'Gorilla Glue Girl' Tessica Brown sends 'cease and desist' to blogger who called her 'liar who scammed donors'
Lawyers for Tessica Brown aka "Gorilla Glue Girl" has sent a cease and desist letter to a social media blogger that alleged Brown fabricated her dramatic Gorilla Glue saga over the last few weeks. Brown went viral when she put up TikTok videos explaining her situation of having applied the industrial-strength Gorilla Glue over her hair.
The social media account, "Gossip Of The City," has quite the reach, with over 582,000 followers on Instagram and a dedicated blog. The blogger, referred to as Ms Germon in the letter, alleged that Brown never used Gorilla Glue in her hair and that the whole thing was a hoax. In one Instagram post that has since been deleted, the account posted a screenshot of Brown's t-shirt on sale for $28, with the caption, "I can't believe y'all fell for that trick."
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The blogger's Twitter account also featured a tweet, writing, "That #gorillagluegirl story is cap. Sad what people doing for money and 5 mins if shame [sic]. It wasn’t even gorilla glue but y’all continue to share it. #GorillaGlue should sue her."
That #gorillagluegirl story is cap. Sad what people doing for money and 5 mins if shame. It wasn’t even gorilla glue but y’all continue to share it. #GorillaGlue should sue her.
— GOTC (@GOTCITYTEA) February 12, 2021
The tweet was followed up with a YouTube link to a video that reportedly debunked Brown's saga.
According to TMZ, an attorney representing Brown's management team sent a cease and desist letter to the person who appeared to run the social media accounts for the blog, asked the blogger to stop making 'false and defamatory' statements about her. The letter states, "It has recently come to our attention that you have made disparaging statements regarding Tessica to third-parties through social media alleging that she fabricated an unfortunate and traumatic incident which has been recently been reported upon by various news outlets."
The letter continues, "Tessica's situation was neither contrived, nor a joke, and it is disappointing that you are attempting to capitalize on her misfortune. The statements you have made are false, defamatory and to our mind, are being made with the sole intention of causing loss and damage to Tessica personally and professionally, for your own gain."
The letter also requests the blogger to remove an Instagram post and states, "If Tessica is compelled to commence legal action against you in order to prevent you from continuing to make false and defamatory statement,s be advised that she will seek recovery of all losses and damages incurred thereby."
Another post doubted the legitimacy of the cease and desist letter, writing, "They sent a fake cease and desist letter because I told y'all about the #gorillagluescam . Gorilla Glue didn't do that. You don't have to be grown to see the bull****. Idc if you like her or not, it's my duty to tell you it's a scam. The chick is boring and dying for attention because her man left her. Now cease and desist that." However, the post, screenshotted by TMZ, has since had the caption removed.
Brown went viral after she posted the video of her mishap and claimed that nothing worked to remove the glue from her hair. She ended up going to the emergency room and flew to Los Angeles, California, where she received an emergency surgery.