YouTuber Pyrocynical Accused of Grooming Underage Fans

Dec. 15 2020, Published 12:45 p.m. ET

Back in 2014, U.Ok.-based YouTuber Pyrocynical began posting on the video-sharing platform. It didn’t take lengthy for his movies to start rising in popularity, and he temporarily changed into certainly one of YouTube’s most sensible commentary-style video creators. Today, Pyrocynical has greater than Four million subscribers. 

Recently, Pyrocynical — who’s real identify is Niall Comas — has come below scrutiny following allegations that he groomed a 15-year-old individual, having inappropriate conversations of a sexual nature with them. Initially, Pyrocynical responded to the allegations and appeared to have debunked them, however new data has come to light that calls his conduct into question once once more. 

What happened to YouTuber Pyrocynical?

On Oct. 29, 2020, an nameless person who uses the name Ivory Rasmus on Twitter posted a chain of tweets accusing Pyrocynical of grooming them. “[P]yrocynical groomed me, and I've screenshots to end up it,” they wrote. “I've been sitting fascinated about this s--t nonstop, being offended, puzzled, and sad that I've had to accept this since I used to be 15, however I never mentioned anything else [because] I felt powerless.”

“What he despatched ranged from drawn NSFW to fetishy YouTube videos, and he'd question me to bring together s--t for him the use of tags that he appreciated on positive internet sites. At 15, I obviously did it [as a result of] he's f-----g [P]yrocynical. I was simply glad to be speaking to him, and I was trying to proceed that.”

Ivory went on to share screenshots of some conversations containing graphic photographs and content which they claimed have been with Pyrocynical (although Pyrocynical seems as a “Deleted User” within the screenshots).

Eventually, Pyrocynical spoke back to those allegations with a post on the r/pyrocynical subreddit. “I want to set the report directly with you all and share the reality. This accusation is 100 percent false and incredibly irresponsible,” Pyrocynical wrote.

“I am not denying that previously, I took phase in conversations with others that many of you're going to understandably consider to be weird and distasteful (most definitely an understatement). It was once careless of me not to believe who was once at the back of the role-play/art sharing, and I take full responsibility.”

“But these exchanges by no means amounted to the rest as opposed to fable role-play. I have never sent or solicited nude or IRL content. I have never attempted to engineer an illicit encounter or lure any one into anything else. I have never built a dialogue, connection, or courting with the purpose of manipulating or exploiting any person.”

Pyrocynical went on to say that he had had no idea that Ivory was underage when he began communicating with them. For some time, it appeared as regardless that people had been taking Pyrocynical at his word. However, new information has since come to mild which makes Pyrocynical’s innocence anything however a given.

Turkey Tom, another YouTube commentator, compiled a long Google Doc containing additional screenshots of conversations which Ivory claims to have held with Ida, Pyrocynical’s female friend. In them, Ida appears to acknowledge several instances that she knows Ivory’s age, leading some to conclude that Pyrocynical will have to have additionally identified Ivory was once underage. Additional screenshots display Ivory being very open about their age or even referring to themselves as a minor.

Ivory has persisted sharing their tale on Twitter however have additionally had to deal with other people doubting and harassing them because of this. “This situation is a super representation of why sufferers do not come out about their experiences,” they shared in a tweet on Nov. 11. “I have plentiful evidence and all of my buddies who knew pyro know what happened happened. I don't need to turn out this s--t to random strangers.”

So a ways, it doesn’t look as despite the fact that Pyrocynical has responded to this new round of allegations and evidence, however he has began to lose subscribers on his YouTube channel as people be informed extra about what happened.

If you want toughen, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or visit RAINN.org to chat on-line one-on-one with a reinforce specialist at any time.

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