While fans watched The Voice Top 10 contestants perform Monday night, “Melanie Martinez” was one of Twitter’s top trending topics in the United States. The singer, who rose to fame on Season 3 of the show, and subsequently landed a record deal (and cult following) with Atlantic Records, has been accused by an ex-friend of sexual assault.
The alleged incident was detailed by Timothy Heller in a four part tweet. An aspiring musician herself, she recounted a “sleep over” in which despite repeatedly saying no, Melanie proceeded to touch her breasts and genitals, and perform oral sex on her, among other acts.
Read the full account in Heller’s twitter post below. Warning: Her descriptions of sex acts, which she describes as “rape” and “molestation” are explicit and NSFW. The tweet has been retweeted over 64,000 times. The topic trended for hours.
@lx_vers oh shit wtf
— probably?sleeping (@lilmissviagra) December 4, 2017
At 11:30 pm, Melanie posted a response on her Twitter account, writing:
I am horrified and saddened by the statements and story told by Timothy Heller. What she and I shared was a close friendship … We tried to help each other. We both had pain in dealing with our individual demons… She never said no to what we chose to do together. And although we parted ways, I am sending her love and light always.
— CRYBABY (@MelanieLBBH) December 5, 2017
Via: Variety
