Influencer Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Teen

LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles police Friday morning arrested a social media personality Raymundo Diaz on suspicion of sexual assault.

Diaz, 33, who is known online as Ray Diaz and has an Instagram following of 3.1 million people, was arrested by detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Division's Special Assault Section about 5 a.m. in San Diego, according to the LAPD.

San Diego police assisted in the arrest of the Hollywood resident, the LAPD reported.

Details about the alleged assault were not released, but according to media reports, an investigation was launched after videos surfaced that appeared to show him assaulting an underage teen girl he was reported to have been dating.

Diaz, who has claimed the video depicted an acting exercise and not an actual assault, was being held in lieu of $500,000 bail, according to the LAPD.

City News Service