Chris D’Elia ‘solicited hundreds of child abuse photos from girl, 17, & took her virginity after luring her on Snapchat’
STAND-UP comic Chris D'Elia has been accused of soliciting hundreds of sexually explicit photos and videos on Snapchat from a 17-year-old girl before took her virginity.
The 'You' star, 40, is being sued by 'Jane Doe' for violating federal child sexual exploitation laws after he "abused his status and fame to lure me in, take advantage, and manipulate me at a vulnerable age" after they struck up a relationship over social media.
The new allegations come less than a year after a wave of women accused D'Elia of on Twitter.
The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, alleges that he began communicating with Doe in September 2014, when she was aged just 17, according to
The teen reached out to the comic on Instagram while he was performing on his "Under No Influence" tour, before they later began communicating on Snapchat, according to the filing.
The suit says D'Elia - who was 34 at the time - over the internet, directed her what specific sexual poses and acts she should perform for him, and psychologically punished her when she refused."
The 17-year-old allegedly sent him "more than 100 sexually explicit photos and videos" over a period of six or seven months, the majority being when she was a minor.
The lawsuit claims D'Elia "constructed a manipulative, controlling and abusive dynamic," between the pair before he took her virginity.
The actor later convinced the teen to attend one of his stand-up shows before the lawsuit alleges he, "lured her to his hotel room … separated her from her friends, and took advantage of her youth and inexperience to have sex with her."
The lawsuit is not based upon the alleged sexual encounter between the two in Connecticut, where the legal age of consent is 16, but focuses on the explicit content he reportedly requested.
Doe claims D'Elia continuously questioned how old she was and if she was still in high school, before describing it as "hot".
"At the time, and subsequently, Mr. D’Elia expressed that Ms. Doe’s age, innocence, and virginity made the encounter ‘hot’," according to attorneys Monica Beck and Chloe Neely of the Fierberg National Law Group.
The woman was said to have been disturbed to have later seen D'Elia's character Henderson in the , playing a
It echoes the 2020 Twitter claims from , who shared screenshots of a conversation with D'Elia when she was aged 16.
She captioned the viral post, "I still can’t believe Netflix cast Chris D’Elia as the pedophile in season to of 'You' like the literal IRONY."
A spate of women then began sharing similar stories and evidence online, that saw a number of different females accuse him of inappropriate behavior.
D'Elia's accusers claimed he sent graphic messages soliciting sex and in some cases displayed inappropriate behavior upon meeting the women.
The new lawsuit also claims D'Elia asked the girl to send him footage of her having sex with other boys the same age as her and that he asked her to meet and have sex with his friends,
In a statement released March 2, Doe claimed, "When I was in my final year of high school and still a child, I was groomed by a celebrity twice my age.
"Chris D’Elia abused his status and fame to lure me in, take advantage, and manipulate me when I was at a vulnerable age. I want any other girls out there to know that they are not alone, and it is time to get justice for the mental and physical toll he has put us through."
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A spokesperson for D'Elia told TMZ in regards to Jane Doe's lawsuit, "Chris denies these allegations and will vigorously defend himself against them in court."
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He has vehemently denied ever knowingly pursuing any underage woman and claims he has never exchanged explicit photos with any of his Twitter accusers.
D'Elia said all his relationships had been legal and consensual, but admitted his life had been "controlled by sex" and that it is something he needs to work on in a YouTube video addressing the allegations.
