Alix Earle lastly broke her silence on utilizing a racial slur in posts on social media.
In case you haven’t stored up with the drama on-line, right here’s the deal. Final 12 months, screenshots of the 23-year-old TikTok star repeatedly utilizing the N-word on the web site ASKfm again in 2014 appeared on the “Alix Earle Snark” web page on Reddit. Nevertheless, it wasn’t till a 12 months later, when the posts resurfaced on TikTok and different subreddits this month, that Alix began dealing with a ton of backlash on-line.
What made the entire scenario worse? Not solely did she stay silent on the offensive feedback when the controversy began, however she allegedly trademarked them to cease others from persevering with to share them! Yeah, you learn that appropriately. In line with two podcasters, Alix TRADEMARKED her posts utilizing a racial slur! What the f**okay.
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Jessi Smiles and Lily Marston claimed of their Do We Know Them? podcast earlier this month that the content material creator’s authorized crew accused them of violating their copyright when screenshots of her racist posts popped up of their subreddit — which they don’t personal or reasonable. Jessi defined:
“Her lawyer contacted us and stated that we now have violated their copyright. Individuals posted screenshots of [her racist posts] in our subreddit, and her lawyer stated that they’ve a trademark to that. We don’t reasonable it, we don’t have any entry to it.”
In what world does somebody suppose it was OK to trademark that?! Particularly when that very same particular person hadn’t even apologized or at the least stated one thing about their problematic feedback at the moment! What a disgusting transfer. Watch the podcast episode (under):
Now, after weeks of silence, Alix is talking out concerning the controversy in a press release posted to her Instagram Tales on Monday. First off, Braxton Berrios’ girlfriend admitted she DID use the racial slur a number of occasions and apologized for the “damage” she prompted. She wrote:
“A few weeks in the past, screenshots surfaced from my outdated ask.fm account exhibiting me utilizing a slur in the summertime of 2014. I’m taking accountability and need to make it clear that I used to be 13 years outdated and didn’t perceive the deeply offensive that means behind that phrase. That’s no excuse for utilizing that phrase in any context or at any age. That’s completely not the way in which I communicate or what I stand for. I’m deeply sorry that my phrases have damage many and have led folks to consider that I’ve any prejudice in my coronary heart. I promise you that might not be farther from the reality. My platform has all the time centered on positivity, leisure, and uplifting others, and can proceed to take action. I’m sincerely sorry to these I’ve offended.”
As for why she took so lengthy to handle the scandal? Alix claimed she obtained dangerous “recommendation” to not say something:
“I remorse how I dealt with this case, permitting too many individuals to speak me out of claiming one thing for too lengthy. I wasn’t positive the best way to deal with it and sadly the recommendation I used to be given, though nicely supposed, was flawed. There is no such thing as a one guilty however myself for not standing my floor and going with my intestine to talk immediately. Within the absence of my addressing this, my silence allowed others to fill the void with rumors that merely aren’t true.”
As we talked about, a kind of claims was that she trademarked her older posts. Nevertheless, Alix insisted that half is “completely ridiculous and unfaithful.” Hmm. She continued:
“One other is {that a} model introduced they’re not working with me, regardless that we now have by no means been in conversations with them a couple of partnership in any capability. No matter what’s being stated on-line, I wished to return on right here to handle the details and most significantly apologize.”
See the put up (under):
After the assertion dropped, Jessi and Lily addressed her declare that she by no means trademarked her posts — with receipts. They instructed Selection on Monday evening:
“Whereas we can’t communicate to the legitimacy or existence of any emblems or copyrights, we are able to verify that we obtained an e-mail from an entity figuring out itself as WEB SHERIFF. This entity claimed to behave because the rights agent for Alix Earle, and had written the e-mail to inform us of 11 completely different alleged infringements and violations. The e-mail was signed by John E. Henehan LL.B., who asserted below penalty of perjury that he’s ‘both the mental property rights proprietor or approved to behave on behalf of the house owners of the unique rights which are allegedly infringed.’”
The 2 continued:
“The e-mail referenced a consumer created put up on a fan-run subreddit for our podcast, a web page over which we now have no authorship or management. The put up in query, linked inside the e-mail, featured screenshots of Earle’s unfavorable previous feedback on AskFM, which had already been circulating on-line. The e-mail purports that this put up is responsible of a laundry listing of violations together with however not restricted to Copyright Infringement, Human Rights Violations, and Proceeds of Crime and Cash Laundering Violations. It’s necessary to notice that we obtained this discover regardless of each put up on the subreddit that includes a clearly seen disclaimer stating that we’re by no means affiliated with the subreddit or any of its content material. Actually, we had been unaware of the existence of the put up in query previous to receiving this e-mail notification.”
Jessi and Lily went on to level out that the e-mail doubtlessly “was despatched with out her data or authorization,” including:
“If that’s the case, whereas unlucky and out of her management, it could definitely be in her greatest curiosity to make clear that to set the report straight.”
We’ll see if she makes one other assertion — and if it takes a number of extra weeks. What are your ideas on the controversy and Alix’s apology, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback under.
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