Alright, I think I've come to a conclusion on the Dan situation.
Reminder that all of this came from r/rantgrumps, so I'm inclined to believe it's entirely made up, but if it is in fact true then here are the facts.
- Dan meets a fan who was 17 and 11 months old in 2013. They have a brief interaction over text.
- The two do not speak again until after the fan's birthday, when she is 18. They have another brief interaction via text.
- Four years later, the fan now being 22, they begin talking regularly.
- At some point after this, they meet up at a Game Grumps Live event, go back stage, and engage in sexual behaviours.
- After this, Dan ghosts the fan, and they have not interacted since.
Not that adults can't be groomed - this just isn't an example of it.
Even if the conversation was sexual, the fan very clearly consented to everything that was going on. They did not appear uncomfortable at all in the screenshots shown in the Reddit post.
I, personally, think this is a case of a fan getting ghosted by a creator they liked, getting pissy over it, and choosing to stir up drama.
Is it sleasy of Dan to fuck and ghost a fan? Yeah, but it's never been a secret that Dan is kinda sleasy.
If any more information pops up that changes the situation, I will acknowledge it and form a new opinion accordingly. But with the information we have currently, this is the conclusion I've drawn.
It had been confirmed that Dan and the fan did not have contact between their first interaction and when the fan was 22.
Personally, I feel like this is even more damning of the original poster. Either they intentionally withheld that information in an attempt to make Dan look worse, or the entire thing was fake and when people called them out they had to backtrack and make an excuse.
The original person who brought the accusations to Twitter has come forward and said the following
On top of this, the alleged victim has come forward and said herself she does not think tyat anything Dan and herself did was a result of grooming.
I think it's safe to say this entire situation was just more bullshit from r/rantgrumps. I'm not surprised in the slightest.