Stokes Twins

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Alan Stokes and Alex Stokes
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Alan (left) and Alex Stokes (right) in 2020
Personal information
Born (1996-11-23) November 23, 1996 (age 25)
China
OccupationYouTubers, TikTokers
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2008-present
GenreComedy, Vlog, Shorts
Subscribers10.6 million[1]
Total views1.4 billion[1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg 10,000,000 subscribers
Updated: December 3, 2021

Alan Stokes and Alex Stokes (born November 23, 1996)[citation needed] are American twins and Internet celebrities known for their YouTube and TikTok accounts with 10.60 million subscribers[2] and 31 million[3] followers respectively. They began making videos separately and then combined their following into a shared twins account.[4]

Life and career[]

The brothers are of Caucasian and Chinese descent.[citation needed] They were born in China on November 23, 1996 and raised there before moving to Tennessee, USA. They currently live in California.

In February 2019, Alex Stokes had emergency surgery after his appendix ruptured.[5]

The twins were part of a collaborative YouTube channel known as Sunset Park in 2017 from where they met Andrew Davila. They stayed there for almost a year before deciding to take a break from YouTube. In 2020, social media personality Brent Rivera called the twins and asked them to be a part of his YouTube group known as Amp World whose members include Andrew Davila, Alexa (Lexi) Rivera, Ben Azelart, Dom Brack, Jeremy Hutchins, Lexi Hensler, and Pierson [Wodzynski], and The One and Only Onè Official.[6]

The twins also have an official second YouTube channel "Stokes Twins Too".[7]

They currently have an online merchandise shop called "Double Trouble".[8]

Both are not officially in a relationship as of November 2021.

Criminal charges[]

In August 2020, the Stokes Twins were charged with false imprisonment effected by violence, menace, fraud or deceit and falsely reporting an emergency in connection, or swatting with a YouTube video that they had recorded in October 2019.[9] The video contained two separate fake bank robberies as pranks, where the brothers pretended to be robbers; dressed all in black, wearing ski masks and carrying duffle bags,[10] and are attempting to make a getaway by asking unsuspecting people for clothing items or transportation help.[11]

At one instance, they called an Uber driver, who was not aware of the prank, and after the driver refused to drive them they attempted to coerce him. Numerous bystanders called police in both prank attempts and footage of the pair being stopped by officers were added to the video.[11] The Uber driver was held at gunpoint by responding officers until it was determined the driver was not involved, and the brothers were warned but not arrested and continued to film the video with a second prank four hours later at University of California, Irvine.[10]

The twins' attorneys have raised claims that the twins are not guilty of the charges as responding officers from the first prank reportedly gave suggestions for the video being filmed, and one brother reportedly called the Irvine Police Department's non-emergency line twice to tell them about the prank prior to the video being filmed. Their attorneys also raised concerns about the length of time between the video and the charges; ten months, and that the twins were not notified about the charges until after the department issued a press release about them.[2]

On April 1, 2021, the twins pleaded guilty in a plea bargain, and were sentenced to 160 hours community service and a year's probation.[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About Stokes Twins". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b Gauk-Roger, Topher (September 11, 2020). "Stokes Twins' lawyers say YouTube stars are not guilty of any crimes". CNN. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  3. ^ Fielding, Anna (2020-09-07). "Pranks are big business on social media - but they may be going too far in search of laughs". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  4. ^ Whateley, Dan. "A 'twinfluencer' with millions of followers says he's leaning into TikTok for brand sponsorships and getting 'low 5-figure deals'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  5. ^ "Famous YouTuber of the Stokes Twins Nearly Died After His Appendix Ruptured". Inside Edition. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  6. ^ BRENT RIVERA’s BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! *** (W/ Lexi Rivera, Ben Azelart, and more), retrieved 2021-10-15
  7. ^ "Stokes Twins Too - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  8. ^ "Double Trouble Shop". Double Trouble Shop. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  9. ^ KABC (2020-08-06). "Orange County twin YouTube stars facing possible prison time over phony bank robbery". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  10. ^ a b "Twin YouTube stars charged after Uber driver held at gunpoint during fake bank robbery". KTAB - BigCountryHomepage.com. 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  11. ^ a b Parker, Ryan (September 5, 2020). "YouTube Prank Stars Charged With Felony in Connection to Fake Bank Robberies | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  12. ^ "Stokes Twins: YouTubers plead guilty over fake bank robbery". BBC News. BBC. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "YouTube Pranksters Stokes Twins Plead Guilty to Staging Fake Bank Robberies". NDTV Gadgets 360. NDTV. Reuters. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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