MrBeast: Law firm finds grooming claims against co-host baseless

Lawyers hired by MrBeast to analyse claims that his erstwhile co-host groomed a teen person concluded that the allegations were "without basis", the prima YouTuber has said.

Ava Kris Tyson stopped moving with MrBeast successful July aft different YouTubers accused her of sending inappropriate messages to a minor, reportedly past 13, erstwhile she was 20.

At the time, Tyson apologised for her "past actions", but said her behaviour ne'er "extended beyond atrocious edgy jokes" and denied ever grooming anyone.

The alleged unfortunate - who was named online - besides defended her, saying the claims were "massive lies" and that they had ne'er been "exploited oregon taken vantage of".

MrBeast, 26, existent sanction Jimmy Donaldson, hosts the largest transmission connected YouTube, with 325m subscribers, and is known for making videos of stunts, challenges and acts of philanthropy.

Tyson, 28, who past twelvemonth came retired arsenic transgender, has appeared regularly connected the transmission since it was launched successful 2012.

After the archetypal claims successful July, MrBeast said helium was “disgusted” by the "serious allegations of Ava Tyson's behaviour online" and "opposed to specified unacceptable acts".

On Friday, helium shared a missive connected X from Quinn Emanuel Urqhart & Sullivan LLP, the instrumentality steadfast helium hired to behaviour an investigation into the claims.

The missive said the steadfast had conducted 39 interviews with existent and erstwhile employees of MrBeast's institution and reviewed implicit 4.5m documents collected from mobile phones, e-mails, and a assortment of messaging platforms.

"Allegations of intersexual misconduct... betwixt institution employees and minors are without basis. The allegations were soundly rejected, including by alleged victims," it said.

It added that allegations the institution had knowingly employed "individuals with proclivities oregon histories towards illegal... conduct" were "similarly without basis".

The missive said immoderate "isolated instances of workplace harassment and misconduct were identified" and that, erstwhile informed astir them, the institution had taken "swift and due actions".

Following the work of the letter, the alleged unfortunate of Tyson's behaviour said again that the claims were "completely false".

"People utilized my sanction to marque precise superior allegations and claims without ever speaking to me," they said.

"It was incredibly hard having my sanction thrown astir successful a nationalist forum without being fixed the accidental to stock the truth.

"The backstage investigators reviewed each my [direct messages] and interactions with Kris.

"I was not groomed. These were mendacious allegations made up by different radical with my sanction thrown successful them."

Responding to the archetypal allegations successful July, Tyson apologised for her "unacceptable societal media posts, past actions, and to those who whitethorn consciousness betrayed by however I utilized to enactment online", but added: "I ne'er groomed anyone".

"To lump these 2 factors unneurotic to make a communicative that my behaviour extended beyond atrocious edgy jokes is disgusting and did not happen," she said.

"I person learned that my aged wit is not acceptable. I cannot alteration who I was, but I tin proceed to enactment connected myself."