Who is Justine Paradise? Boxer Jake Paul denies forcing TikToker to perform oral sex without consent
Days after social media star Justine Paradise's video accused Jake Paul of sexually assaulting her, the boxer and YouTuber has categorically denied the allegations and even threatened to sue Paradise for defamation. Paradise, a 24-year-old TikTok star, posted the 20-minute video on her YouTube channel on April 9, 2021, which went viral soon.
She alleged that sometime after June 2019, she was hanging out with Jake Paul at his home in Calabasas and they were kissing consensually. But, soon Paul tried to push her for sexual intercourse to which she did not agree. Paul then continued to aggressively push for oral sex, and forced himself on Paradise, even after she told him 'no' multiple times.
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The allegations were denied by Paul in a statement issued through his attorney Daniel E Gardenswartz, according to TMZ. Jake Paul is the brother of boxer and YouTuber Logan Paul.
Who is Justine Paradise?
Born on March 4, 1997, Justine Paradise rose to popularity in 2018 after she launched her TikTok account. She parallelly gained immense popularity on YouTube as well after she started created travel vlogs.
The Los Angeles-based social media star describes herself as a 'travel girlie' and is well-known for traveling on her Mercedes sprinter van and shooting vlogs. Paradise's YouTube channel has over 11,600 subscribers. She also has an OnlyFans account with over 36,300 likes on her posts.
She currently has over 65,900 followers on Instagram and 524,000 followers on TikTok. Her lip sync videos, comedy sketches, and different make-up and outfit looks are most popular on TikTok.
According to Biography Daily, Justine Paradise has an estimated net worth between $100,000 and $150,000 as of 2021.
'I never got an apology or anything like that'
In her YouTube video, Paradise shares that she first met Jake Paul through a mutual friend in June 2019. They spoke and mutually exchanged phone numbers. They also started hanging out with each other for over a week.
Paradise was in a studio with Jake Paul one day when he pulled her towards one corner and started kissing her. However, she did not resist since she found him cute. Later, Paul took her to his bedroom where the alleged incident of sexual harassment happened. Despite the absence of her consent, Paul allegedly forced her to do oral sex.
"Normally, everybody respects me when I don't want to do sexual things, so I thought it was fine if I went to his room. I thought it would be fine to kiss him because I thought he would stop if I didn't want to do anything else," Paradise shared, adding that sex is something very special and important to her.
In July 2019, Paradise was reportedly asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement before entering Paul's house in Calabasas near Los Angeles. "If you sign an NDA, you're signing away your rights to talk about anything basically," she mentioned.
After the alleged incident, Paul reportedly ignored Paradise's calls and started behaving coldly towards her. She further insists that she would have liked to have an apology but never got one from his side.
"I've thought about this literally every single day since it happened. But the more and more I think about it, the more I realize, no one can be doing that and think that it's something right to do," Paradise said at the beginning of her YouTube video. She also added that though she initially hesitated to name Jake Paul, she went through with it because she did not want him to repeat something similar with another woman.
In 2017, Jake Paul was accused of assault and mental abuse by former girlfriend Alissa Violet, according to Clevver News.
Jake Paul calls Justine Paradise's allegations '100% false'
In a statement released on Twitter, Jake Paul responded to Justine Paradise's sexual assault allegations against him, saying the claim is '100% false'. He also told TMZ he feels Justine accusing him of sexual harassment on the week of his fight is not a coincidence.
Paul's attorney Gardenswartz stated, "While others have already begun to debunk the claim alleged against him, our client categorically denies the allegation and has every intention of aggressively disproving it and pursuing legal action against those responsible for the defamation of his character."