'Dude needs to go to jail': Outrage as 10 women accuse 'You' star Chris D'Elia of sexual harassment
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'You' star Chris D'Elia has reportedly been accused of sexual harassment, abuse and assault by several women. This comes three years after the star was hit by sexual misconduct allegations. The 43-year-old star has been accused by 10 women, and four of them have claimed they were teenagers when the incidents took place.
De'Elia is accused of asking the women for sexual images and videos, and sexual favors in exchange for free tickets to his shows, Rolling Stone reported. His spokesman has denied the allegations.
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One of D'Elia's accusers, Jazzmyn Wollfe, claimed the two first connected over Instagram in 2020 when she needed a "distraction." As they grew bolder in their chats, the actor asked Wollfe for nude photos. He allegedly claimed his relationship with now-wife, Kristin Taylor, was strained and he was with her only for the sake of their daughter. D'Elia and Wollfe met in March 2020, after which she claims she did several things on his instructions even though she was unwilling. For example, he allegedly asked for an explicit video of herself in "public view", forbade her from speaking to other men and made her get his initials tattooed on her.
D'Elia demanded that she stay "thin and petite," driving her to drop to 100lbs and relapse into an eating disorder. Wollfe claimed he asked her to send him a topless video of herself on her knees saying, "I’m a D’Elia girl." When she did, he allegedly sent her several videos of different women doing the same thing. Wollfe alleged the star made at least a dozen women send him their explicit photos and videos.
Who is Chris D'Elia's wife Kristin Taylor?
D’Elia and his longtime girlfriend, Taylor, got married in 2022 even as the comedian faced several sexual misconduct allegations. The couple had reportedly dated since at least 2018.
Taylor is a stop-motion animator, entrepreneur, and artist. She became popular after founding her media company, Hi Big Dog Media. She is the daughter of Kevin Taylor and Kelley McHenry. She has a younger brother, Kyle. She went to the University of Missouri and graduated with a degree in software engineering.
What are the allegations against Chris D'Elia?
Through his attorney Andrew Brettler, D'Elia called into question Wollfe's credibility for "entering into early discussions of a possible $100,000 settlement in exchange for cutting off communications with media publications." However, the survivor denied taking any cash, and said she blocked Brettler, who denied this.
Another survivor, Emma, said she and D'Elia began messaging in 2019 and their conversations soon became sexual. He tried to control her life but she was afraid he would cut off contact if she refused to obey him.
Emma claimed that she ended a one-year relationship with D'Elia when the 2020 allegations against him emerged. Both Emma and Wollfe claimed the star pleaded for another chance when they tried to end their "cult-like" relationships. He even made suicidal statements.
Lindsay McKearn said that she reached out to the star to get help getting a ticket to his sold-out 2014 show in Albany, New York. Speaking of one occasion, McKearn claimed, "One of Chris’s first comments when we decided that he was gonna get me into the show was, 'Will you suck my d**k?'"
Samantha Simmons said she was 17 when the star offered her VIP tickets to a South Carolina show. When she told him her mother would escort her, he allegedly asked her to come alone so they "could hang out." She eventually did not attend the show.
Simon Rossi claimed she was 16 when she messaged D'Elia in 2014. When he learned she was in Arizona and not Los Angeles, he asked her, "How [are] we supposed to make out then?"
Other women who have accused D'Elia of harassment have been identified as Amanda Koopa, Alexa, and a woman under the pseudonym Jenna. All of them have accused him of sexual abuse and alleged that he tried to control their lives, as did the other survivors.
'He absolutely has to be stopped'
Social media users slammed D'Elia, with one of them commenting on Facebook, "Is this a round 2? I remember a while back there was a story about him grooming teenage girls. If this is more, he absolutely has to be stopped. He should have been the first time". "Wow finally this is getting out again. He was literally cheating and grooming women while he came out with his public apology for the first time. He went into therapy for optics only obviously because he hasn't slowed down at all. Dude needs to go to jail," another said. "He’s got a pattern of this. I think they talked about him 2 years ago," said one user.
"I mean there's a pattern here first time you could have reasonable doubt but once it continues happening there's a problem," one user said, while another wrote, "Uh oh damn. I thought he was fun but Jesus TEN women?!?!"
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