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YouTuber Calum McSwiggan claimed to have been "beaten up" after he left a gay club in West Hollywood, but according to reports, officials have since rubbished his story.

Posting to his Instagram account, the 26-year-old vlogger – who runs a LGBT and lifestyle channel – shared a picture of his injuries as he recovered in a hospital bed after an alleged attack at a nightclub on Sunday night.

"After one of the most wonderful weekends at VidCon we went out to a gay club to celebrate, and towards the end of the evening I was separated from my friends and beaten up by three guys," explained the caption.

But in a statement to The Advocate , Captain Holly Perez, from the West Hollywood Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, explained that officers had been "unable to substantiate the assault" and that the pictured injuries were self-inflicted inside his police cell.

(Image: Instagram)

The police statement explained that authorities found him with "no visible injuries" after the alleged attack and were forced to arrest him after they "observed him vandalising a car".

It went on to describe how the YouTuber was booked and placed in a cell where he was "then observed injuring himself with the handle and receiver to a payphone inside the cell."

It comes after Calum took to Instagram on Monday to reveal his injuries, which he used as purported evidence of the alleged attack.

"Last night was the worst night of my life and I'm really struggling to find the words to talk about it. After one of the most wonderful weekends at VidCon we went out to a gay club to celebrate, and towards the end of the evening I was separated from my friends and beaten up by three guys," read the caption.

(Image: Courtesy of The Los Angles County Sheriff's Department)

"The authorities should have been there to help and protect me but instead they treated me like a second class citizen. With three broken teeth and six stitches in my forehead, I've never felt so terrified to be a gay man in the public eye. All I can do is thank my wonderful friends @riyadhk, @melaniiemurphy and @douga_ for being with me the whole way. I'd be lost without them. Right now I don't feel that I'm in the right place to talk about this but I will be addressing this fully in the future."

On Wednesday the star wrote on Twitter that it was "killing him" to keep quiet about the "truth" ahead of a visit to court.

Meanwhile his friends have also posted about the alleged attack, with one writing that "he didn't fake it".

Mirror Celebs has contacted Calum McSwiggan and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for comment.