What started as a dream day on the sidelines of a Texas A&M football game ended with a taser, handcuffs, and a jail cell for one of the internet’s biggest streamers.
BenDaDonnn, the 34-year-old streaming star whose real name is Benjamin Beard, was tased and arrested by College Station police around 1:20 AM on October 4 outside The Spot bar in the Northgate district — just hours after Texas A&M crushed Arkansas 34-7.
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The confrontation, caught on shaky bystander video, exploded across social media within hours. Clips of the arrest have racked up millions of views, with RapTV’s post alone drawing 86,000 likes.
According to the College Station Police Department, officers were clearing patrons from the roadway when they encountered Beard’s group, which allegedly refused repeated commands to move. Police say a man acting as Beard’s security guard slapped an officer’s hand away — then grabbed the officer as he tried to detain the streamer.
That’s when the taser came out.
Police identified the guard as Kenny Carter, 29, of Lithonia, Georgia. He was charged with interference with public duties — and officers found a firearm on him during the arrest. Beard himself was charged with evading arrest or detention and booked into Brazos County Jail on a $7,000 bond.
But the story took a wild turn the next day. Twelve hours before the arrest, Beard had been an honored guest of the Texas A&M football program, featured on the team’s official social media accounts on the sideline. By halftime, head coach Mike Elko had him removed when he tried to follow players into the locker room with cameras rolling.
Then came the streamer’s response. Going live on Kick and Twitch dressed in prison clothes against a jailhouse backdrop, Beard claimed he was racially profiled and announced he’s taking legal action against the department.
“I do believe that I was racially profiled,” Beard told his audience. “We do got legal action going on. We on it, 1000%. I was wrongfully accused; I was wrongfully detained.”
No lawsuit has been filed yet, and Beard has not publicly addressed the specific charge beyond questioning why he was detained in the first place.
With 3.7 million followers across platforms and collaborations with names like Drake, Beard is one of streaming’s biggest personalities — which means this story isn’t going away. His fans are split: some see a clear case of excessive force, others say the police video tells a different story.
One thing’s certain — the courts, and the internet, will be watching what happens next.
