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There's an overwhelming amount of evidence and an overwhelming number of people who have come forward with very serious allegations that Avery is a serial abuser. And I'm here to back up those claims with my own story.

Avery hurt and preyed on a lot of people, many of whom I am close personal friends with or live with. The degree of which this affected and harmed people varies, and while I don't feel like I was hurt, I feel like my trust was taken advantage of.

Me and Avery have been close friends for a long time. The account I quoted is 100% accurate, and Avery has been twisting their victims' stories to fit their convenient narrative. Avery is very charismatic and charming so that niceness and kindness makes them untouchable in a way.

It allows them to continue to do these things while still causing doubt in people who are closest to them. It's a hard pill to swallow. I didn't want to believe it either but it became crystal clear when I relayed my story in private to my roommate.

It suddenly confirmed what my roommate was saying was true. The night they shared their story, the event had taken place about a year ago, and has been eating away at them ever since it happened.

They doubted themselves and were led to believe that being fondled in their sleep was their fault and not Avery's. "Oh it must have been because we were drunk and high" is a convenient excuse for Avery to use, despite my roommate remembering the details clearly.

They told me their story, in front of my other roommates, and I had my doubts initally. I said there's no way they could have done that intentionally. It has to have been a mistake. So then I told my story:

So here is my story: things have happened between me and Avery, on multiple occasions. On many of those occasions, Avery exerted soft pressure on me to be sexual with them when I was reluctant to. I didn't say no but I didn't say yes either. So I was kinda okay with it. However..

Here's the important part. They came to me later in person, at a con, and said they felt bad, they felt conflicted, because they felt they were acting on me putting off signals saying "go" that I was not putting off. They said they had trouble gauging boundaries with other ppl.

They said it was something they were actively working on and were sorry about it. I cared about Avery and believed them, and I said I understand, it's okay, mistakes happen.

As soon as I said all this, my roommate, without skipping a beat, said "Yeah Avery told me the exact same thing after fondling me in my sleep" And I just sat there, stunned, and went "Oh....oh shit. Ok.." Suddenly it all made sense to me. This is a pattern of behavior.

We have talked to Avery in private, despite what others may have said otherwise. We have tried to help them out, and Avery shows no signs that they are actually trying to improve or change. It's all talk. Meanwhile, they continue to do this.

So this is where and why we've had to escalate to calling out, to protect the ones we care about. Avery needs to be held accountable, right now, before they hurt and control any more vulnerable people.

And that's what I have to say on the matter. I don't do this out of vengeance or spite or malice, but to back up the accounts of others, to take away manipulative power from Avery that they will inevitably use to drum up sympathy.

And this whole thing sucks, and none of us are happy about it. I hope my account of things validates others' and helps to eliminate any doubt you may already have, having heard the stories. I'm being truthful here, I have nothing to gain by being dishonest.

It hurts so fucking bad to do this to someone I considered a close friend for a long time, but this needed to happen. If you have any questions, my DMs are open. Sorry for dumping this all early in the morning but honestly there's no "good" time to share this info.

Share and RT this thread if you want, use my name, I don't mind. Just don't go after people Avery is associated with. We don't need any more death threats and the like lobbied at people. Don't do the "guilt by association thing". This isn't about shaming:

This is about holding a predator accountable for a pattern of behavior and breaking that pattern. I may add to this later but that's more or less it. Thank you for reading and understanding.

This is not without consequence. Several more people I am close to are angry about this, but fielding the anger towards the victims which is totally not cool. I have a few friendships on thin ice and well that's inevitable I guess.

I'm doing this because deep down I know it's the right thing. I want to protect my closest friends first and foremost.