Sam Pepper, a British content creator, known for livestreaming and crypto-related stunts has been banned from Pump.fun and the livestreaming platform, Kick after a dangerous incident during a live broadcast in New Delhi, India.<\/p>\n
While celebrating Diwali, Pepper and his friends were shooting fireworks at each other in the street, with some locals joining in. Things took a serious turn when one of the fireworks that Pepper launched, hit a girl directly in the face.<\/p>\n
Deepak chases & shoots Sam Pepper with a Roman candle pic.twitter.com\/HvQ2jvjVjl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sam Pepper Clips (@SamPepperClips) October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n At first, Pepper reacted with excitement, shouting \u201cOh my God\u201d and raising his fist, while someone nearby joked \u201cHeadshot.\u201d But the mood quickly changed when it became clear that the girl was hurt. A motorbike took her to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n Sam Pepper was BANNED on KICK after shooting fireworks at children causing one of them to go blind.. pic.twitter.com\/Fhx7W2rW14<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 clip (@clippedszn) October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n Pepper later told a publication <\/a>that the firework had cut the girl just above the eyebrow and that medical personnel gave her a butterfly stitch before they released her.<\/p>\n During the livestream, a local claimed that he\u2019d heard the girl might have lost her eye, though he wasn\u2019t sure if it was true. However, later Pepper clarified that the girl\u2019s vision is fine.<\/p>\n The publication quoted Pepper saying, \u201cI had a friend go and make sure they were okay, and called the family. And [I] apologized and made sure to give them some compensation for the situation and the hospital fees.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI feel extremely bad about this situation, and will [in] no way be playing with fireworks again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n EXPLORE:\u00a0Top 20 Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n According to the publication<\/a>, Pepper had initially received a temporary ban along with a formal warning. However, Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen said that the platform fully banned Pepper\u2019s account following the incident and that the team only \u201cimplemented<\/a>\u201d the ban a couple of hours later.<\/p>\n As the firework stunt went viral across the crypto space, his memecoin \u201cNerve\u201d, which was launched on <\/p>\n \tSam Pepper\u2019s Memecoin \u201cNERVE\u201d On Pump.fun Tanks After Firework Stunt Goes Viral<\/h2>\n