Creator Of Viral Video About Homeless Man Is Under Fire Yet Again

As Josh Paler Lin battles claims that he staged a heartwarming video that's now raised $139,000, a new eyewitness says the YouTube star tried to cover his tracks
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Vocativ
Jan. 13, 2015

An Internet prankster under fire for possibly staging a viral video in which he helps a generous homeless man is now being accused of trying to cover his tracks during what’s become the video’s most controversial scene.

[...]in a new video, the cashier of Euclid Liquor & Market seems to confirm Kadalim’s account. Speaking with Cody Roeder, a vocal Lin critic, the cashier says that Lin indeed entered the store right around the same time Thomas did. Lin used the store’s ATM to withdraw money. Thomas walked in shortly afterward.

In a strange twist, the clerk also says Lin returned to the liquor store after Kadalim gave his interview to Vocativ. This time, the YouTube prankster tried to convince the clerk that he had never set foot inside the liquor store.

“He said, ‘You had never seen me before except for today,'” the clerk, who is not named, tells Roeder. “I said, ‘Yes I did. You were in my store. You got money from my ATM.'” The clerk then says Lin tried to argue with him and force him to say he was mistaken, so he kicked Lin out of the liquor store.

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