In a message on Instagram, the 'West Side Story' actor addressed the complaint against him and wrote that the description of events"is simply not what happened."
Ansel Elgort responded on Saturday to an accusation of sexual assault that surfaced on social media earlier this week from a woman who identified herself just by her first name, Gabby. In a message that has since been deleted with the Twitter account itself, Gabby claimed that Elgort sexually assaulted her in 2014 when she was 17. She claimed that the incident occurred after she direct messaged the actor, who was 20 at the time, and then texted him privately on Snapchat. Included in her post was a photo of herself, with her face obstructed, beside Elgort.
“I was distressed to see the social media posts about me in the last 24 hours,” wrote Elgort on Instagram. “I cannot claim to understand Gabby’s feelings but her description of events is simply not what happened. I have never and would never assault anyone.” He went on to say, “What is true is that in New York in 2014, when I was 20, Gabby and I had a brief, legal and entirely consensual relationship. Unfortunately, I did not handle the breakup well. texted I stopped responding to her, which is an immature and cruel thing to do to someone. I know this belated apology does not absolve me of my unacceptable behavior when I disappeared.”, said he is "disgusted and deeply ashamed" of the way he acted, writing "I am truly sorry.
Stay_Cruel there’s a fault with this star.
He’s creepy
Ffs he admits to have taken an underage fan's virginity and that's normal? He makes it look like she's taking revenge on him! That it was 'completely' consensual when she says it's not. He should read about affirmative consent and stop using his status to find teen hookups.
Who?
Aaand it isn’t that convincing... Sorry, AnselElgort
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Disgusting
No means, no! She said NO!
“I believe the victim”, -taylorswift13 👸 has spoken AnselElgort 🤷♀️ IStandWithTaylorSwift
The messed up thing is he admitted he knew her, denied assault and apologized for certain actions.
17 and 20... two immature kids that knew exactly what they wanted to do. Girls of that age fool around with olders guys... so excuse my small amount of sympathy
Well, let’s see how this Roman colosseum circus unfolds...
Fuck this guy
Jesus...that photo selected really isn't selling the 'I didn't do it' vibe. He looks like an early 80s adult bookstore owner.
he’s OVER
wondering why every photo of him looks like the most unflattering photo of him
More women have come forward with screenshots of him sending inappropriate texts. They were all in HS. One was in middle school. He was already in his early 20s. INSANE that people are defending him. You guys really love cute white guys.
Sheesh, now they have to re-shoot all his West Side Story scenes with someone else. And he's Tony! Not gonna be as easy as deleting Kevin Spacey from that other movie.
Funny how THR jumped on this PR response while ignoring the initial Tweets? Maybe try to provide some context to your readers?
Innocent or guilty it doesn't really matter these days he's prob finished regardless.
CanselElgort 🤨✋🏼🚫
What she described is sexual assault, but her framing was ridiculous: “ He was in his 20’s and I was 17” no he was 20 and you were 17 and that’s really not gross at all.
Am I alone in asking ‘who is Ansel Elgort?’
So his team responded
Canceled!
The girl who accused Ansel Elgort of sexual assault years later, tweets it & then suddenly deletes her account 🧐 interesting. Accuse someone of something so serious with no evidence thus ruining his life & then disappears. I’ve never heard anyone else ever speak negative of him.
I believe him.