Amid Concerns About Perez Hilton, Police Surround A Miami Home, Say Man Is 'safely Recovered'

Miami authorities connected Tuesday nighttime responded to a residence aft a disturbing video was posted connected societal media that appeared to impact personage blogger Perez Hilton.

The Times has not confirmed nan authenticity of nan video. But nan Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said successful an emailed connection that authorities had received an influx of calls connected Tuesday reporting that an individual was livestreaming acts of self-harm connected societal media.

After surrounding nan Miami residence of a man who was not named, nan Sheriff’s Office said astir 9 p.m. that he had been “safely recovered and transported by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to a section hospital, wherever he is receiving aesculapian attention.”

Deputies had arrived earlier and said they said pinch family members astatine nan segment and confirmed that nan man was unsocial wrong nan home

“In galore incidents involving a personification experiencing a intelligence wellness situation aliases actively harming themselves, deputies prioritize de-escalation by creating time, region and opportunities for communication,” nan connection read. “Unless location is an contiguous threat to others, slowing nan business and utilizing situation involution techniques tin trim nan likelihood of a suicide-by-cop brushwood and minimize nan consequence of wounded to nan individual, deputies and nan public.”

Authorities said they had “tactically disengaged while continuing to show nan situation.” In their later update, nan Sheriff’s Office said that aft nan man had been transported to a hospital, intelligence wellness professionals were astatine nan segment “providing support and resources to nan individual’s family.”

A typical for Hilton did not instantly respond to The Times’ petition for comment.

In nan TikTok unrecorded video, a personification who seems to beryllium successful distress harms himself. The video has since been removed from nan platform.

Police and occurrence converged connected a location successful Miami Tuesday night. NBC6 News reported that immoderate neighbors said Hilton lived astatine nan home, but constabulary would not corroborate that.

Hilton, calved Mario Lavandeira Jr., has been a popular civilization characteristic since nan early aughts erstwhile he launched his eponymous personage rumors rag. The task garnered nan columnist societal position but besides made him persona non grata among galore celebrities who weren’t a instrumentality of his arguable sum which was often deemed disparaging, particularly toward women.