Dramatic moment influencer is robbed during livestream as thieves record their getaway
Robbers stole a popular influencers smartphone while she was livestreaming from a car in Argentina, snatching the device as it recorded their getaway.
Robbers stole a popular influencers smartphone while she was livestreaming from a car in Argentina, snatching the device as it recorded their getaway.
The viral robbery unfolded as Micaela Ybañez, who goes by Milica, was streaming from a car in the capital of Buenos Aires on Tuesday.
Ybañez, who has more than 3 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and X, was filming alongside Nico Acosta, who manages former boxing champion Sergio Maravilla Martínez.
As the two chatted, the thieves can be seen approaching the car from the side and smashing a window.
Footage shows one of the robbers grabbing the phone and running with it before apparently hopping on a motorcycle with an accomplice.
Ybañez had posted earlier in the day that she would be on Twitch livestreaming her Christmas shopping outing in Once, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires.
Good morning, today will be my first IRL on the street, in my country. Ive been to Spain, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, everywhere. And here it will be the first time, she saidin the clip.
Well be in the Once neighborhood shopping for the Christmas tree, so we can make a spot. Its going to be something huge, with a lot of gadgets. The streaming starts at around four in the afternoon.
Argentine influencer Micaela Ybañez (right), who was more than 3 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and X, was livestreaming in Buenos Aires on Tuesday when a thief (circled) approached her car and broke the window to steal her cellphone
Ybañez has more than 3 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and X
After the incident, Ybañez took to X and claimed it would be her last street irl because they broke the car window to steal my cell phone.
I cut myself a little because all the glass fell on me, she added.
Curiously, a clip posted prior to the robbery showed Acosta asking Ybañez if she would be okay with him listing his car for sale on her Instagram account if someone was to steal her cellphone while was recording her shopping trip.
If your phone is stolen, can you let me post my car for sale on your Instagram, and out of nowhere say Audi A3 for sale? Acosta joked.
Ybañez quickly shot him down.
And if you sent someone to rob me now to do that because you already had it in mind before arriving? she asked.
Wow, you gave me so many ideas. Can we even come next week or not? Acosta quipped.
Authorities told Clarín newspaper that they had not received any robbery reports from Ybañez.
Some of her followers wondered if the incident was staged.
Ybañez was streaming alongside Nico Acosta, who manages former boxing champion Sergio Maravilla Martínez
Ybañez had posted earlier in the day that she would be on Twitch livestreaming her Christmas shopping outing in Once, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires
Authorities told Argentine media outlet Clarín that Ybañez did not file a police report after she was robbed Tuesday
Some of Ybañezs followers expressed doubts over whether she was truly robbed
Is it true or acted?, one person asked.
Pov: your friend takes the joke very literally and breaks your auto window, another chimed in.
Top 1 actors who forgot they were acting, another one of her followers added.
Others appeared to be sympathetic to the Argentine influencer.
They manifested the robbery wtf, one person commented. I hope you are ok.
I feel like someone was following from the stream, another said. The thief was following your steps live.
