May 16, 2021Youtuber Scotty Sire speaks up about claims towards David Dobrik. Seth Francois finally comes out claiming his former friends, Jason Nash and David Dobrik, sexually assaulted him for views on David’s youtube video. Scotty Sire (friend of Dobrik and Nash) comes out with a video addressing the so-called “rumors” of Seth. Scotty Sires’ video is victim blaming and hurting survivors of sexual assault.
Trisha Paytas has a say aswell
Trisha Paytas is the former girlfriend of Jason Nash, who is associated with the “Vlog Squad” and a good friend of David Dobrik himself. Trisha claims that what Dobrik did isn’t a one time thing, videos Paytas did not consent to are still posted on his youtube channel. She exclaims in her podcast, “we all have like the same similar stories of not consenting, asking things not to be put in the thing” (2:33, H3 podcast highlights). Not only has Paytas come out with a story about consent, but so has Seth, and another former “Vlog Squad” member “BigNik”. Paytas also has a history of covering Youtube drama and “cancel culture”.
¨False allegations¨
He also addresses them as ¨false allegations¨(0:02). Sire claims that Seth’s feelings about being sexually assaulted are just allegations and not true, but how can these be false allegations if it is all on video? Many people say that “the entirety of this video is full on victim blaming” (David Dobrik Exposed… (with text messages) -Tea Spill). Disregarding his feelings and dominating over his voice. Using their power over seth isn’t out of range of expectancy, even Paytas exclaims, “he’s doing like brand deals with chipotle and tesla and all these things so people are just like oh he’s this power” (3:31). People see them as a power and a threat if they were to speak up or confront him in any way. Paytas co-host on the podcast, Ethan Klein, even speaks up about Dobrik being powerful in the media: “no one is picking these stories up, either they are afraid of David’s fans … is he like the cool guy no one wants to make fun of?” (3:13)
“Never heard a word of him of being uncomfortable, no one is forcing anyone to do anything”
Sire claims that they had “(n)ever heard a word of him of being uncomfortable, no one is forcing anyone to do anything” (3:30). Sire assumes that people who are uncomfortable are comfortable enough to say out loud and tell your friends that you’re uncomfortable and that it’s always an easy thing to do. Youtuber “Tea Spill” goes on to say that “(j)ust because he brushed it off in front of his friends and acted okay with it doesn’t take away from the fact that he feels he was sexually assaulted by Jason now … (p)eople can go along with things in the moment for a bunch of different reasons. For example; social pressures, but once you remove yourself from that situation you start to think about how wrong what happened to you was” (David Dobrik exposed… (with text messages) – tea spill). Never hearing the words out loud assumingly makes it ok and defends the entire context according to Scotty Sire.
“Davids a great person, Jasons a great person, in fact, they’re both fantastic people. David doesn’t have a mean bone in his body, he’s so nice.”
Sire says, “David’s a great person, Jasons a great person, in fact, they’re both fantastic people. David doesn’t have a mean bone in his body, he’s so nice.” (0:40). Of course he’s going to defend his friend, he wouldn’t turn around and bash him, especially when Dobrik has essentially built his platform on social media and is the main reason of his success. Tea spill points out: “Scotty was not involved in this situation at all and yet David sent him videos to try and clear his name” (Tea Spill). Dobrik never made a video on his own channel apologizing to Seth, the situation, or even any explanation. Klein also says, “he was literally ‘SA’d” (sexually assaulted) by David and Jason twice. and somehow they’re evading the responsibility yet again” (1:07). Pretty much completely ignoring the situation, Dobrik and Nash never spoke up even once the situation became a trending topic.
Manipulating has become very common in today’s time.
Recognizing when someone is manipulating or victim-blaming is really important so we can stop it and not let people get away with it. It can be very harmful to the victim, especially when it’s over something that can be super traumatizing like sexual assault.
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