Future Olympian and Pro Skateboarder Nyjah Huston are being charged for organizing a party during a national pandemic.
What We Know:
- Last month, Huston and four others hosted a party that was eventually broken up by police. About 40 guests were in attendance which disobeys the local area’s coronavirus restrictions. The event was interrupted by authorities after a complaint was made. Huston, homeowner Edward Essa, and three others are being charged with “creating a nuisance,” which is a misdemeanor in California. The Fairfax District house in L.A hosted events in violation of coronavirus guidelines late last year as well.
- 26-year-old Huston is one of the most decorated X Games athletes of all time. A 4-time world skateboarding champion, Huston gained his first skateboarding sponsorship at 7-years-old and entered his first X Games at 11-years-old. Since then, he has won 13 Gold medals in his 16 X Games appearances. Huston currently spends his time training for his Olympics debut this summer. The Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan, this year.
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Blowing off steam from training seems ideal, but doing it during a pandemic can be dangerous. This is also not the first time Huston has been involved in cases of public disturbance. In September 2019, Huston pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace at a Los Angeles party. After their most recent party, Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered the L.A Department of Water and Power to shut off the electricity to Essa’s home. Neither Huston nor Essa have commented on the issue so far.
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L.A’s top prosecutor Mike Feuer is cracking down on what appears to be other multiple unrelated public health violations as well. In August, he filed charges against Tiktok stars Bryce Hall and Blake Gray for hosting large scale parties at rented out mega mansions. Feuer believes “this enforcement is particularly important because party houses can produce superspreader events that jeopardize public health.” Feuer asserts that his office holds the hosts of these events accountable for breaking local public health orders.
Despite there being no end in sight for the Covid-19 pandemic, many residents around the country have more or less gone back to a slightly modified version of their former lives. However, many fail to acknowledge that this way of thinking is part of why the shift back to normality has taken so long.
