Legal Snapshot
- Deputies say a false 911 report led to DDG being handcuffed during a livestreamed paintball event in Castaic on Aug. 10, 2025; no arrests were made at the scene.
- Detectives opened a criminal probe into the caller; California law allows restitution of emergency response costs upon conviction for false emergency reporting.
- Investigators can combine 911 call metadata, carrier records, and VoIP logs—plus STIR/SHAKEN authentication data—to unmask spoofed callers and support state and possible federal charges.
By Samuel Lopez – USA Herald
A fake 911 call nearly turned deadly for rapper–streamer DDG when Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies rolled on a report of an armed man “threatening to harm everyone” at a paintball tournament in Castaic—only to find no gun, no threat, and a hoax that played out live to thousands of viewers. Deputies briefly detained DDG, then released him after determining the call was bogus; detectives are now hunting the caller.
“The anonymous caller fabricated a claim that DDG was armed and threatening people… This reckless and malicious act… put everyone present — including law enforcement — in harm’s way,” DDG’s attorney and manager, Dimitri Hurt, said, adding that DDG was “deeply shaken” though physically unharmed.
