James Charles\u2019 former producer receiving death threats from his fans amid lawsuit Instagram: jamescharlesBeauty influencer James Charles\u2019 former producer Kelly Rocklein has reported receiving death threats from his fans online after her lawsuit against him went public. In late April, evidence emerged online that James\u2019s ex-producer is suing him, with \u201cwrongful termination,\u201d \u201cfailure to provide reasonable accommodation,\u201d and \u201cdisability discrimination\u201d as some of the complaints. Kelly claimed that she ended up working over 12 hours a day, almost seven days a week for the influencer, with the promise of overtime pay that she never received. Since being accused of grooming minors, James has not been active on social media, but he returned on May 10 with a Twitter video in which he warned fans about the allegations listed in the lawsuit. James said that while the situation has been going on for two years, he hasn\u2019t mentioned it \u201cout of respect for her and the fact that it\u2019s literally an ongoing litigation.\u201d He said that Kelly\u2019s claims of being \u201cwrongfully terminated, overworked, and underpaid\u201d are all \u201cwildly untrue.\u201d James also added that he wants to pursue the case \u201cto the fullest extent of the law.\u201d Following James\u2019 video and the release of an Insider article exploring the lawsuit, Kelly has revealed that she is now receiving death threats from his fans. In a May 12 tweet, she wrote: \u201cSo many people sending me death threats, asking me to kill myself and making fun of my appearance. It\u2019s almost like someone incited this violent mob of stans on me to in a desperate move to vilify me and remove any of the blame from themselves.\u201d So many people sending me death threats, asking me to kill myself and making fun of my appearance. It\u2019s almost like someone incited this violent mob of stans on me to in a desperate move to vilify me and remove any of the blame from themselves. \u2014 Kelly Rocklein (@kellyrocklein) May 12, 2021 As if struggling with anxiety, depression end body dysmorphia wasn\u2019t enough already. \u2014 Kelly Rocklein (@kellyrocklein) May 12, 2021 She also called out YouTubers who were giving their opinion on the situation despite admitting to not having read any of the legal documents. I just watched a Youtube video where someone started off with, \u201cwell I\u2019ve only seen one video on Twitter from one of the sides involved\u2026 never read any legal public documents\u2026 or anything else\u2026 but these are my thoughts on the situation\u2026\u201d What is wrong with people \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u2640\ufe0f \u2014 Kelly Rocklein (@kellyrocklein) May 12, 2021 With the lawsuit suddenly gaining a huge amount of public attention, it\u2019s not clear how long it will take for things to be resolved, but the legal process is proving to be costly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Charles\u2019 former producer receiving death threats from his fans amid lawsuit Instagram: jamescharlesBeauty influencer James Charles\u2019 former producer Kelly Rocklein has reported receiving death threats from his fans online after her lawsuit against him went public. In late April, evidence emerged online that James\u2019s ex-producer is suing him, with \u201cwrongful termination,\u201d \u201cfailure to provide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}