TikTok star Chris Olsen says he’s the victim of intimate image abuse
TikToker Chris Olsen said he was the victim of intimate image abuse, also known as "revenge porn."
Comedic content creator Chris Olsen said he was the victim of intimate image abuse, also known as “revenge porn,” sharing in an emotional video posted Tuesday that sexually explicit images of him were being circulated on social media without his consent.
In the video posted to his TikTok page, the influencer said he first became aware of the images circulating publicly four years ago. The social media star, who has more than 13 million followers on TikTok, where he frequently collaborates with celebrities like Meghan Trainor, said he initially didn’t want to publicly address the matter. But he made the video after receiving multiple messages and comments about the situation.
The private pictures were first shared to X (formerly known as Twitter), according to Olsen, where he said he didn’t have an account at the time. Sharing nonconsensual sexually explicit content is prohibited by X’s terms of service. A spokesperson for X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Olsen said in the video that he made an account on X for the sole purpose of asking the user to take down his photos. When he asked the X user to take down the images, Olsen said the user blocked him and told their followers to save the image before it was removed.
“I knew after that I was, like, basically done for,” Olsen said in the tearful video, which has been viewed nearly 4 million times as of Thursday. “And I said that was four years ago, and I’m still dealing with this today. It never stopped. It’s nonconsensual. It’s violating. It’s fully abuse and illegal.”
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