MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Argentinian YouTubers Beni Marmol and Pato Perrotta are facing felony charges in South Florida after deputies said they arrested them at the Colombia vs. Portugal World Cup match.
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Marmol, 20, and Perrotta, 26, both of Buenos Aires, each have hundreds of thousands of followers on YouTube and other platforms and frequently collaborate in videos.
The match was held Saturday at Miami Stadium, better known as Hard Rock Stadium.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies said both Marmol, whose full name is Lautaro B. Marmol, and Perrotta, whose full name is Patricio Rafael Perrotta, “bypass(ed) three layers of security” using credentials of a past game and made it onto “stadium grounds.”
Marmol “stated that he was a media influencers (sic) trying to get in to stream the game,” a deputy wrote in his arrest report.
Perrotta, meanwhile, said he was “hired by a media company to review the event and has credentials, but they were from a previous event,” his arrest report states.
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Deputies arrested each on a charge of interference with a sporting or entertainment event.
Records show a Miami-Dade judge found probable cause for both and ordered them held on a $2,500 bond.
They were both being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Sunday afternoon.
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