Vlog Squad’s Durte Dom apologizes & responds to ‘unfair’ allegations

After weeks of silence, former Vlog Squad member Durte Dom has lastly responded to a sequence of latest allegations made in opposition to him for sexually inappropriate conduct.

Over the previous month or so, David Dobrik’s Vlog Squad have been beset by an extended checklist of accusations surrounding sexual impropriety and assault. On the middle of a lot of these allegations has been Dominykas ‘Durte Dom’ Zeglaitis, who had not responded to any till now.

The primary allegations surfaced on March 17, 2021, when Dom was accused of sexual assault throughout a Vlog Squad content material filming session again in 2018. As she defined, she was underage and after being given alcohol by the content material creators, was “too intoxicated to consent” when Dom ‘took benefit’ of her.

Then, on March 20, two extra ladies alleged that Dom was sexually inappropriate towards them. Though Dobrik has posted two apologies responding to the latest accusations towards himself and his Vlog Squad, Dom had but to formally reply to something — till now.

Durte Dom’s apology and response to allegations.

In a publish shared to his Instagram story, Dom takes two paragraphs to apologize, clarify that he finds the accusations “deceptive,” and make it recognized that he has donated cash to charity. Simply judging by reactions throughout social media, individuals don’t appear thrilled with the latter two prongs of his three-pronged response.

Dom begins by expressing empathy along with his accusers: “I wish to sincerely apologize on to the ladies concerned on this incident. I positively empathize with the ache that everybody has suffered on this matter.”

Then, he continues to counter these accusers’ allegations: “So far as I’m involved, all the pieces that occurred in the course of the night time in query was fully consensual. I consider the statements which have come out in opposition to me are completely deceptive and shed an incorrect mild on my involvement.”

As Twitter replies present, individuals don’t discover the latter components of his apology to be convincing. Dom says that his “character is being unfairly attacked,” however social media seems unconvinced. Numerous reactions encompass how “late” this apology is and the way denial throughout an apology fails to indicate actual accountability.

Eager to “present the world who I actually am,” Dom explains that he has “donated my time in addition to 1000’s of {dollars} to a number of ladies’s proper teams.” A cursory look at social media reveals that persons are not impressed by this assertion and have as a substitute targeted extra on Dom’s assertion that he has been “unfairly attacked.”