Influencer McKinley Richardson is talking out a few terrifying night time that she says modified her life eternally. The social media star, who beforehand dated YouTuber and Kick streamer Jack Doherty, revealed she was robbed at gunpoint in Compton throughout considered one of Doherty’s livestream “takeover” shoots, and claims the traumatic expertise was later was on-line content material. In a brand new episode of Camilla Araujo‘s podcast, Richardson described the horrifying ordeal in vivid element, recalling how what started as an evening out for “content material” shortly spiraled right into a near-death expertise. “It modified my life,” McKinley mentioned on the podcast. “To at the present time, I nonetheless say a couple of years have been shaved off my life that night time as a result of I believed it was over.”

Richardson defined that she joined Doherty and his crew for what she believed can be a innocent social occasion, however later discovered it was a harmful “takeover,” a kind of unlawful road racing gathering involving stolen vehicles, firearms, and big late-night crowds.

“I had no thought what a takeover was,” she mentioned. “I believed there’d be DJs and music. I did not realize it was lots of of individuals drifting stolen vehicles at midnight in Compton.” Regardless of the presence of two safety guards, Richardson mentioned she felt unsafe nearly instantly. “The second I acquired out of the automotive, folks have been yelling that I did not belong there,” she recalled. “It was terrifying.”

After a number of chaotic stops, McKinley says she advised Doherty she would not get out for the third location. “I mentioned, ‘I believe I am simply going to remain within the automotive. This feels harmful,'” she recalled. “I had no thought how proper I used to be.”

Moments later, McKinley says her instincts proved right. “I regarded up and made eye contact with two guys in masks,” she mentioned. “Then one other man in a surgical masks and gloves opened the van door and pointed a gun at me.”

The armed robber allegedly demanded to know who was inside earlier than climbing into the van. “He ran straight towards me,” McKinley recalled. “I simply keep in mind begging, telling him he might have all the things. My purse, my cash, no matter he wished.”

With a gun pressed to her head, Richardson mentioned she thought she was about to die. “It was like an out-of-body expertise,” she mentioned. “I believed it was over. I used to be closing my eyes, ready for no matter was going to occur.”

The gunman fled together with her pockets and money, leaving her trembling and alone. “I’ve by no means shaken that feeling,” she admitted. “He might’ve made a distinct alternative, and I would not be right here.”

When Doherty and his group returned to the van, McKinley says she was in full shock, just for the night time to take one other disturbing flip. “I used to be begging him to close off the cameras,” she mentioned. “However he refused. He would not finish the livestream.”

In accordance with McKinley, Doherty laughed off her trauma and handled the incident as potential viral content material. “He mentioned, ‘You are gonna get up to all these TikToks tomorrow,'” she claimed. “And I simply keep in mind considering, all the things is content material to him — even this.”

She mentioned that second broke her fully. “I spotted he did not care,” McKinley mentioned. “The man who as soon as made me really feel protected was gone. I used to be simply content material.”

McKinley mentioned it turned clear that each facet of her identification, from her profession to her confidence, had change into one thing he wished to handle or monetize.