The owner of a Lamborghini Huracan is facing charges of reckless driving after Indiana police received a report of his speeding, which was supposedly over 200 miles an hour at the time. The icing on the cake, of course, was that it was posted on YouTube before it was removed. It doesn’t matter, though, as he claims his videos are “deceptively edited” to make his car look faster than it is.
Gabriel Sleiman, thirty-three, owner of Keep Swingin Garage, was formally charged by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office this week. The charges were brought after Indiana State Police accident reconstructors analyzed the video and were able to determine that the Lamborghini Huracan was supposed to be traveling at least 198 miles an hour when passing by another car.
According to a location Fox affiliated, the video shows a black Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 stopping in the left lane of I-465 before quickly accelerating past several other vehicles. The specific section in which the video appeared, near mile marker 9, has a speed limit of just 55 mph. At one point, the speedometer reportedly shows a 213 mph reading – almost four times the published limit.
The video, which was uploaded on November 18 and appropriately titled “2015 Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 Naturally Aspirated (0-213MPH),” has already been deleted. However, there are several other videos showing Sleiman’s Huracan on the channel where it was originally posted.
Sleiman also has an Instagram account that shows many other speed limit violations on the “streets of Mexico” – undoubtedly a treasure already plundered by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.
O IndyStar reports that Sleiman admitted to the authorities that his Lamborghini was in fact the one featured in the video; however, he also stated that his car was unable to reach speeds of 213 mph and that his videos were “deceptively edited” in a way that would make his Huracan looks Faster. For what it’s worth, the maximum factory speed for a Huracan LP 610-4 Coupe is around 202 mph.
“This is where my passion is, you know?” said Sleiman in a 2017 interview. “Just making things go fast. I just really like stepping on the floor.”
Court records show that Sleiman has been cited for 15 speed-related traffic violations since 2006 in Indiana. Furthermore, if you search for his name on YouTube, a video clip 1320 Video shows a black Honda Civic that looks a lot like it destroying public roads. It’s six years ago, but Nardo’s wheels, front bumper, intercooler and steering wheel seem to match the car he publishes quite frequently on Instagram.