Cody Detwiler, known as WhistlinDiesel on YouTube, has been arrested for alleged tax evasion, Us Weekly can confirm.
Detwiler, 27, was arrested on Wednesday, November 12, in Tennessee on two felony counts of alleged tax evasion, according to online records viewed by Us on Friday, November 14. The YouTuber was released on bond from Williamson County Court later that same day.
Detwiler’s first hearing is set for November 19.
According to the indictment obtained by TMZ, Detwiler’s charges are related to the sales tax owed on a 2020 Ferrari F8 Tributo that was purchased in January 2023.
Detwiler addressed his arrest via Instagram on Thursday, November 13, sharing his mugshot, as well as photos and video footage of his police escort.
“Won so big they thought I was cheating. (100% real not AI),” the influencer captioned the post.
Detwiler also denied any wrongdoing by commenting, “I didn’t do ANYTHING.”
Many fans expressed their support for Detwiler in the comments section, with one writing, “Rooting for you brother!”
Another user added, “FREE WD,” while a third person commented, “Don’t worry bro I got your bond.”
A Ferrari F8 appears in a video that Detwiler posted to YouTube in August 2023. The video showed the red sports car catching fire after the Indiana native drove it through a corn field. A van that was being driven alongside the Ferrari caught fire, as well. Detwiler and his crew could be heard calling the fire department as the cars went up in a blaze.
“There goes half a million dollars. I guess don’t drive in cornfields,” Detwiler said at one point. “Hard loss, but I can’t say it wasn’t gonna happen anyways. … We’ll recover from this someday.”
In the description of the video, he wrote, “I regret to inform everyone that my $400,000 Ferrari F8 and rental minivan with only 5,000 miles on it has recently burned down to a pile of ash. This was a complete accident and I originally intended on filming so many more things with the car, but this was a great lesson to do even more crazy things before your car catches on fire. Tis But A Scratch! We will be back Ferrari …”
Detwiler also shared photos of the burning car via Instagram at the time.
“Yeah listen uuhhhh… we f*cked up. (that’s my brand new Ferrari and rental minivan with all of our belongings inside) YouTube video of the whole situation is live,” he wrote in the caption.
Another Instagram post from earlier that month showed Detwiler sitting on top of the Ferrari while fishing in a lake.
“Using my Ferrari how it was meant to be used (stage 1/100) coming soon,” he wrote.
Detwiler has been making YouTube videos since he was 16 years old. His content often revolves around him destroying luxury cars and other vehicles, including a Tesla Model 3, a Ford Ranger, a Mercedes G-Wagon, a Lamborghini Huracán, a Dodge Hellcat, a Farmall Tractor and more. His YouTube channel currently has more than 10 million subscribers.
