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A NEW twist in the tale of fugitive British streamer and TikTok star Harrison Sullivan – better known as HSTikkyTokky – has been revealed after he appeared to voluntarily return to the UK to face justice earlier this month.
The famous 24-year old influencer who boasts of millions of followers on the internet was arrested in Marbella during a brawl in a club in August.
He has been accused of breaking a man’s jugular arterial and glassing his neck in a nightclub.
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According to reports, the victim only survived because he was rushed to a hospital to undergo life-saving surgery.
Police sources said Sullivan, described in official statements as a ‘YouTuber and boxer’, was tracked down thanks to his prolific social media postings, in which films himself traipsing around Puerto Banus talking with passersby and trying to chat up girls.
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Videos also showed him driving a luxury car around Marbella without a licence, which he had lost after crashing a £230,000 McLaren in Surrey last year.
Sullivan then fled the country in order to avoid being charged. He preferred to spend his time on the move hanging out in Dubai and Marbella. There, he showed off a seemingly luxurious lifestyle to followers.
Sullivan posted many videos from Puerto Banus. These included rooftop gyms as well as private villas. Sullivan was usually accompanied by sports cars, friends and influencers from the UK.
He even agreed to appear in a Louis Theroux film on toxic masculinity in which his mother would also be featured.
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Locals who recognized him said that he was often spotted training in local boxing gyms, and socializing in nightclubs near Nueva Andalucia or the Golden Mile.
Despite claiming to earn £56,000 a day from online trading, sources told British media he was ‘constantly scrambling for cash’ to maintain his image, borrowing cars and props for his videos before they were repossessed.
After his arrest, Spanish officers found out that Sullivan’s arrest warrant was issued by British authorities after he fled.
Sullivan was extradited earlier this month to the UK after he appeared in front of a Marbella court on August 29, 2009.
He spoke only once to confirm the date and name of his birth, before he was handed over to British officials.
Spanish investigators launched a criminal inquiry into the attack, which is ongoing.
The location of the attack has not yet been revealed, nor has the nationality or identity of the victim.
Sullivan returned to Britain in October and was remanded after pleading to dangerous driving and driving with no insurance at Staines Magistrates. The sentencing date is November 14.
The influencer had been wanted since failing to attend a UK court hearing last November following the crash, which left fellow influencer ‘General G’ injured.
Sullivan, who was on the run from police, taunted them online, and posted videos filmed in Spain and Dubai, and Greece. He boasted about his fame and wealth.
His arrest may mark the end of an eventful career in which the self-styled “fitness guru” was compared to Andrew Tate, and accused of promoting toxic masculinity and misogyny.
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