Youtuber RackaRacka, aka Michael Philippou, in court over underwater car stunt
Last year he allegedly drove a car filled with water through a bottle-o – now this Adelaide YouTube prankster has faced court.
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A YouTube prankster has faced court over driving offences allegedly committed during an ‘underwater car’ stunt last year.
Michael Alexander Philippou, 28, who runs the RackaRacka Youtube channel with his twin brother Danny, appeared in the Christies Beach Magistrates Court following his arrest in December.
He faces seven charges including reckless driving, driving uninsured and unregistered, and breaching standards of a road vehicle.
The offences related to a stunt pulled in January 16 last year, where Philippou allegedly drove a car filled to the brim with water through the Lonsdale Hotel bottle shop drive through.
A video taken by a bystander was posted on to social media and the pair later uploaded a full version on to their Youtube channel, racking up 1.2 million views since.
In December, the brothers uploaded another video showing Philippou arrested for offences relating to the January prank.
In the video, they described how Danny was first pulled over in a driveway and pretended to be his twin brother. They claimed charges of false identity were later dropped.
The twins turned up to court on Wednesday morning with a large group of people in tow and filmed outside the courtside.
Philippou will face court again next month.
Big entourage outside court for YouTube prankster Michael Philippou - he's been charged over an 'underwater car' stunt in Jan 2019 @9NewsAdel pic.twitter.com/gRdaE7rDRd
— Tom Angley (@TomAngley9) January 14, 2020
Adelaide based social media prankster and filmmaker Michael Philippou has appeared in court over a public stunt involving an underwater vehicle. @abcadelaide pic.twitter.com/WEC2NiY9G0
— Natarsha Kallios (@NKallios) January 15, 2020
YouTube prankster Michael PHILIPPOU walks into court. He’s charged with multiple driving offences over “underwater car†stunt in January 2019. @10NewsFirstAdl pic.twitter.com/Ox3BAUb5GD
— Kate Somers (@kate_a_somers) January 14, 2020