YouTuber Kai Cenat Won't Face Riot Charges In NYC Giveaway Chaos

NEW YORK CITY — YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat dodged charges in a boneheaded giveaway that ended with youths tearing apart Union Square last summer.

An inciting a riot charge will be dismissed against Cenat after he posts a public apology on social for 24 hours and ponies up $57,000 in restitution, a Manhattan district attorney's office spokesperson said late Tuesday.

Cenat, in his apology, wrote he should have "thought more" before he posted Aug. 4 that he'd giveaway PlayStation 5 game consoles in Union Square.

"It was never my intent for it to get so out of hand, and I have learned a very valuable lesson that social media is a very powerful tool to do good, but it can also cause dangerous unwanted situations if it is not used properly," he said.

The promised PS5 handout drew thousands of youths to Union Square, who unleashed a wave of destruction on the park and surrounding streets.

They destroyed cars, took plates off diners' tables to throw, set off a fire extinguisher climbed on the roof of a subway station and fought with each other, according to police and reports.

NYPD officers eventually arrested 65 people, including 30 juveniles, police officials said.

Cenat, along with Denzel Dennis and Muktar, afterward faced charges of inciting a riot.

The deal struck with prosecutors dropped the charges and will close the case, officials said.