Influencer Sienna Mae Gomez (pictured) fired again after her ex, TikTok star Jack Wright, saying his 17-minute video accusing her of sexual assault was portray her into the ‘loud, loopy, and overly sexualized’ stereotype of younger Latina girls
Influencer Sienna Mae Gomez fired again after her ex, TikTok star Jack Wright, saying his 17-minute video accusing her of sexual assault was portray her into the ‘loud, loopy, and overly sexualized’ stereotype of younger Latina girls.
Gomez, 18, launched an op-ed Saturday denying the allegations outlined in Wright’s video, alleging he misconstrued a number of components of their relationship.
‘As somebody I cherished and nonetheless love, I’m devastated that he made me sound loopy and twisted so many issues out of context in his most up-to-date video, to the purpose of actually portray me into the “loud”, “loopy”, “overly sexualized” stereotype that individuals attempt to use on younger, particularly Latina, girls,’ she wrote.
Wright, additionally 18, accused Gomez, a former highschool good friend, of 4 situations of assault, together with one in Hawaii that was caught on video in Might 2021 the place he claims she was straddling, groping and kissing him whereas he was incapacitated.
Gomez alleged there’s a ‘counterpoint for each level Jack made in his video’ and admitted to doing ‘some issues improper and sloppy as a 16/17 12 months previous woman who felt love for a man’. Nevertheless, she asserts the accusations of assault are ‘fictitious’ and an ‘act of slander’.
‘All Jack and I ever did was kiss. I’ve by no means seen, felt or touched him bare. We spent a number of nights on the Hype Home collectively however I by no means grabbed him asleep or awake. But I’m nonetheless being referred to as a “rapist” throughout the web by those that don’t perceive the which means of the phrase,’ Gomez penned.
‘I would like this insanity to finish,’ she added. ‘I would like individuals to suppose earlier than they remark pointless, hateful issues on my socials, on my associates’ socials and on Jack’s socials. I’m uninterested in seeing folks that I don’t know bounce on the hate prepare and make up lies.’
‘I’m confused that individuals say “arrest her” when there was no involvement by police, no investigations, and no authorized motion apart from mine since this all started.’
Gomez mentioned her attorneys have threatened Wright with a defamation lawsuit as a result of that it’s ‘the most effective subsequent step to clear your identify’.
Gomez, 18, launched an op-ed Saturday denying the allegations outlined in Wright’s video, alleging he misconstrued a number of components of their relationship. The kids are pictured collectively
Wright accused Gomez of a number of situations of assault, together with one in Hawaii that was caught on video (left). He claimed he was ‘handed out, unconscious (proper) nearly like the entire night time. She obtained on high of me, took benefit of me, groped me.’ Wright mentioned his associates needed to pull Gomez off of him
Gomez and Wright travelled to Hawaii in Might 2021 after submitting on their Netflix present Hype Home had wrapped. She mentioned the present included a storyline closely centered on ‘uncovering the “reality” behind our relationship’.
Although they’d travelled collectively earlier than, Gomez alleged ‘one thing on this journey was totally different’.
‘In every single place we went he launched me as his “woman” however then take footage and blatantly flirt with different individuals,’ she mentioned. ‘I used to be jealous, however greater than that I used to be confused — why was I right here? Why was he introducing me as his counterpart, telling me to attend patiently to be collectively, if he didn’t actually need any of it?’
‘After which — with out producers and cameras round for the primary time in months — it actually hit me. He favored me when he wanted me for a video or for work, however he didn’t like me in any other case.’
Gomez mentioned she requested Wright to make a video together with her clarifying to the web, which was reportedly invested of their alleged romance, that they had been simply associates.
‘I advised him that if he didn’t have actual emotions for me, I needed to set the document straight publicly about our relationship,’ she mentioned.
‘He advised me we had model partnerships using on our faux one, and that it wasn’t honest to him. I couldn’t consider that somebody who I had created with, laughed with, and cried with might so simply disregard my emotions for the sake of cash.’
Gomez claims he apologized to her and so they agreed to take a while aside so they may ‘suppose and heal’.
She mentioned she spent throughout their time aside Wright outreached to her a number of occasions however she ignored it, prompting his to begin posting Instagram tales focusing on her.
‘Tinheritor good friend Mason put up a tweet implying that I bodily and mentally abused Jack. A couple of days after that their good friend Lachlan launched a video taken from a November 2020 celebration displaying Jack and me kissing. He narrated the entire thing to make it appear like it was one thing it wasn’t,’ she penned.
‘To be clear, [Wright’s brother] James took the video as a joke on his Snapchat seven months earlier and so they determined to resurface it.’
She continued: ‘I want to suppose that neither Mason nor James realized the influence that their tweets and the taken-out-of-context-video would have. Although they took all of it down, it actually didn’t matter. The injury had been finished.’
Gomez claims her ‘character’ was a ‘subject of public opinion’ for months and the alleged-out-of-context video brought on her to lose model offers, associates and broken her repute.
Gomez (proper) alleged there’s a ‘counterpoint for each level Jack (left) made in his video’ and admitted to doing ‘some issues improper and sloppy as a 16/17 12 months previous woman who felt love for a man’. Nevertheless, she asserts the accusations of assault are ‘fictitious’ and an ‘act of slander
Gomez (left) claims she and Wright (proper) by no means did something greater than kiss. She mentioned: ‘I’ve by no means seen, felt or touched him bare’. Her attorneys have reportedly threatened Wright with a defamation lawsuit as a result of that it’s ‘the most effective subsequent step to clear your identify’
Nevertheless, Wright paints a unique narrative surrounding the video.
‘The Hawaii incident occurred the place I used to be handed out, unconscious nearly like the entire night time. She obtained on high of me, took benefit of me, groped me,’ Wright claimed, including he is ‘so glad’ his associates ‘pulled her off’ of him.
‘I was at a celebration, like handed out on the sofa,’ Wright recalled. ‘Once they advised me about what occurred they mentioned they pulled her off of me.
‘One other good friend obtained in an argument with Sienna saying, “you’ll be able to’t do this. Jack would not such as you like that.”‘
Wright additionally outlined a number of different alleged incidents of sexual assault. He accused Gomez of breaking into his house to fondle him whereas he slept, wrapping her bare physique on him with out his consent, selecting a lock and getting into a rest room whereas he showered, and extra.
Gomez has denied all of the allegations, saying the couple by no means did something greater than kiss and that there’s a counter argument to all of his accusations.
‘I’ve by no means seen, felt or touched him bare,’ she mentioned.
‘I by no means broke into Jack’s home…I by no means stalked him. I by no means sat exterior his home in the course of the night time.’
She claims they each made errors, arguing: ‘Youngsters do silly issues.’
‘Did I do some issues improper and sloppy as a 16/17 12 months previous woman who felt love for a man? Sure, for certain. I admit to stepping out of a automotive, stopped at a cease signal, final New Yr’s after we publicly fought. There was alcohol concerned and I’m positively not pleased with my habits. After we kissed at Midnight he went and flirted with different individuals — a minimum of that’s how I noticed it. I obtained jealous. It was silly and I’m so ashamed.’
She continued: ‘However that mentioned, he did some silly stuff too. Like chasing after a automotive full of fellows attempting to begin a struggle with them as a result of they cat-called me on the road. Or locking our mutual good friend out of his rental home in Hawaii as a result of he was “flirting” with me.’
‘I don’t know, chalk it as much as being younger and the truth that our brains aren’t even absolutely developed but.’
Her brokers additionally issued an announcement to Yahoo, denying the allegations.
‘Not solely are these assaults baseless and false, the discharge of his most up-to-date video is indicative of the general public narrative that Jack and a few of his associates hope to make use of as a crutch to additional their lies,’ the assertion mentioned.
‘Those that have collaborated, on this act of slander, did so with the motivation to additional affiliate themselves with Sienna after their skilled relationship, and due to this fact their declare to any portion of her substantial success, had been terminated.’
Gomez’s representatives referred to as Wright’s allegation a ‘calculated motion to hinder, damage and hurt not solely Sienna’s repute and livelihood, however her as a person human being as nicely. Sienna unequivocally denies these accusations.’
The sexual assault allegations had been dropped at mild TikTok person Lachlan Hannemann posted video of the alleged incident that appeared to indicate Gomez kissing and touching Wright whereas he was unconscious. A screenshot of the video is seen above
Gomez’s representatives referred to as Wright’s allegations a ‘calculated motion to hinder, damage and hurt not solely Sienna’s repute and livelihood, however her as a person human being as nicely’
Additionally they famous that moreover ‘spreading falsehoods about Sienna on-line, Jack has taken no motion.’
‘There was no police investigation — not even a police report back to our information — no fees, no non-public lawsuit and no contact between Sienna and Jack or their respective authorized groups in lots of months,’ the assertion learn.
‘It was all the time Sienna’s need and intention to deal with this privately vs within the court docket of public opinion, as she would by no means need to sensationalize or degrade the seriousness of sexual assault. Sadly, Jack’s blatant disregard for the reality has left us with no selection however to handle these claims publicly.’
‘Jack and his collaborators have tried to make the most of blatant slut shaming tradition to justify their fictitious claims and have successfully victimized a profitable girl of shade in a means that, regrettably, we’ve got seen many occasions earlier than, all in an effort to make use of her struggling as a catalyst for their very own private acquire.’
Gomez’s representatives additionally alleged the 2 had a ‘consensual and cordial’ relationship.
‘Jack’s false claims started after Sienna wished to finish the connection out of emotions of getting used and misled by way of their time collectively. Whereas Sienna understands a number of private causes Jack could also be participating on this habits, she holds true to her character and won’t share particulars of Jack’s private life as she understands the kind of damage and hurt it might trigger him,’ the assertion reads.
‘As soon as once more, Sienna vehemently denies these claims. Furthermore, she needs to publicly apologize to all victims of sexual assault for the way during which Jack is making an attempt to make use of her for his personal egocentric causes to take advantage of sympathy. Sienna has by no means needed to interact on this narrative publicly or disrespect the insurmountable ache and trauma related to credible claims of sexual assault and hopes they are often halted instantly to scale back additional hurt to sexual assault sufferer and survivor communities.’
Gomez, who was from the identical hometown as Wright, claims she reconnected with the TikTok star when she was 16 after one among her social media movies went viral.
She claims Wright traveled together with her to Los Angeles and launched her to new associates whom she had been watching on-line for months. Gomez claims the pair ‘immediately related’ and had been ‘thrown right into a loopy, thrilling relationship as a result of the general public demanded it.’
‘He was my particular person. We obtained one another safely house after events. We had one another’s backs,’ she wrote. ‘Individuals seen a spark between us and our movies collectively went viral. Immediately, we had been America’s favourite teenage “ship” and all of it occurred so quick that neither one among us actually knew what it meant.’
The pair had been reported contacted for model offers, with Wright allegedly switching his expertise company to ‘make it simpler for work alternatives’.
In December 2020, 4 months after she grew to become TikTok well-known, the teenager was contacted by the producers of Hype Home, Gomez mentioned. Each she and Wright had been signed to the present which included a storyline closely centered on ‘uncovering the “reality” behind our relationship’.
‘Someplace alongside the best way, and in a really complicated state of not figuring out what was faux and what was actual, I began to fall in love with him,’ Gomez mentioned.
‘The extra they pressed me on digital camera, the extra emotional I obtained as a result of I wasn’t certain if we had been associates or extra. I didn’t know what was being arrange by producers and if it was actual or faux.’
She alleges the pair exchanged the phrases ‘I really like you’ however Wright repeatedly declined to make their relationship official.
Till Friday, Wright had by no means explicitly addressed the accusations, however now says Hannemann’s account of the incident is appropriate. The teenager alleged he was ‘handed out unconscious’ when Gomez ‘obtained on high of me, took benefit of me, groped me’ earlier than his associates pulled her off him
Wright additionally outlined a number of different alleged incidents of sexual assault. He accused Gomez of breaking into his house to fondle him whereas he slept, wrapping her bare physique on him with out his consent, selecting a lock and getting into a rest room whereas he showered, and extra
Gomez mentioned the allegations and the the out-of-context video have brought on her to lose model offers, associates and broken her repute (Pictured: Gomez and Wright together with different Hype Home stars)
The sexual assault allegations had been first made public by Wright’s good friend, Mason Rizzon, who issued a sequence of TikTok and Twitter posts on Might 30, 2021 describing the alleged abuse.
Gomez denied the allegations in a YouTube video dated June 1, claiming they had been ‘unequivocally false’.
Two days later, TikTok person Lachlan Hannemann posted video of the alleged incident that appeared to indicate Gomez kissing and touching Wright whereas he was unconscious.
Gomes once more, on June 4, denied the accusations and mentioned the footage was manipulated.
Till Friday, Wright had by no means explicitly addressed the accusations, however now says Hannemann’s account of the incident is appropriate. The teenager alleged he was ‘handed out unconscious’ when Gomez ‘obtained on high of me, took benefit of me, groped me’ earlier than his associates pulled her off him.
‘Truthfully I am glad that they’ve proof,’ he mentioned. ‘After Sienna discovered about the video she mentioned sorry. She mentioned if this obtained out she could be finished, that it is horrible and he or she’s engaged on boundaries and he or she was looking for remedy.’
He then continued to stipulate a minimum of three others situations the place Gomez – whom he first met in highschool 4 12 months in the past however reconnected with after they each gained massive followings on TikTok – allegedly assaulted him.
He claimed Gomez as soon as obtained ‘utterly bare’ and straddle him whereas he was ‘simply chilling on the mattress’ regardless of his repeated request that she high. He mentioned he was compelled to bodily take away her and go away the room.
Wright, describing the state of affairs as ‘bizarre and random,’ mentioned Gomez would apologize for her alleged inappropriate actions however ‘all these issues stored occurring.’
‘She would do one thing and I might forgive her and he or she mentioned it would not occur once more,’ he mentioned. ‘We might go on making enjoyable movies in any case these sort of issues stored on occurring.’
He accused her of angrily confronting him at a celebration as a result of he was taking pictures with different girls.
Wright mentioned Gomez requested him to talk in one other room and he or she ‘pulled me in, and grabbed me and tried to make out with me’ earlier than he advised her to go away.
The teenager additionally claimed Gomez would steadily ‘break into his house’ whereas he was asleep.
‘She would consistently come to my home, remembering my door codes. It obtained to the purpose the place I used to be screaming at her to get out of my home, as a result of she was like, breaking into my home,’ he mentioned.
‘I might get up and see her automotive sitting exterior at two within the morning. She would break into my home, and, once I was sleeping, she would come to my room, and I might get up to her hand in my pants. It wasn’t the one time it occurred, too. I used to be simply so used to it.’
He added: ‘One night time she began ripping off my garments, touching my crotch space, attempting to make out with me.’ Wright claimed requested Gomez to cease repeatedly and ended up sleeping on the ground.
Wright, citing one other alleged incident at a celebration, claimed Gomez requested to talk to him in a rest room, sitting on a counter and wrapping her legs towards him.
Later that very same night, she allegedly picked the lock on his door and walked into the restroom whereas he was within the bathe.
‘Wanting again now I do not know why I stayed associates together with her, stayed round her. I actually thought she was going to vary,’ he added.