Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishA scheming TikToker is under arrest after he lied about being a survivor of the Dominican Republic nightclub collapse that killed 221 people and accused first-responder cops of robbing the victims.Alexis Tejada, 28, did a livestream on the popular social media app and claimed he was among the hundreds of people who survived the tragic incident at Jet Set in Santo Domingo during the early hours of Tuesday.’Everyone who was there wanted to get out,’ Tejada said with a somber face. ‘There were people offering, they offered to people to get them out.’Tejada, who has more than 150,000 followers on the app where he is known as Bokita RD, went so far as accusing the National Police of stealing the belongings of the people who were trapped under the rubble.’The police were just messing around, trying to take what little they could find,’ he said.When asked by a follower if he was at Jet Set during the party that claimed the life of merengue icon, Rubby Pérez, Tejada said, ‘Yes, yes, yes.’ ‘I was there, unfortunately,’ he said. ‘Unfortunately, many people aren’t around to tell it like I am, because I’m, let’s just say, lucky.’Footage of the livestream went viral and was picked up by several digital news outlets, where he repeated the false claims. Alexis Tejada, who is known on TikTok as Bokita RD, was arrested Thursday by authorities in the Dominican Republic after he claimed to have been a victim of the Jet Set nightclub collapse that killed 221 people The 28-year-old did a livestream on the popular social media app and told his followers he survived the tragic accident and that he saw cops stealing from the victims National Police investigators arrested Tejada at his home in Cenoví, a city in the northeastern province of Duarte.The content creator confessed to lying about being at Jet Set and admitted that the facial injuries that were visible in the TikTok video were caused by a motorcycle accident.’I allowed myself to be swayed because I was doing a live, and I had a lot of pressure from many people who were there, who were connected, and they were asking me this and that,’ Tejada said in a video apology that was released by the police.Tejada’s TikTok followers have since slammed his tasteless attention-seeking tactics.’You’re going to recover in prison, I said it,’ one person wrote.’Well, let’s hope that in prison he can reflect on what he did,’ another commented. Authorities also announced the arrests of two individuals who used their social media platforms to publish images of Pérez’s lifeless body.But in addition to those seeking to take advantage of the tragedy, there are other stories of people stepping up to help. However, it has since been revealed that Tejada lied about being surviving the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse that killed 221 people and injured 189. During his livestream, the 28-year-old said the victims were offering to compensate rescuers to pull them out from the rubble Pictured: Aerial photo showing the roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo on Thursday Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez (left) performing on stage with his backup singers, his daughter Zulinka (center) and her husband (right), moments before the roof collapsed at Jet Set clubMoments before the roof collapsed at the popular nightclub, a security guard could be seen attempting to alert band members with his flashlight and motioning towards the ceiling. Pérez’s road manager, Deivis Alberti, could be seen walking up to the edge of the stage and standing next to the security guard, but Pérez continued his performance.It’s unknown how much time elapsed between the moment the guard warned the musicians and when the roof collapsed at the Santo Domingo club at 12:44 am local time.Additional video footage showed what appeared to be a tile hanging from the ceiling as several attendees looked up before the roof caved in.The Jet Set tragedy also claimed the lives of former major leaguers, Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco, and Nelsy Cruz, the governor of the northwestern province of Montecristi and sister of former baseball star Nelson Cruz.
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