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A quadriplegic YouTube star has been charged with striking a Miami cop with his wheelchair in a bizarre incident the likes of which the judge said he has never seen before.
Bryant Amastha, 32, known on YouTube as recording artist El Valien-T, is facing two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer.
Despite being unable to utilize his limbs, Amastha is accused of hitting an officer with his motorized wheelchair and allegedly spitting at her.
But Amastha denies the allegations against him and described a different narrative.
His story is a first for the Miami-Dade judge.
'I've truly never seen a case like this,' the judge said in court.
Bryant Amastha, 32, known on YouTube as recording artist El Valien-T, is facing two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer
When asked if he did it, Amastha told Local 10 News, 'I absolutely did not'
Amastha, a YouTube star, boasts a substantial following on social media platforms like Instagram, where he has amassed nearly 100,000 followers. He shares music videos featuring himself singing and surrounded by dancing women on his YouTube channel
When asked if he did it, Amastha told Local 10 News, 'I absolutely did not.'
The incident occurred at his home in southwest Miami-Dade's Quail Heights area Wednesday, during a