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Overview

Inquisitor Ghost Grooming Allegations and Inquisitor Ghost's Alleged TikTok LIVE Suicide refer to allegations of grooming a minor (AJ) against Italian cosplayer Inquisitore3 (aka Inquisitor Ghost or Vincent), who is known for cosplaying as Ghost from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video games. These allegations purportedly led to him committing suicide on TikTok LIVE in October 2023. Inquisitore3 was first allegedly exposed on a Discord server in September 2023 when DMs between himself and AJ from that prior March were shared, then allegedly exposed by TikToker and Ghost cosplayer @aekeegs (Keegans Mask) early in October in a video on TikTok in which she showed purported screenshots of Inquisitore3 DMing with 17-year-old AJ (aka @goatalhv, his editor) who he'd stopped talking to after people claimed she was problematic. The video was deleted by @aekeegs after some TikTokers shared the belief that AJ was lying about some aspects of the story or framing Inquisitore3. Still, Inquisitore3 received backlash and deleted his Instagram account. On October 9th during a TikTok LIVE, he then purportedly hung himself on camera, followed by someone breaking into his room to perform CPR on him. On October 10th, TikToker @TitoIsActingBadly (Tito, AJ's boyfriend) posted a video responding to the situation and accusations that he convinced AJ to entrap Inquisitor, showing texts in which he seemingly encourages AJ to flirt with Inquisitor that he says are taken out of context. According to Tito, AJ told him about Inquisitor's alleged predatory behavior in March and Tito only encouraged her to flirt back to him to get "better and more proof." Tito's response was criticized by many and he deleted it that same day. Keegan's Mask also deactivated her account following backlash. Although it is officially unconfirmed if Inquisitor died or was revived, as rumors supporting both possibilities spread following the stream, an account claiming to be Inquisitor's dad posted a video mourning his death on October 11th, with several TikTokers backing up the claim that the account is actually run by his father, suggesting Inquisitor died during the TikTok livestream. Prior to his suicide, Inquisitor DMed with a friend (Jay) denying the allegations and saying he was only being nice to AJ in the DMs she alleges were predatory.

Background

Inquisitor Ghost Allegations

Inquisitor Ghost, aka @Inquisitore3 on TikTok,^[1] is a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare cosplayer with over 105,000 followers known for his Simon "Ghost" Riley-inspired cosplays where he brandishes a red lightsaber. His videos include TikTok trends, lip dubs, dances and thirst traps.

While the allegations first surfaced on a Discord server around September 20th, 2023, it was on October 5th, 2023, that they were made more public. On that date, TikToker^[2] @aekeegs, another Ghost cosplayer known as Keegan's Mask, posted and deleted a video alleging that Inquisitor was talking with and grooming a minor who goes by AJ, or @goatalhv on TikTok (account now deleted) over DMs. The video contained several screenshots from March 2023 as evidence, showing Inquisitor (Teskio) talking with AJ and typing things like "amma marry you" and "I love you so much," as well as DMs between Inquisitor and another Discord user where he says he's not interested in AJ because of her age. These DMs were sent to Know Your Meme by an anonymous source (shown below).

The allegations resulted in backlash towards Inquisitor, with some accusing him of being a pedophile.

Some people defended Inquisitor, including TikToker^[3] @c4ll_.me_jinx_._2 (Jinx), who, on October 5th, posted a video giving further purported context to the allegations. In the video (shown below, left), Jinx claims the minor who was groomed may have been his editor and that she was 17, while Inquisitor was 23.

Jinx goes on to claim that in the DMs, Inquisitor was saying things like "I love you" and "I want to marry you," but he was not being serious. In a comment, Jinx suggests the girl was leading Inquisitor on. Jinx's video notably garnered some backlash in the comments.

On the same day, TikToker^[4] @aekeegs then posted a video announcing she'd be taking a break, captioned, "Me watching minors blatantly lie about other content creators for attention," garnering over 100,000 views in three days (since deleted). The video may not be about the Inquisitor situation, but rather about minors lying about other CoD cosplayers being groomers following the Inquisitor video to try and draw attention, with the description reading:

I'm sorry but if there's no proof I won't be talking about it. I've reached out to content creators y'all are encouraging me to speak about and they have screenshots of them being normal and IGNORING the minors that speak to them. No proof=no call out.

@c4ll_.me_jinx_.2 I wasn't there, I know, and I should not do this video, but I want to clear things out, please do not hate me, I'm just a person that wants to know the truth#inquisitorghost #cod #codcosplayer #fyp #fypシ blank" title="♬ original sound – 𝐽𝑖𝑛𝑥🤷‍♀️" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7287124483184282401?refer=embed">♬ original sound – 𝐽𝑖𝑛𝑥🤷‍♀️

Developments

Inquisitor's Response to the Allegations

Prior to Inquisitor's purported suicide and the public expose video by Keegan's Mask, a member of the Ghost cosplay community close to Inquisitor known as Jay direct messaged him on September 20th, 2023, to get his side of the allegations. The DMs were provided to Know Your Meme through Discord by Jay (shown below).

In the DMs, Jay sends Inquisitor the allegations and Inquisitor denies them, confirming that AJ was his editor and that he "treated her like that because she used to make a lot of vids" for him, chalking his behavior up to him being nice by saying things like "love you" and "amma marry you." Jay claims that AJ was accusing another cosplayer, Krake, of being a "pedo defender" for supporting Inquisitor. Inquisitor suggests that AJ may be targeting him because she was mad after he stopped talking to her after hearing she "wasn't a very good person."

On September 20th, Jay DMed Inquisitor to tell him that someone in his Discord server called him a pedo, to which Inquisitor replied, "I'm feeling so fucking bad rn." Jay assured him the whole mod team was on his side. Inquisitor then sent Jay some DMs from AJ, sent that day, in which she denies calling him a pedo. Inquisitor sends proof that she called him a pedo and AJ claims someone named Diana sent that message and was on her account (shown below in full). She then says she missed talking to Inquisitor and continues to deny any wrongdoing.

Inquisitor's Alleged Suicide On TikTok Live

On October 9th, 2023, @Inquisitore3 purportedly went live on TikTok and filmed himself hanging himself. That night, TIkToker^[5] @somethinggirl3 posted a video of part of the livestream, showing someone breaking down a glass door and seemingly performing CPR on someone who is purportedly Inquisitor Ghost (deleted, screenshot shown below).^[13]

The alleged suicide inspired reactions on TikTok, with many wanting more information on Inquisitor's status, hoping that he is alive and expressing sadness over their assumptions that the allegations led to his death, suggesting that people calling him a pedophile went too far based on the given evidence (examples shown below).^[6][7]

Tito and AJ Exposed / Tito Responds

On October 10th, 2023, TikToker^[10] @61_kg_61, aka Turkish Terminator (another Ghost cosplayer), posted a video in which he offered further information on the Inquisitor situation. First, he explains that AJ, the accuser, was part of his Discord server but was "really problematic" and he kicked her, also disallowing her boyfriend Tito from the server. He then shares text message screenshots taken from October 2nd between AJ (username TEQUILA on Discord) and a friend (Prussia) about trying to gain evidence of Inquisitor being a predator, admitting that she told him she's not a minor even though she is. He also shows a screenshot of AJ lying and telling Inquisitor she's not a minor.

Terminator then puts some blame on Tito. He shows screenshots of texts between Tito and AJ in which Tito tells AJ to "keep flirting with him and see where it goes" to try and get him to talk sexually to her so they can expose him, saying, "we just need better and more proof." AJ messages back trying to say they have enough proof and Tito responds, "Flirting is one thing, sexting is another," also saying, "we need recent proof."

@61_kg_61 This video is not a 100% proof video , it is a gathering of information from the victim and others. #stopcyberbullying #justiceforinquisitor #justice #rip #codcommunity #codcosplayer #callofduty #cosplayer #storytelling ♬ original sound – 💪🏽TurkishTerminator👹

That day, TikToker @TitoIsActingBadly, aka Tito (the boyfriend of AJ, the minor who Inquisitor was allegedly preying on), posted and deleted a series of videos responding to the situation (shown below, reuploaded).^[8][9] In the video, Tito claims that AJ told him about Inquisitor sending her predatory messages. Tito shows the string of texts between himself and AJ that @61_kg_61 leaked.

Tito says that some people took these messages to mean that he wanted to ruin Inquisitor's life, but he denies this, claiming he simply wanted more proof that Inquisitor was a predator. He then says he did not tell AJ to lie, edit or crop screenshots to make Inquisitor seem like a predator.

In the second reupload, Tito says that AJ also apologizes for exposing Inquisitor, then says he saw part of the livestream in which Inquisitor purportedly committed suicide. He reiterates that he and AJ are getting a lot of hate and that AJ is starving herself because of it, asking people to stop sending them hate messages as they're pressuring AJ to "unalive" herself.

Responses to Tito's video were largely negative, inspiring TikTokers to make videos reacting to it negatively. TikTokers also began posting videos criticizing Keegan's Mask for her role in spreading the information without enough solid proof (examples shown below).

Keegan's Mask's Response, Account Deactivation

On October 11th, 2023, Keegan's Mask, who originally exposed Inquisitor Ghost, deactivated her accounts. Before the deletion, she posted statements about the situation on her Instagram story and TikTok, which were sent to Know Your Meme by an anonymous source (shown below).

Response From Inquisitor's Purported Dad

On October 11th, 2023, TikToker^[11] @matteopli73, who is purported to be Inquisitor's dad, posted a video mourning the loss of his son and calling out the people whom he sees as responsible for him taking his own life in the description (shown below, left). That same day, TikToker^[12] @61_kg_61 posted a video offering evidence to support that the account is in fact Inquisitor's dad and not fake (shown below, right).

Online Reactions / Response

Proposed Call of Duty Inquisitor Skin

On October 11th, 2023, a Change.org ^[14] petition was started in an effort to get Activision to create a Call of Duty skin based on Inquisitor Ghost's cosplay in his memory. The petition gained over 23,700 signatures in a day. The petition was spread online by numerous sources, including TikToker^[15] @noahglenncarter, whose video on the topic gained over 2.5 million views in a day.

Later that day, X^[16] user @GhostDotMidi posted a screenshot purportedly from what appears to be a Discord group allegedly confirming that Activision will add an Inquisitor Ghost skin (shown below). The post reads, "Since the recent death of a tiktoker named: Inquisitor ghost, we have found a way to contact Activision to make his cosplay into a skin in mw3 and we did! Respect for his friends and family and ofc his fans seeing this," garnering over 2,300 likes in a day (shown below).

Fan Art

On October 11th, 2023, as the news of Inquisitor's death spread online, X^[17][18][19] users began to post fan art on the site sharing their condolences over the death (examples shown below).

Search Interest

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