Spencer Pratt is at the center of a growing political controversy in Los Angeles after a series of videos surfaced showing Skid Row residents claiming they were paid or otherwise incentivized to vote for Mayor Karen Bass and councilwoman Nithya Raman.
The videos posted to TikTok were recorded near 7th Street and Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, per a New York Post report published Tuesday, June 9, which noted the footage has been turned over to the Department of Justice.
In one clip, a man who identified himself as Kevin Shepherd, who has been living on Skid Row for five years, claimed he received $4 in exchange for completing a mail-in ballot for Bass and dropping it in a ballot box. Shepherd said he was initially offered $2 but negotiated for a higher payment.
Another man on Skid Row who said he was a registered voter — but not in that county — described a more directed form of alleged influence. "They gave me a whole paper of what to write and who to sign," he said. "I just signed off on it to make some money."
A woman in a wheelchair also spoke on camera about the alleged arrangement. "I signed twice and could pick out whatever I wanted," she said, describing being offered a gift in exchange for her vote, in the video.