{"id":52357,"date":"2025-01-28T17:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/jorge-garay-returns-to-tiktok-and-addresses-grooming-scandal-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:58:18","slug":"jorge-garay-returns-to-tiktok-and-addresses-grooming-scandal-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/jorge-garay-returns-to-tiktok-and-addresses-grooming-scandal-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Garay returns to TikTok and addresses grooming scandal &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Garay returns to TikTok and addresses grooming scandal Instagram: Jorge GarayDisgraced TikTok star JeyJey Gardi- real name Jorge Garay \u2013 has sensationally returned to the app four months after troubling allegations involving a minor. And it didn\u2019t take long for the drama to follow. Garay, the former partner of fellow internet personality Benji Krol, posted his first video on the platform since August yesterday. Lip syncing to the lyrics \u201cI want to ruin your friendship, we should be lovers instead\u201d, the video shifts between two different costumes. When news concerning allegations involving Jorge and a minor broke, his TikTok following stood at 4.6 million. He now has 4 million followers exactly, meaning he has lost over half a million followers since these accusations came to light. Along with the TikTok, Garay also uploaded a post to Instagram, captioning it as follows: \u201cToday I felt better enough to start posting again. For everyone who follows me and knows me, I promise that I\u2019ve always tried to be the best and I can promise that hasn\u2019t changed. I will always try to act my best and make it better for everyone. I apologized to everyone I had to. Thanks to everyone who didn\u2019t spread hate. I\u2019ll be answering in the comments questions about it all. I never stopped loving Benji and I never left him alone. I will try to explain my best. Sorry for making you all wait for so long.\u201d Read More: xQc roasts Dr Disrespect &#8211; With many unimpressed fans taking Jorge up on his offer to answer questions, the internet personality also shed some light on his current relationship with Krol, who was also involved in the incident with the minor. Saying that him and Benji were \u201cstill friends\u201d, Garay said that they \u201ctalk everyday and help each other through everything.\u201d He also admitted to fans that he did indeed send explicit photos of Krol to the minor without his permission. View this post on Instagram When one fan noted that the things Benji described Jorge doing with the minor was \u201cgrooming\u201d, Garay said in response: \u201cI never asked him to do anything. He lied about his age. He asked me do things and wanted to involve Benji. Everything we did from what I knew was consensual. I never tried to take advantage of him in any way, so by definition it wasn\u2019t.\u201d Read More: Twitch bans accusations of \u201csexual favours\u201d &#8211; As another fan called him out on TikTok, saying: \u201cSir, you groomed a minor\u201d, Jorge asserted that he is \u201cnot a groomer and not a p***ophile\u201d. \u201cI did wrong stuff and apologized to who I had to,\u201d Garay commented. Benji Krol and Jorge Garay allegations In August this year, a 15-year-old boy went public on social media accusing Krol and Garay of sending explicit Facetime screenshots of the two, who were 19 and 18 at the time. \u201cThey took advantage of my friendship, and exploited and coerced me, a minor, into doing what they wanted for sexual pleasure,\u201d the individual alleged via an anonymous Twitter account. In response to the allegations, Krol said in an online statement that while the explicit FaceTime was true, he \u201ctold Jorge it was wrong and was very uncomfortable with it.\u201d Anonymous victim alleges Benji Krol and JeyJey Gardi \u201ctook advantage of my friendship, and exploited me and coerced me, a minor, into doing what they wanted for sexual pleasure\u201d. JeyJey and Benji allegedly sent nudes to the 15-year-old boy. Below are call logs and other receipts. pic.twitter.com\/iGZgs9LH1q \u2014 Def Noodles (@defnoodles) August 22, 2020 He also claimed that only Garay \u201cknew the full story\u201d and that he left Krol\u2019s home soon after the allegations emerged. In his own online statement, Jorge admitted to the FaceTimes and said that he had \u201cmanipulated\u201d Krol alongside the minor. He said: \u201cI did sexually talk to the affected person and involved Benji without his permission as well as pressured him into it. I\u2019m sorry to both,\u201d The minor and Krol have not yet commented publicly on Garay\u2019s social media return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Garay returns to TikTok and addresses grooming scandal Instagram: Jorge GarayDisgraced TikTok star JeyJey Gardi- real name Jorge Garay \u2013 has sensationally returned to the app four months after troubling allegations involving a minor. And it didn\u2019t take long for the drama to follow. 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