None of us knew he was talking to underage girls, none of us knew he was harassing girls, none of us knew he was threatening families. "No one in my friend group was aware of anything he's done.
"I was not aware of him talking to underage girls," Foley said. Nathanâs car and his stuff is out of the house.- ð Lil Caucasian ð April 3, 2019 He became very angry with me, very controlling, and it made me feel trapped." On April 1, Foley had tried to get Putnam to leave the apartment they shared but Putnam stayed because "his name was on the lease." Eventually, on April 3 Putnam left the apartment and still owes Foley over $3,000. "Once our names were on that lease, he seemed like a completely different person. They agreed to sign a lease together, with Foley fronting most of the costs like rent, appliances and furniture.
"Him giving us advice like this slowly turned into him controlling our content it felt like," Foley remembered. Over the course of 2018, the pair spoke every evening over Discord, providing him with input and help on YouTube intros. They had met online in October 2017, and Putnam "was very supportive of (his) channel," Foley told Newsweek. Ryan Foley, who goes by KingCorphish on YouTube, was living with Putnam up until the allegations came out. Putnam has since deleted his Twitter, YouTube and Instagram accounts and remained silent about the allegations. He released his own statement about Putnam on Twitter and claimed "nobody was aware" of what Putnam was doing and "they would have taken action years ago." In a subsequent livestream, however, Nappy did admit he had known about the first two instances mentioned by Jay. This past weekend, he was accused of grooming and messaging underage boys by GameboyLuke, TheHeatedMo and others. ktmsEVeGr4- Blastoise Master ð¦ March 29, 2019
"My approach on the situation years ago was awful and I truly apologize for not handling it properly," Jay wrote in the Twitlonger. KingNappy, a fellow YouTuber and friend of Putnam, invited him and guests like MudkipMama and JayYTGamer on his YouTube collaboration show "Prime Time." Jay was one of the first to comment on Putnam, tweeting "I will admit that in the past when this happened a few of us would pull him aside and try to speak to him and tell him to fucking stop that pedo s**t." In a Twitlonger on March 31, Jay elaborated, saying that their group of friends had been aware of two instances where Putnam had contacted underage girls but gave him a "chance to change." Once word got out, he was barred from the tournament and removed from PAX.Ĭontent creators who worked with Putnam in the past admitted having seen warning signs.
Lucille released the second video last weekend, when Putnam was at PAX East in Boston, where he had been scheduled to compete in a community Super Smash Bros. Here are screenshots of things that happened around 2 years ago.Īs you can see, he lied about his age and was attempting to flirt with me (even though I mentioned I was gay multiple times) /C2PxtR0iWP- AjentTEA ðµ March 29, 2019 Bise admitted fault, and issued an apology tweet on March 29, writing, "I am truly ashamed of myself and disgusted at myself… I was in a dark place at the time but that does not excuse this behavior." He has since deleted all of his social media accounts.Įvidence of Putnam's behavior started to appear online, as others shared sexually explicit messages sent to underage girls.Īnd in light of things that are happening right now. In the original video, she chose not to "name names" but later released a 10-minute follow-up where she revealed the identities of Putnam and other men who sent explicit pictures to her while she was underage, including streamer BiseProductions. (Lucille did not respond to a request for comment from Newsweek). "For the longest time I blamed myself for this and I still kind of do," Lucille says in the video. Lucille found it "very creepy." She even claimed that Putnam threatened her, saying that if she spoke up about what happened he would share the photos with her friends and family. At one point, Putnam sent her a YouTube video of Tyler the Creator's song "Too F-king Young" which is about fighting the urge to be with an underage girl. For years after Putnam would continue to send Lucille, now 19 years old, messages that made her uncomfortable.