Hallucinations "Make it stop" Incident
On July 20th, 2024, Josh had a severe meltdown due to consuming massive amounts of alcohol, seroquel, and possibly other unknown substances. The entire incident was recorded on a series of Youtube livestreams by Mr. Based, where Josh was seen falling in the road, peeing in the street in broad daylight, hallucinating while screaming "Make it stop!", passing out drunk, falling down a flight of stairs, attacking a woman, and then stumbling off into the night where he was later found sitting in the street.
Timeline of events
On July 20th, Josh showed up at Mr. Based’s apartment drunk. They shared drinks together before going to get a haircut, and on the way, Josh urinated on the middle of the sidewalk, then fell into the road and started screaming. Mr. Based called off the haircut immediately and took him back to his apartment stairs, where Josh sat for a while. A group of girls showed up, and Mr. Based chatted with them.
After Josh sat there for some time playing music, a girl walked by and began talking with Mr. Based. During the interaction, Josh began screaming and moaning, yelling "MAKE IT STOP!!!" and "HELP IT STOP!!!", clearly hallucinating (which is later revealed to be due to him consuming a large amount or seroquel). Mr. Based attempts to calm Josh, but to no avail. The girl questioned Mr. Based on if Josh is withdrawing from heroin, to which Mr. Based responds, "It's just pure alcohol".
Two more girls walked by and Mr. Based asked them to watch Josh while he gets him water. When Mr. Based comes back, the girls question Mr. Based on why Josh is having a meltdown, saying he probably needs medical help. Two NYPD police officers arrive as the girls leave. Mr. Based convinces them to let Josh stay at his place, so the officers help a ragdolling, half conscious Josh inside, where he lies up on a chair for a while. Mr. Based ends the stream, saying he won't film Josh anymore that day.
Several hours later, Mr. Based starts a new stream, where he calls Michael Quinn, and throws water on a Josh, who is passed out drunk. Josh wakes up and begins mumbling nonsense, as Quinn questions Mr. Based on whether he drugged him. Some time later, Josh drunkenly responds to TTS messages until two people who have booked a tour that day show up at Mr. Based’s place. Mr Based talks to them, and eventually all three physically drag a lifeless Josh outside to the stairs outside the apartment.
While sitting on the steps, Josh attempts to stand up and causes himself to fall headfirst down into the street where he screams (in front of many people inside the restaurant), bites himself, and attacks his tour guests by punching them, believing them to have pushed him down the stairs and yelling "YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!!!". Mr. Based drags him inside to stop him from hurting others and himself, as Josh continues to wail, scream, and punches Mr. Based. Josh pushes past Mr. Based and back out onto the street, where he runs off into the night drunkenly.
Mr Based leaves the apartment some time later and runs into some police officers, who have been summoned by the restaurant next door due to Josh's lunacy. They tell him to go back inside. Mr Based sneaks away and eventually finds Josh sitting in the street waiting for an Uber. He convinces him to come back to the apartment.