Zoe LaVerne slammed for denying accusations of grooming young TikToker Zoe LaVerne YouTubeZoe LaVerne has been getting slammed online for an Instagram Live session where she again denied accusations of \u201cgrooming\u201d a young TikToker. LaVerne has since apologized for kissing a 13-year-old fan, though refutes describing the relations as grooming. In her livestream, she once again clarified her position on the incident with the fan after leaked videos spread online that showed the two kissing. Someone in the livestream could be heard supporting the embattled TikToker, suggesting LaVerne is being targeted. \u201cIf this was Avani Gregg (or) Charli D\u2019Amelio; \u2018Oh we love her. It\u2019s okay. Acceptance. Forgiveness\u2026\u2019 But because it\u2019s Zoe LaVerne, you all are having an issue,\u201d they said. Furthermore, the two agreed that what had transpired between the 19-year-old and the 13-year-old couldn\u2019t be considered grooming. She previously said they \u201ccaught feelings\u201d for each other. https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1333141845476478976 \u201cGrooming is where someone above the age of 18 sexually puts their hands on someone, intending to sexually assault them, or intending to have sex, or commit sexual acts with a minor. Which is not what was (intended),\u201d the person on the livestream said. LaVerne agreed. Their account of the situation isn\u2019t sitting right with people online, and TikTok star Avani even took issue with being brought into the situation. \u201cHey child groom supporter, keep my name out of your mouth,\u201d Avani said in response to the Instagram Live that mentioned her. Even more people have been speaking out against LaVerne. She reiterated her position in calling what she did with the boy as \u201cwrong,\u201d but disputes being called a \u201cgroomer.\u201d Save the Kids, a company established in April 1919 to help at-risk children around the world, describes grooming as \u201cthe cultivation of emotional relationships with those in positions of vulnerability or inequitable power, with the intention of manipulating these relationships into sexualised dynamics in the future.\u201d LaVerne maintained her innocence after addressing someone who asked for clarification on the incident with the fan. She says that what was seen in the videos can\u2019t be described as a \u201csexual act.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zoe LaVerne slammed for denying accusations of grooming young TikToker Zoe LaVerne YouTubeZoe LaVerne has been getting slammed online for an Instagram Live session where she again denied accusations of \u201cgrooming\u201d a young TikToker. LaVerne has since apologized for kissing a 13-year-old fan, though refutes describing the relations as grooming. In her livestream, she once […]<\/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-66126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66126","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=66126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}