YouTube prankster sued by In-N-Out for harassing customers while pretending to be an employee

YouTuber and internet personality Bryan Arnett is being sued by the popular burger chain In-N-Out for posing as an employee while harassing customers for content.

According to the lawsuit, In-N-Out is suing Arnett for “impersonating an In-N-Out associate in order to abuse In-N-Out customers.”

Arnett is doing so to film customers without their consent and then uploading these videos online while making “false and misleading statements impunging In-N-Out’s reputation and food quality,” the lawsuit reads.

In April 2025, Arnett visited multiple In-N-Out restaurants in California dressed as an employee.

Arnett then filmed himself and his friends communicating with customers, where he made “lewd, derogatory, and profane remarks,” saying that the restaurant had cockroaches and condoms in its food.

The social media star said that In-N-Out offers its food “doggy style,” a play on the restaurant's actual style of food, “animal style.”

Another thing Arnett said was whether a customer would sleep with his wife and let the defendant watch, the court document alleges.

“Among other defamatory, insulting, racially insensitive, bizarre, and lewd remarks made while posing as an In-N-Out Associate taking drive-through orders, Defendant stated the following to Plaintiff’s customers, as filmed and/or otherwise re-posted by Defendant.”

The videos containing these “pranks” were later uploaded to various social media platforms and broadcast to his hundreds of thousands of followers.

Arnett has around 300,000 subscribers on YouTube, 277,000 followers on Instagram, and 170,000 followers on TikTok.

However, when searching for Arnett’s In-N-Out videos, Cybernews couldn’t find any content related to it, other than commentary, news videos stating that Arnett is being sued by the burger chain.

The YouTuber was “warned to remove these 'prank' videos” as they infringe on In-N-Out's trademarks.

In-N-Out wants to permanently stop Arnett from entering any In-N-Out locations, displaying the company’s trademarks, or representing that he’s affiliated with the company in any way.

The burger chain also wants the defendant to remove any social media posts that include In-N-Out, along with damages, including attorney fees and expenses.