Champions League final pitch invaders were motivated by HUGE cash prize as it’s revealed controversial Russian influencer Mellstroy offered fans £300,000 to pull off idiotic stunt at Wembley
- A violent Russian streamer offered people £300,000 to enter the field
- Three pitch intruders wore T-shirts with his Internet name “Mellstroy” on them
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Three pitch invaders stormed the Wembley turf during the Champions League final after a controversial Russian streamer promised £300,000, it has emerged.
The troublemakers wore T-shirts advertising ‘Mellstroy’, a scandalous vlogger who presented the prize to anyone who would take the field in his name.
In 2020, the Moscow-based streamer, real name Andrey Burim, beat up a model and smashed her head into a table during a YouTube livestream.
Burim also grabbed the model, Alena Efremova, by the neck during a social media party that was streamed live to his then 680,000 YouTube subscribers.
The attack left a traumatized Efremova with blood pouring from her mouth and other facial injuries.
The Champions League players stormed the pitch after being cheered on by a controversial Russian streamer
‘Mellstroy’, real name Andrey Burin, has become infamous for his violent streams. In one, he left a model bloodied after slamming her head into a table and choking her
Burim reportedly offered pitch intruders £300,000 to storm the Champions League final ground
Burim’s Instagram contains posts showing his provocative lifestyle, including this one with a gun
Burim offered £300,000, according to numerous reports on X.
Due to his violence, he was permanently banned from YouTube. His offensive broadcasts had earned him more than 32.5 million views.
In 2021, a Moscow court found him guilty of “inflicting assault” and sentenced him to six months of corrective labor, as reported by the Russian Legal Information Agency.
Burim, branded a “trash streamer,” also invited Kirill Zyryanov, a fellow controversial internet personality, to his luxury rented apartment to have drunken brawls with other guests, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Freedom.
Today, Burim’s Instagram account has three million followers, where his posts celebrate a jet-setting and provocative lifestyle.
Scroll through his feed and you’ll see him dancing with nearly naked women, showing off a gun, showing off cash and smoking.
The 25-year-old, reportedly born in Gomel, Belarus, in 1998, started his streaming career in 2015 broadcasting Minecraft videos, before moving on to harder content where his infamy skyrocketed.
Play was stopped when the three pitch invaders stormed the Wembley grass in his name.
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marcel Sabitzer tackled one to the ground during the showpiece match between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.
He has previously aired offensive scenes when he had 680,000 subscribers on YouTube
Model Alena Efremova said her braces were broken and ‘there was a bloody mess of iron in my mouth, blood and pieces of torn skin’ after the attack
Play was stopped after intruders stormed the field in the first 30 seconds of the match
Burim is no stranger to flaunting his wealth, with huge bundles of cash on display at several of his posts
Play was stopped when the three troublemakers stormed the grass of European football’s showpiece match between Dortmund and Real Madrid.
Sabitzer took matters into his own hands after someone escaped from the stewards, chased him down and pushed him to the ground to help security arrest him.
Cameras shifted focus to the crowd rather than the invasion on the pitch, with viewers initially unaware of the disruption.