He said the conversation never turned sexual. On February 27, a 17-year-old tweeted out purported direct messages on Instagram with Charles and said Charles continued to "flirt" with him despite knowing how old he was. He also posted saying he was filing a police report against Charles. Isaiyah told Insider that Charles never asked him how old he was and he provided screenshots that seemingly showed his age was in his Instagram bio at the time that Charles messaged him on the platform. Charles claimed Isaiyah misrepresented his age, which Isaiyah disputed in direct messages with Insider. On February 26, Charles posted his first response to allegations of "grooming" and "pedophilia." In his statement, posted to Twitter, Charles denied "grooming" the 16-year-old who Charles said sent him "lewd photos of himself in the shower" after Charles added him back on Snapchat. In February, a TikTok user named Isaiyah claimed that Charles sent him nude images of himself, and he included censored screenshots purported to be nude images of Charles. More recently, Charles' accusers have posted 'expose' TikToks with purported screenshots of Snapchats and direct messages Andrew's allegations were largely ignored, although he claimed he was talking to police and lawyers. ![]() The TikToker, Ethan Andrew, received massive backlash after being accused of faking the screenshots of his messages with Charles for "clout." Another individual who claimed to know Andrew in real life also accused him of being a known liar. Then in August 2020, a TikToker claimed Charles sent him nude photos when he was 14. In July 2019, Charles replied to gamer FaZe Sway's tweet and said "you look kinda good." He deleted his tweet minutes later and wrote "oops I take it back I had no idea you were 16 sorry." James Charles opened up on Naomi Campbell's YouTube show on October 6. Charles was also criticized for leaving a flirty message on Shawn Mendes' Instagram Live, although Mendes personally told Charles he didn't mind. Jay Alvarezz, an Instagram influencer who was l ater accused of disseminating revenge porn, posted a screenshot of Charles direct messaging him on Instagram. Others, like those made by two TikTokers who posted DMs purported to be Charles messaging them "you're very cute" and "you are incredibly good looking," were lumped into the category of people assumed to be capitalizing off the drama for "clout."ĭirect messages Charles purportedly sent other internet stars and celebrities were also posted and discussed in May 2019. Some of them were later admitted to be fake. After 'No More Lies,' some of Charles' accusers were viewed as 'clout chasers'Īt the same time Charles was losing millions of subscribers during his feud with Westbrook and Star, accusations were going viral against Charles all over social media. The voice memo is widely suspected to be about Dolan, who has also collaborated with Star since Star accused Charles of molesting him. YouTuber Blaire White made a video claiming she heard the voice memo from Star and believed it was legitimate. In April 2020, Star said during an interview that he had a voice memo from "an alleged victim of James Charles" on his phone, which he offered to play for others. Texts sent between Jeffree Star and James Charles that Charles addressed in his video "No More Lies." A previous accuser named Isaiyah, who is 16, told Insider over direct messages that Charles never asked him how old he was and disputed Charles' claim that he misrepresented his age. He said that at least two 16-year-olds boys he exchanged sexual images and messages with had lied to him about their ages and claimed to be 18. ![]() ![]() In his apology, Charles, who has more than 25 million YouTube subscribers, addressed some of the TikToks, suggesting that the messages shown in them were authentic. The video was posted after weeks of online discussion around allegations that Charles sexted with minors, which have been supplemented with several "expose" TikToks posted by accusers that purport to show sexual Snapchats and direct messages sent between Charles and the teens. On Thursday, beauty YouTuber and makeup artist James Charles, who is 21, apologized in a video titled "holding myself accountable." Addressing his audience and boys who say they're underage that he "flirted" with, Charles said he was "reckless" when he messaged the boys who he said he thought were 18.
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