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Ava Kris Tyson, one in every of MrBeast’s YouTube co-hosts, introduced that she is leaving “all issues MrBeast” following allegations that she groomed a minor. Tyson has denied the declare, and wrote in a put up on X that she didn’t “need these accusations to influence the tons of of people that work at MrBeast, which is why I’ve stepped away.”
“I want to apologize for any of my previous habits or feedback if it damage or offended anybody. It was not my intent,” Tyson wrote on X. “Seeing current occasions, we’ve mutually determined it’s finest I completely step away from all issues MrBeast and social media to deal with my household and psychological well being.”
Tyson has been mates with MrBeast because the starting of his profession and often seems in his movies, which garner tons of of tens of millions of views.
A video that presupposed to comprise proof of Tyson allegedly participating in inappropriate conversations with a minor on-line was uploaded on YouTube in June by a channel known as Prism42. In the video, the speaker Prism claimed that Tyson had a friendship with a 13-year-old boy, who goes by @LavaGS, when she was 20, sharing screenshots on X that allegedly present Tyson making lewd jokes with the minor. Prism additionally claimed that Lava, at age 16, met up with Tyson in a “secluded space.”
Tyson and Lava have denied the allegations introduced up within the video. “I by no means groomed anybody,” Tyson wrote on X. “The one who will get introduced up in these accusations @LavaGS has vocally supported that they’re false.”
Lava denied the claims on X, calling them “large lies.”
“Ava by no means did something improper and simply made just a few edgy jokes. I used to be by no means exploited or taken benefit of,” Lava wrote. “This state of affairs takes away from kids who’re actively being exploited on a regular basis on-line. I’m not a sufferer of something being claimed in these movies or in any respect.”
The YouTube drama channel Daniel Keem (often known as Keemstar) shared a message from Lava on X that mentioned, “I used to be NOT groomed by Kris Tyson. I didn’t meet Kris Tyson on my own I meet Kris & the MrBeast crew with my household current. I ran a discord with Kris Tyson once I was 13, and edgy inappropriate jokes had been mentioned, that’s it.”
Tyson apologized to “anybody [she] have damage with my unacceptable social media posts, previous actions, and to those that could really feel betrayed by how [she] used to behave on-line.” Since popping out as trans final 12 months, Tyson has confronted rising on-line harassment, and the allegations within the video prompted a wave of transphobic assaults this week.
Tyson and Lava couldn’t instantly be reached for remark. As of publication, MrBeast has not launched an announcement concerning Tyson’s departure.
