Bodega Incident

On April 5th 2023, a recording of a private Discord call with Daniel, his management, and someone pretending to be Olivia Vanderwaal was uploaded to Reddit by user u/cybercrimer.

Pre-incident

Before the incident took place, a recording of a couple of teenagers surfaced on the r/Daniellarson subreddit where they chased around Daniel in, what appears to be, the same store seemingly minutes before the Bodega Incident occurred.

According to Daniel, these teenagers sent him death threats at multiple locations before showing up at the Bodega.

The fans asked Daniel a couple of questions, such as if he smoked crack and knew who they were.

Daniel talks about an unspecified "security" force.

Daniel can be seen talking about harassment to the employee he punched in the video, making the previous fan interaction a possible influence behind Daniel's poor behavior and his removal from the store. However, there is no documentation of these teenagers encouraging Daniel to assault the Bodega employee, unlike his management and "Olivia" who are documented encouraging such behavior.

The incident

The call took place in a private Discord server called "Daniel Larson HQ", which is the channel his so-called "Managers" and the newest fake Olivia Vanderwaal use to communicate with Daniel.

In this call, Daniel is seen being kicked out of a Bodega by an employee for recording in the store and causing a disturbance. Daniel claims that he was directed to stay at the establishment by the police who he had previously called, but despite that, the employee tells Daniel to get out and can be seen pushing him out. The camera cuts in and out, but Daniel is seen exiting through the door.

The fake Olivia Vanderwaal encourages Daniel to defend himself, going as far as to say he should spit on the employee. Daniel starts screaming

"I CALLED THE F****** POLICE"

and

"F*** YOU B**** YOU HIT ME IN THERE SO OF COURSE I AM GOING TO SELF-DEFEND MYSELF.... B****!"

Daniel accuses the employee of hitting him previously multiple times, and the employee, who by now stands at the entrance of the store, starts to call the police, the employee telling Daniel that he will be arrested.

Daniel, in a fit of rage, proceeds to charge at the man and punches the employee, who in response punched Daniel in the eye and pushed Daniel to the ground. Daniel yells "I HAVE YOU ON FILM" while simultaneously capturing none of the assault. After a couple of moments of his camera off, Daniel turns his camera back on and screams that he was injured after being pushed to the ground and that his knee and eye were bleeding.

The managers and fake Olivia encourage Daniel to leave the bodega, but Daniel refuses to listen to all of their requests for him to leave because he claims he needs to press charges against both the employee and the 5 teenagers who had been following him.

The first police call that Daniel made, which had occurred before the assault, was apparently about the 5 teenagers who had followed Daniel to the Bodega.

Daniel also claims he is waiting for paramedics because he has a black eye. A picture of the blackeye has been uploaded to Reddit by user u/tawnypunani. Soon after, Daniel reveals that he is still waiting for the EMS because he is afraid he may have sustained a concussion during the altercation.

Later, it was reported Daniel had checked out of the hospital. While in the emergency room, he was screened for a concussion, and it was found that he did not sustain one. No serious injuries were reported.

Daniel uploads another video from the hospital later. It has not been confirmed whether the video is from his initial visit or if he returned. The black eye is present in the video. In the video, Daniel claims he was attacked by two fans in New York City in 2023. He claims he has no fractures, but has a good-sized cut on his nose. He states that is his only injury.