YouTuber Logan Paul asked to leave Yosemite after complaints of rowdy birthday

In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, YouTube personality Logan Paul arrives at Jingle Ball in Inglewood, Calif. Paul has returned to YouTube with a 7-minute suicide prevention video he hopes will make a difference in the world. He was suspended by YouTube after posting video of him in a forest in Japan near what seemed to be a body hanging from a tree. The location is known in Japan as a frequent site for suicides. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) less In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, YouTube personality Logan Paul arrives at Jingle Ball in Inglewood, Calif. Paul has returned to YouTube with a 7-minute suicide prevention video he hopes will make a ... more Photo: Richard Shotwell Photo: Richard Shotwell Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close YouTuber Logan Paul asked to leave Yosemite after complaints of rowdy birthday 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

YouTube star Logan Paul was asked to leave Yosemite National Park Tuesday after multiple run-ins with park officials and several noise complaints from visitors.

"He was not singled out," says park spokesperson Jamie Richards. "Every visitor who behaved as he did would be treated in the same way."

The controversial YouTuber with more than 17 million followers on his channel cruised around the park in a converted school bus with friends to celebrate his 23rd birthday for several days including the Easter holiday. Paul posted a 12-minute video of his adventure that includes footage of Paul and his friends driving mini motor bikes in the valley and jumping into a river as well as multiple clips showing fan mobs swarming Paul and his bus.

The mini movie also includes a clip of an unidentified park ranger who tells Logan that his bus is illegally parked.

"A couple of issues with that," the ranger says, "if everyone who wanted to camp wherever they felt like it did, think of how trashed this place would be. So there's that. And there's the fact that you took up how many spots? Five spots."

Logan goes on to say the ranger didn't cite him and Richards confirms that the park's first interaction was a warning.

"We like to start by educating people," Richards says.

Paul later received two citations during his visit. The first was for "unsafe operations" as Richards explains that Paul's group drove around the park with people riding inside a tent strapped to the roof of the bus.

The second citation was for food storage violations. "Protecting bears is critical here in the park," Richards says. "Coolers, food and food scraps at his camp site were unsecured."

Finally, Richards says the park received noise disturbance complaints from visitors over the course of Paul's time at Yosemite.

"People come to Yosemite to enjoy the outdoors," she says. "They come here because it's a peaceful and beautiful place. When one person's visit disturbs another, we have to make contact."

Park officials say he left after 1 p.m. Paul's Yosemite video has been watched more than 3.5 million times.

He sparked a torrent of controversy in January after posting a video showing a dead body hanging from a tree in a Japanese forest known as a frequent site of suicides and later apologized for uploading the video.