported to the FBI for company chat logs

Messages allegedly exchanged between MrBeast and his associates – including former employee Ava Kris Tyson – were sent to the FBI, according to fellow YouTuber Rosanna Pansino.

At 26, MrBeast – real name Jimmy Donaldson – holds the record for most subscribers on YouTube, with more than 320 million followers at the time of writing. Accordingly ForbesAs of 2022, he earned $54 million per year, mostly from advertising on his YouTube videos. He is also known for giving back to his followers and frequently uploads videos of his charitable acts.

While MrBeast has always been loved by his loyal fans, online opinion of him has slowly changed after a video resurfaced online of him using racist and homophobic slurs. On August 1, MrBeast apologized for the comments. Some have also called him a “scammer” for allegedly orchestrating content, and he has been accused of knowingly hiring a registered sex offender.

Additionally, a person who claimed to have worked for MrBeast accused him of having prior knowledge of the allegations that Tyson once groomed a teenager.

Newsweek has reached out to representatives from MrBeast, the FBI and Pansino via email and Tyson via social media for comment.

Tyson recently came under scrutiny for her interactions with someone under the social media name LavaGS, which began when he was 13 and Tyson was 20. Public online interactions between the two reportedly included references to nude images, sexual and anime pornography, and hentai. The posts have been removed.

While Tyson publicly apologized and LavaGS, now 20, said the videos contained “massive lies” that “twisted the truth,” MrBeast took to X, formerly Twitter, in September to explain that he “Disgusting and against” is to such unacceptable acts.”

MrBeast confirmed he had cut ties with Tyson and said he had “hired an independent third party to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure I have all the facts.”

Discussion about the allegations was revived on Sunday when YouTuber Pansino posted a more than seven-minute video purportedly showing messages exchanged between MrBeast and his associates, including Tyson.

Captioning the footage, Pansino – who has made a name for herself baking on YouTube, where she has more than 14 million subscribers – wrote on X that she had also turned the message log over to the FBI.

“I’m working on sorting through the MrBeast company chat logs,” she said. “Here is part 1 with a few redactions (Discord handles).”

“These come from a Telegram channel that MrBeast (John Smith in these chats) used to communicate with Kris Ava Tyson and other employees,” Pansino continued. “Trigger a warning if a lot of inappropriate topics are discussed (especially for a company that targets children).”

Hours after Pansino shared the post, which appeared to contain a large portion of messages unrelated to work, she said she had forwarded the information to the FBI in hopes that it would launch a deeper investigation.

“I have reported my findings and concerns to the authorities @FBI,” she wrote. “Hopefully they will look into these MrBeast Telegram Company chat logs and other concerns.”

Pansino, who also shared a YouTube video on Sunday discussing details of the chat logs, did not specify on X how she came into possession of the messages.

Since the posts were published, some of Pansino's independent uploads on the platform have been criticized by critics. In response to a video featuring her dog, an “.

Under a video she shared of a song she released a year ago in honor of her father, Pansino responded with a tears of joy emoji to another X user who told her that she “hasn't been relevant since 2017.” , why you still”. Out here looking for attention.

Another critic told her that the song was “worse than.” [KSI’s] new song,” to which the internet personality replied, “My family loves it.”

MrBeast has an unlikely opponent in Pansino, who has been criticizing the online sensation in his social media posts. She has been investigating allegations of unsafe working conditions during production of the upcoming reality show “MrBeast” on Amazon Prime Video Beast gamesand other allegations.

Pansino, 39, one of YouTube's first stars, recently told NBC News that the investigation into the allegations surrounding MrBeast “awakened something in her.”

“I thought maybe I would retire in a few years because I'm just so happy,” she said in September. “But it really woke up something in me that after hearing all these stories and seeing everything, I can’t in good conscience do nothing.”

Pansino said she has known MrBeast for about five years and told the news outlet that she has worked with him on a number of projects, including attempted business ventures. She also took part in three episodes of MrBeast Creator Games Series on YouTube in which internet personalities competed for a cash prize.

Things worsened in October 2023 when Pansino publicly accused MrBeast of cutting them out of the top three finalists Creator Games 3. She stated that she was hit by a storm of backlash, which included death threats, prompting her to inform MrBeast that she would be deleting all of her posts and apologizing. The apology has since been deleted.

Pansino said her decision to publicly speak out against MrBeast prompted a number of people to contact her and share allegations about their alleged adverse experiences working on projects related to the social media star.

“I think they feel like they can trust me because I'm one of the few major YouTubers who has spoken out about my negative experiences working with Jimmy, and I've also publicly announced that I'm going to start to say more and try to hold people accountable, especially him and the people in his company,” she said.

Update 10/29/24, 10:40 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.