Big Ed's Sexual Assault Allegations

Overview

Big Ed Sexual Assault Allegations refers to TikToker lordakeet accusing her former coworker Big Ed, 90 Day Finacé: Before the 90 Days castmember, of grooming her and assaulting her in a series of TikTok videos. The videos were shared on Instagram and Twitter in April 2020 and caused widespread discussion on whether or not she was telling the truth.

Background

On April 9th, 2020, TikToker lordakeet posted a video saying that a man that harassed her for nine months "has moved on to his next victim in front of all America" (shown below, left). The video gained over 590 likes in a month. On April 25th, she revealed in another TikTok video that Big Ed assaulted her (shown below, right). The video garnered over 486,600 likes in two weeks.

Developments

On April 25th, 2020, Instagram user realityaddicted2^[4] reported Lordakeet's second video on the matter and gained over 2,300 views. Many Instagram users commented on the post that the video seemed ingenuine. On April 28th, lordakeet posted another video explaining that she used to work with him and had signed a nondisclosure agreement (shown below, left). The video received over 13,100 likes in two weeks. The next day, Twitter user @JohnYates327^[5] reposted the video and accumulated over 5,300 views in 12 days. Over then next week, lordakeet uploaded a few light-hearted TikTok videos on the subject with garnered over 800 likes each in a week (shown below, right). In early May, Micky,^[1] Screenrant^[2] and The Daily Dot^[3] published articles on the allegations and reported that Big Ed had yet to respond.

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