A former fan of Pepper’s told BuzzFeed News that when she was 15, the YouTube personality pressured her to send him nude photographs. Three other women said they were inappropriately touched or harassed by him.
Following an outcry over a video in which internet personality Sam Pepper pinched and groped women on the street, four women have come forward this week to accuse the former U.K. Big Brother contestant of sexually harassing and assaulting them.
Over the weekend, Pepper, 25, published what he described as a prank video on his YouTube channel. The video featured Pepper going up to women on the street and asking for directions. As the women answered, Pepper would secretly grope them with his hand that he had concealed in a large sweatshirt.
Outraged social media users began mass-reporting the video to YouTube, which eventually took it down. Pepper didn't address the controversy until Tuesday, when he released two more videos claiming the whole thing was a social experiment and that all of the women involved had consented.
Pepper is part of a group of well-known YouTube stars with thousands of fans, many of whom are teenage girls. He currently has over 2 million subscribers on YouTube and has appeared at multiple conventions, including Playlist Live and VidCon, two of the larger online video conventions held every year in Orlando, Florida, and southern California, respectively. These conferences are also attended by scores of teens looking to meet the internet famous.
Dottie Martin
On Tuesday, Dottie Martin (pictured above), published a YouTube video titled "A Cautionary Tale," in which she describes a date she said she had with Pepper two years ago when she was 16. In the video, Martin alleges that on the date, Pepper groped her and made her feel uncomfortable. Martin did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' requests for additional comment.
Pepper did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Martin or the other allegations described in this article.
Also on Tuesday, Bryony Harris, 19, tweeted what she said were screenshots of Facebook chats she had with Pepper when she was 15.
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