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

Prior to the incident, u/Zokmonkee on the r/Daniellarson Reddit posted multiple video recordings^[1] of himself harassing Daniel, beginning at a restaurant.

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

The "fans" repeatedly asked Daniel a couple of questions, such as if he smoked crack and knew who they were. They additionally lied to him, saying that they were his friends, causing him to become even more agitated.

Not only is the harassment itself worrying, Daniel can be seen throughout the videos talking about an unspecified "security" force, which may be a new type of management, which definitely does not help the situation at all.

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.

After this, the "fans" continue to follow Daniel throughout the store. Finally, he antagonizes Daniel by calling his name down random aisles as well as other actions until Daniel is visibly upset and apparently calls the police. This is where the video call where most of the incident was captured begins.

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. Daniel had just previously called the police due to the 5 teenagers who had been following him around the bodega. Despite Daniel's attempts to explain himself, the employee tells Daniel to get out and can then 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****!"

Additionally, the people on the call encouraged Daniel to spit on the man as well as to show them his camera.

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 punches Daniel in the eye and pushed Daniel to the ground. Daniel yells "I HAVE YOU ON FILM" while simultaneously capturing none of the assault due to a shaky or obscured camera. 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.

Daniel then claims he is waiting outside of the bodega for the police and EMS.

Injuries

Daniel did not leave the situation unscathed as he somehow manages to do with most of his incidents. Daniel claims he is waiting for paramedics due to the black eye he sustained during the altercation, and later a picture of the blackeye was uploaded to Reddit by user u/tawnypunani. About an hour after the incident, 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 in the night. 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.

While during his stay at the hospital, he was fitted with a large gauze bandage on his nose. However, on his Tiktok videos of himself touring the 9/11 memorial and other attractions, he does not have this bandage on.

On April 6th, Daniel uploaded an image of his hospital visit and discharge instructions to his Tiktok page. In the document shown, the only injuries recorded are "Diagnosis: Abrasion.".