A star on the social networking platform TikTok said that the “youtuber” became a boxer, Jake Paul, forced her to have sex without consent in the summer of 2019.
Justine Paradise said in a 20-minute video posted on YouTube last Friday that she did not say anything about the alleged attack before, because she signed a non-disclosure agreement.
In a statement to ESPN, Prosecutor Daniel E. Gardenswartz, who works for the law firm Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP, said Paul “categorically denies the accusation” and will take “legal action against those responsible for defamation of character.”
In the long video, Paradise mentioned that he met Paul several times in June and July 2019 at a mansion in Los Angeles, where several celebrities from social networks lived and worked. Paradise said that on July 20, 2019, she felt that she had clearly told Paul that she did not want to go beyond kissing, but Paul forced her to do other things.
“He didn’t ask for consent or anything,” Paradise said in the video. “I knew I didn’t want to do anything with him.”
Paradise did not mention the possibility of taking the information to the police. Paul responded on Twitter on Tuesday, saying that “this statement made against me is 100% false” and that “he never had sex with this person.”
“Accusations of sexual assault are not something that I or anyone should take lightly, but to be clear, this statement against me is 100% false,” he said.
Paul, 24, has gained notoriety in the boxing world since he eliminated former NBA player Nate Robinson in November last year. Paul is scheduled to fight former UFC fighter Ben Askren in a boxing match on Saturday in Atlanta.