Hunky MAGA influencer snorts white powder on street at 11am days after car smash that killed woman, 83
A handsome gay MAGA influencer was seen snorting a mysterious white powder on a Los Angeles street at 11am, a week after he was involved in a fatal horror accident.
Garrett Bruno, 33, was filmed by DailyMail.com opening a metal container and sniffing the substance while walking his dog near his West Hollywood home on Saturday morning.
The influencer, who has 61,000 Instagram followers, used what appeared to be a small metal spoon after surreptitiously looking around the public sidewalk he was walking on.
Bruno, who was wearing a tight black tank top, red shorts and Birkenstocks, was still badly injured and bruised nine days after the Oct. 10 crash that killed Esther Abouab, 83.
Travel influencer Garrett Bruno, 33, was seen snorting white powder from a small spoon in West Hollywood shortly before 11 a.m. on Saturday morning, nine days after he was involved in a horror car crash that killed an 83-year-old woman
Bruno was seen stealthily looking around before taking the substance on a public sidewalk near the $1.1 million West Hollywood home he shares with engineer friend George Harlow.
Bruno, who has 61,000 Instagram followers, was still visibly injured after the Oct. 10 crash that killed 83-year-old Esther Abouab.
Bruno is pictured covered in blood in the immediate aftermath of the car crash, which happened at a dangerous intersection a few blocks from his Hollywood home
Esther Abouab, 83, died in a car crash involving MAGA influencer Garrett Bruno, 33
Bruno, a muscular social media star, snorted the powder in broad daylight near the $1.1 million bungalow he shares with engineer boyfriend George Harlow, 32.
Bruno’s performance on Saturday was a far cry from the picture-perfect lifestyle he shares with his Instagram followers.
The influencer – who came out as a supporter of Donald Trump earlier this year – regularly posts photos of himself and Harlow enjoying the world’s most glamorous travel destinations, often shirtless.
But on the evening of Thursday, October 10, his life took a dramatic turn after his Ford SUV collided with another Ford SUV a few blocks from his home.
Bruno was driving down Spaulding Avenue – a one-way street, going 25 miles per hour, with a stoplight at the end.
The car in which Esther Abouab was riding with an unknown man turned onto Fountain Avenue at the same time. It is unclear whether Esther was the driver or a passenger in the Ford SUV.
A violent collision took place at the intersection of the two streets, which is notorious for traffic accidents.
Bruno’s SUV crashed into the Ford Abouab was sitting in, with the force of the impact sending her car flying into a nearby parking garage.
Abouab was rushed to hospital by ambulance, but died shortly after arrival. Her cause of death was blunt force trauma.
The fatal accident happened about a mile away from Abouab’s Hollywood apartment.
Her daughter Annabelle was too upset to comment when DailyMail.com contacted her.
The man Abouab was in the car with at the time of the collision was also injured, but is expected to recover.
Bruno is pictured in happier times on the beach with his friend George Harlow
Bruno was handcuffed and strapped to a stretcher. He was taken to hospital for treatment and later released. No charges have been filed
The car Bruno drives is depicted in the aftermath of the October 10 horror hit
The Ford SUV in which Abouab was a passenger was pushed into a parking garage by the force of the impact
Grim photos first published by the West Hollywood Times show Bruno being pulled from the wreckage of his car, still conscious and covered in blood.
He let out a guttural scream, an eyewitness said. Bruno was photographed handcuffed to a stretcher and appeared to be conscious during the gruesome scene.
An eyewitness who witnessed the collision with a third car told the WeHo Times that the force of the impact sprayed her vehicle with debris.
Bruno was hospitalized after the crash but has since been released. He declined to make an official comment when contacted by phone by DailyMail.com last week.
His lawyer Ambrosio Rodriguez told DailyMail.com on Monday morning that urine toxicology tests performed on Bruno shortly after the crash “came back clean.”
Crash victim Esther Abouab and her husband Joe Abouab pictured in undated photo looking glamorous
Further details about the cause of the crash are not yet known.
No charges have been filed and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office told DailyMail.com that an “active” investigation is underway.
Bruno revealed his support for the MAGA movement days before the horror crash on his now private Instagram page.
He had previously hinted at his conservative leanings.
In the weeks before the blow, Bruno reportedly told friends that he wanted to run for Congress in his home state of Florida.
He also allegedly claimed to have the financial backing of billionaire MAGA couple Keith Rabois and Jacob Helberg.
DailyMail.com has contacted Rabois for comment.
During COVID, Bruno denounced California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s “suffocating dictatorship.”
The caption was placed on top of a video of Bruno training in his home state of Florida, which has a much shorter virus lockdown and fewer restrictions.