TW: Rape, Sexual Assault.
Curtis Lepore, the man who raped me, put out a statement nearly 6 years later about the night it happened. This is my response. I know it’s super long, and I’m sorry - but I had a lot to say.
Gabbie and I had a phone call last summer. I never planned to release it. In fact, there’s nothing I want more than to never talk or think about Gabbie ever again. But her continued lying about my trauma has officially broken me and I don’t know what else to do.
I want to say before the video goes public - I am very emotional and angry in it. I’m usually much better at composing myself. I really did try to stay calm, but I’m sorry in advance for any parts where I just couldn’t.
Gabbie - idk if your plan for me in this “series” is to follow through with your threats from last summer of talking about our past. I do, however, sincerely BEG you to leave my trauma out of it. Stop using the clips of me crying. You’ve done enough. Leave this out of it.
I know I made a public video calling Gabbie out in 2019 - I understand that. I don’t, however, understand how that warrants Gabbie being able to bring up my rape/rapist consistently in order to “defend herself” against things that she...actually did. It’s beyond triggering.
This is really something. Shane, you have transformed your content and reinvented yourself on a whole other level. You’ve truly inspired me to get out of my creative rut and try new things. You are changing YouTube as we know it. Fuckin’ king, man. 💛