Alice Ripley faces underage grooming allegations, sparks online controversy
by Navya | Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:22:05 GMT
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The Broadway actress, Alice Ripley, had to face severe social media backlash as a TikTok video posted by a girl, Brie Lynn, goes viral. Brie Lynn accused Ripley of ‘underage grooming’ and ‘inappropriate interactions’ when she was 12. Within a few minutes of posting the video, it went viral with hundreds of likes and shares. Numerous other users also lodged similar accusations on Ripley.

Brie Lynn, with the user name @lovelyleobrie, writes “you were having constant inappropriate interactions with me all the while talking shit about me behind my back," in the caption. The viral video featured the photos of both Alice Ripley, the lead actress in a Tony award-winning musical, “Next to Normal,” and Brie Lynn, the alleged victim.  

Lynn reminisced the moment when she first met Ripley. She said that the world stopped spinning when both of their eyes met. In an extension of her list of accusations, Lynn alleged that Ripley had separated her from her dearest friends and never attempted to protect her when she was in danger. In another video, Lynn recalled an incident, where one of Ripley’s fans tried to kill her yet Ripley did absolutely nothing to save her. She also recalled a similar incident where another fan of Ripley got violent with Lynn.

Brie explained to the audience how they met for the first time in another follow-up video. According to Lynn, Ripley and Lynn met on Facebook. Lynn alleges that Ripley always had “sexual conversations” with her over Facebook and text messages. Lynn explains how the duo’s relationship has grown leaps and bounds in the following years and how she had spent hours alone with Ripley in her dressing room.

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Lynn also admitted there were other teenage girls present with Ripley, which hints that Lynn is not the only victim of Ripley's underage grooming. In her second video, Lynn says "Ripley is way too kind with kids. Her behavior had been inappropriate with them." “She puts children in situations that are inappropriate,” adds Lynn. Lynn continued to explain why she had never spoken about their relationship publicly. As Ripley is a public figure, Lynn has always been hesitant to spill the beans and was frightened to reveal the truth.

However, Lynn is not the only one to accuse Ripley. After the video went viral, several accusations from the alleged victims surfaced on social media and in the comments sections of Lynn.

While a few women admitted that they had online interactions with the public figure, others have anonymous while sharing their experiences. One of Ripley’s former fans, who chose to stay anonymous, said that Ripley met her in 2009 and eventually followed her back on Twitter when she was 16. But, she unfollowed her for several unknown reasons, the fan adds.

Another fan named CJ also shares a similar experience with Ripley. As CJ shares that she was blocked by Ripley when she was 15, she also says “I found it weird at the time since I don’t believe I was even following her on social media.”

Ripley is currently one of the hottest topics on social media yet she hardly cares to clear the air around her to come out clean.   

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