Trans magnificence influencer arrested in Miami after pool incident was positioned in males’s jail

A transgender girl who was arrested at a Miami resort after strolling round a pool nude earlier this week was positioned in a males’s jail, court docket data present.

Nikita Dragun, a social media influencer and content material creator with almost 30 million followers throughout YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter, was arrested Monday on the Goodtime Resort in Miami Seaside on expenses of battery of a police officer, disorderly conduct and misdemeanor battery, in response to an arrest affidavit.

Dragun, who’s additionally the founding father of a make-up line, was arrested after allegedly inflicting a scene and strolling across the resort’s pool space bare and throwing water at a police officer and a safety guard.

She additionally allegedly refused to decrease loud music in her room, after authorities advised her she would wish to depart the premises if she didn’t comply.

Dragun, who’s 26 and got here out as trans as a teen, was held for a minimum of a day in a males’s unit of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart, NPR reported, citing court docket data.

A request for remark from the Each day Information wasn’t instantly returned Thursday morning, however Dragun’s publicist Jack Ketsoyan confirmed the incident in an announcement despatched to The Advocate.

“The scenario with Nikita, who’s legally feminine, being positioned in a males’s unit of a Florida jail is extraordinarily disturbing and harmful,” he mentioned.

“This resolution made by the Miami-Dade County Corrections Division instantly violates their protocol, which mandates that transgender inmates are labeled and housed primarily based on security wants and gender id. Nikita has been launched and is now secure. Thanks for respecting her privateness throughout this time,” Ketsoyan added.