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Cameron Dallas posted his mugshot from December 2018. The model and vlogger didn’t explain what happened but alluded that he was protecting himself and his friends. But now it’s come out that Dallas was arrested for punching a man in the face at a Colorado Hotel.
The vlogger, who has over 21.1 million followers on Instagram, was arrested on Saturday for breaking a man’s nose at the Hyatt Residences Grand Aspen, according to Page Six.
The Aspen police say that fund a man “bleeding from injuries to his face” when they got to the hotel at 5 A.M. “On further investigation officers arrested Cameron Dallas,” Bill Linn, assistant chief of the Aspen Police, said in a statement according to New York Magazine.
Dallas, who was a guest at the hotel, says he was defending himself in his Instagram post.
“Unfortunately sometimes in life you find yourself in a situation where you have to protect yourself and the people you care about, have a safe and happy new year, 2019 is going to be an amazing one,” Dallas wrote on Instagram alongside his mugshot.
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Dallas was charged with second-degree assault and was released on a $5,000 bond. His court date is set for January 22, 2019.
Dallas first gained fame on Vine. He began posting to the app in 2012 and by 2014 he was the 11th most followed account with 8.1 million followers. He eventually starred in his own Netflix reality series Chasing Cameron, which was about his life as a famous vlogger and social media star. Cameron has pivoted from social media to becoming and actor and model.
