TikToker Tony Lopez responds to being sued for allegedly soliciting minors Instagram: lopez_tonyTikTok influencer Tony Lopez has responded to a lawsuit filed against him over allegedly soliciting minors, saying that \u201cthese allegations are not at all true\u201d and that he is going to \u201cfight it to the very end.\u201d 21-year-old social media influencer Lopez was first accused of inappropriate behavior toward minors in August of 2020. A video went viral on TikTok appearing to show explicit messages sent to a teenage girl by Tony Lopez, prompting backlash against the influencer online. On August 22 Lopez posted an apology in the form of a screenshot via Twitter, in which he stated \u201cI am not proud of my past choices\u201d and that \u201cI\u2019m truly disappointed in myself for them.\u201d He reminded people he was \u201cnew to the entertainment\/ LA scene\u201d and said that in the future \u201cwill make better, well-informed decisions.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/lopez__tony\/status\/1297348590767968257 The apology was criticized by some for being \u201ctoo vague\u201d as he did not specifically address the allegations within the message. In the months following, multiple other minors came forward to claim that Lopez had also behaved inappropriately toward them, with one viral TikTok alleging that the TikToker had invited one individual over to the Hype House where \u201cthings did happen.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1322221941579640832 In a response to claims that Lopez had deleted TikToker Oneya\u2019s comment about the accusations, he said \u201cno one knows the full story, and I have yet to speak about everything properly from my side of this whole thing, yet people speak on it as if they do. Stop using this whole situation for likes. It\u2019s not a joke. Never was a joke.\u201d According to reports by TMZ, Tony Lopez is now being sued by two underage girls for \u201csexual battery and emotional distress.\u201d The individuals claim that Lopez began communicating with them online despite knowing they were minors, and \u201cengaged in unlawful sexual acts with her.\u201d Fellow Hype House members Chase Hudson and Thomas Petrou are also being sued for \u201cnegligence.\u201d With regard to the lawsuit, Lopez reportedly told TMZ, \u201cthese allegations are not at all true. I never sent nudes to these women and didn\u2019t ask them to send me pictures either. And, I certainly wouldn\u2019t have sex with someone who told me they were underage.\u201d He went on to say \u201cThis whole thing seems like a money grab to me. I\u2019m going to fight it to the very end. I will not allow them to continue to slander my name and attack my character.\u201d What the outcome of the lawsuit will be is yet unclear, but the news has been received with mixed reactions online among fans and critics of the influencer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker Tony Lopez responds to being sued for allegedly soliciting minors Instagram: lopez_tonyTikTok influencer Tony Lopez has responded to a lawsuit filed against him over allegedly soliciting minors, saying that \u201cthese allegations are not at all true\u201d and that he is going to \u201cfight it to the very end.\u201d 21-year-old social media influencer Lopez was […]<\/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-61455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61455","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=61455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}