Earlier this week, we reported that adult entertainer Tegan Zayne has accused Topher DiMaggio of raping him the night before they filmed a scene together.
Zayne attests DiMaggio strong-armed him into having intercourse while sharing a room together during the shoot. He alleges he felt “belittled and degraded” and “told how I’m such a girl.”
Related: Adult star Tegan Zayne accuses co-star Topher DiMaggio of rape
“I’ve seen a lot of stories come out about the metoo thing,” he wrote, “but it’s [sic] feels like no one cares about the male victims, or the sex workers. As someone else said ‘rap [sic] doesn’t exist in this line of wrk’, and it couldn’t be more true.”
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On Thursday, DiMaggio picked an unusual way to deny Zayne’s allegations, penning a now-deleted tweet (plagiarized from Russell Simmons’ denial statement to the New York Times), and apparently cribbing tweets from other men perhaps in the hopes of creating a false narrative that Zayne consented to having sex. (The NSFW site Str8UpGayPorn was first to point this out.)
As part of his statement, DiMaggio attached a tweet by Zayne that says “even though I was willing to sleep with him…”
The statement, however, is taken out of context.
Zayne points out he said this about a completely different partner:
“Imagine screenshotting [sic] a tweet that wasn’t about you, and making it about you to further your defensive agenda when you know you’re wrong”
Imagine screenshotting a tweet that wasn’t about you, and making it about you to further your defensive agenda when you know you’re wrong
— ?EG?? (@TeganZayne) January 26, 2018
Here’s the full text of DiMaggio’s (now-deleted) statement, which relies heavily on a previous statement written by Russell Simons:
I vehemently deny all these allegations. These horrific accusations have shocked me to my core. All of my relations with this person have been consensual and willing. The current accusations against me range from the patently untrue to hurtful. Also, stating he WILLINGLY had sex with me (see screnshot below). Furthermore, he never said “no”. I’m hurt by these false accusations and malicious slanderous statements that are simply not true. The presumption of ‘innocent until proven guilty’ must not be replaced by “Guilty by Accusation.” Not wanting to further a relationship or not being friendly enough after having consensual sex doesn’t give the other person who had different expectations of a romance the right to accuse someone of something so awful. Rape is a very serious thing and not a word to be thrown around. To all my friends and followers please use this opportunity to open a healthy dialogue and not as an opportunity to attack or belittle anyone.
JaredMacBride
A person who makes their “rape” claims in Twitter isn’t looking for justice, they are looking for attention. We need to get back to innocent until proven guilty.
seaguy
Yeah they are looking to call attention to an issue that has been swept under the rug for too long allowing people like Topher to get away with it.
Greg
@seaguy Get away with what? Topher wasn’t convicted of anything.
Greg
The guy saying that Topher raped him said don’t let people tell you how to feel. In reference to how he says he felt after getting plowed by Topher. Whether or not he felt it was grape or if he enjoyed it or not. He also says, “He felt “belittled and degraded” and “told how I’m such a girl.” That’s on him. He allowed himself to feel that way. It sounds like he wants to be a victim.
PinkoOfTheGange
So a graduate of what Psyc PhD program?
Greg
Yeah, and what are you? Stop being a victim.
Dymension
Um, not rape. Period. Stop with the false equivalences.
chandler9
Lmfao if this isn’t rape then what IS rape..?
seaguy
You need a dictionary it seems.
Rex Huskey
who the f*ck cares? just a publicity stunt…. you sleep with queers you gonna get f*cked. Get over it or go home!
Onecaddy13
You are an ass…
seaguy
There is a difference between getting F*cked and getting raped. He was raped.
Paco
I wish I had guys that look like him trying to “coerce” me into having sex. I would think it was my lucky day.
Onecaddy13
This is not a joke. Both sides need to be heard. Topher’s response should have been more sincere and written by him by his own true feelings and not addressing the accusation by someone else’s statement. What, he doesn’t know how to use big words? And your statement about being coerced, looks aren’t everything and yes, if his penis was larger I would maybe see what your saying but, your basically laughing at the alleged victim and truly don’t care about his feelings.
Paco
Oh shut up. Some people don’t know how lucky they are to be sexually desired by other attractive people. Same goes for women bitching about being catcalled on the street.
I wish I had that f*ng problem.
Apparently this victim has a history (the tweet taken from an unrelated incident) of not knowing how to physically refuse sex. He says no and lets it happen anyway.
Josh in OR
So…as long as the guy that rapes you is hot, it’s not a demeaning experience that devalues you as a person, objectifies you into a hole for another persons pleasure, diminishes your capacity to trust, psychologically scars you for life, or any other thing that results from rape.
Good to know that there is still a Shallowness Defense to protect the rapists that are ‘hot’…
Paco
Can’t rape the willing, Josh. If I don’t want to have sex with someone, ugly or hot, I am not having sex with them. I don’t say no and still do it anyway. I make sure that no means no. Some of us still take responsibility for ourselves.
mhoffman953
Who guys on Twitter to report a rape? Why not call the police? He still can go to the police
seaguy
Maybe he does not want to deal with the police and how they often treat victims of same sex rapes? Maybe he just wants to call out the perpetrator in hopes that it does not happen to anyone else?
Paco
I actually agree with you on this one thing. It is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. These people that completely bypass the justice system only make their claims, without proof, suspect, and should be scrutinized.
These people are afraid to go to the police, yet put it out for all to see. Who will want to hire this “victim” now? He only has his word since he didn’t immediately go and report it to the proper authorities. Rape is serious. So treat it seriously and get the justice system involved.
With that said, I do believe that he was pressured into having sex (who hasn’t been. Men get pushy when they want to have sex), and if he believes he was raped, then he is the one that needs to treat it as rape. Not as an afterthought to share on social media, or perhaps even revenge.
Goforit
I must say how sorry I am. We, the older generation of gays scratched, fought and yelled our way to a closer version of equality. However, after viewing the above comments and those on Queerty’s original story, I must admit we failed to teach the next generations how to treat everyone with the respect that we demanded.
Sam6969
Yes, it is very sad.
Sam6969
“Many people who are not trying to be malicious sometimes think they know what constitutes rape better than the people who have experienced it, simply because we get so many cultural messages about what constitutes sexual assault (most of which have little to do with how sexual assault actually plays out in real life). Many people also mistakenly believe that legal definitions of sexual assault should be the only standard by which we judge personal experiences. But just because your experience does not necessarily align with some legally actionable definition of sexual assault does not mean that you do not have the right to define your experience that way, and want support.
Quite simply, we don’t have the right to tell anyone that their experience of rape doesn’t “count.” Sexual assault and rape are nowhere near as cut and dried as most of us were raised to believe. Just because it has never occurred to us that a certain act may qualify as rape doesn’t mean that someone can’t experience it that way.”
source : https://www.bustle.com/articles/141289-7-things-that-can-be-rape-even-if-you-were-taught-to-think-that-they-cant
I advise people to read this article in hope it raises their consciousness.
JaredMacBride
Not all claims of sexual harassment and rape are true. When the allegations are first made on social media there is reason to be suspicious.
Sam6969
JaredMacBride:
« When the allegations are first made on social media there is reason to be suspicious. »:
not in the context of the #metoo cathartic movement, where people do not have necessarily the power and proofs required (as it is a words against words situation, there was no witness). However, it is true also that anyone has the right to defend rightfully oneself and Justice is the best place for that.
“Not all claims of sexual harassment and rape are true.”: not necessarily indeed, but, people, stop dismissing others testimonials just based on what you consider to be the right definition of rape.
JaredMacBride
@Sam6969 – You don’t get to define rape however you would like the fit a preferred social narrative. The definition is well established. What people are now calling rape ranges from the real thing to sexual harassment to annoying behavior. That redefinition makes light of a serious problem.
Nowuvedoneit
This movement of metoo has morphed into #methirstytoo. Over it.
chandler9
Why are y’all defending a man who PLAGIARIZED his response….? Thats solid proof that he did it. If he doesn’t even have the decency to write an ORIGINAL tweet responding to this allegations, y’all should know damn well he’s already guilty.
PinkoOfTheGange
The only thing the plagiarism proves is he is a lying fool.
Now the 2 other accusers that might have some weight
Greg
That “solid proof” would not hold up in court.
chandler9
People like the users in the comments are the exact reason people like Tegan Zayne do not come forward right away; You guys are disgusting. Do not try and deny his allegations or anything he’s saying because you really don’t know.
ChrisK
Calm down Mary. No one knows for sure.
Onecaddy13
Amen!! Totally agree. I believe they truly don’t know or don’t understand the true defenition of rape. Look it up, google it, read more into it and then respond, how can you take sides when you weren’t there? A pretty face doesn’t do it nor his celebrity.
PinkoOfTheGange
We are up to three call outs against Topher, as of Saturday at 1500PST.
An Anonymous one at Hornetapp dot com /stories/ on Friday
And
Another just this afternoon at str8upgayporn.
Greg
Oh, I see, you’re the score keeper.