Michael Rainey Jr. struggled to cope with what occurred to him when a girl groped him throughout a livestream. The Energy actor launched an announcement reacting to the incident on Monday (June 10).
“At this level, everybody has seen the video circulating on-line,” Rainey wrote on Instagram Tales. “I’m nonetheless in shock and don’t absolutely know methods to course of what occurred final night time. That is an unlucky state of affairs that I don’t condone in any approach. I can’t take it frivolously as a result of I do know I’d be in deep trouble if the roles have been reversed.”
He continued, “The very fact is sexual assault is rarely okay, no matter gender or standing. We’re all human, and we should always respect one another. Most significantly, we should always at all times respect ourselves.”
Rainey appeared on a livestream with streamer TyTy James on Sunday (June 9). A viral clip from the livestream confirmed James’ sister groping Rainey in entrance of kids.
James initially defended his sister, saying she’d by no means seen somebody of that “caliber.” He later rebuked her conduct and apologized to Rainey through social media.
“After the actions that occurred throughout my stream final night time, I want to sincerely apologize to Michael and his household for what befell,” James wrote. “My little sister was fully improper and out of line. What she did was very inappropriate and unacceptable. I’m really embarrassed and disgusted by her actions.”
He added, “I fully respect no matter path Michael desires to go on this state of affairs. After watching the clip, I used to be fully taken again by what she performed. I’ll take excessive precautions with future streams to keep away from related points and have banned her from taking part in future streams. I don’t condone any kind of sexual assault.”
Watch what occurred to Rainey on James’ livestream under.
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