Chuggaaconroy Foot Fetish / Sexual Harassment Allegations

Overview

The Chuggaaconroy Foot Fetish Allegations refers to sexual harassment accusations leveled against content creator Chuggaaconroy in January 2024 by content creator Lady Emily, aka GreatCheshire, claiming he tried to initiate erotic foot fetish roleplay with her and solicited foot fetish pictures from her while he was in a relationship. Lady Emily shared DMs of their interactions as alleged evidence of the claims in which Chuggaaconroy can supposedly be seen asking her repeatedly to model some shoes he sent her in the mail. The allegations resulted in reactions and memes on social media. Further, similar accusations about Chugga came out as the month went on, with content creator Wersterlobe dropping allegations of inappropriate conduct between their anonymous friend and Chugga when she was 15 and Chugga was 19. In mid-April 2024, Chuggaaconroy then made a long-form response to the accusations.

History

On January 16th, 2024, X^[1] user @GreatCheshire, also known as Lady Emily (a content creator), posted a vague statement about an unnamed content creator being a sexual harasser, writing, "Scrolling through Reddit and seeing dozens of comments calling the popular youtuber who sexually harassed you for several months last year a wholesome bean with only green flags 🙃," garnering over 3,600 likes in under a day (shown below, left).

Later that day, the same X^[2] user posted, "Fuck it. Just to get it off my chest: last year Chuggaconroy kept trying to get me to initiate erotic foot fetish roleplay with him while he also had a girlfriend. This included sending shoes to my house under the guise of a gift only to constantly ask for feet pics afterwards," garnering over 7,600 likes in the same span of time (shown below, right).

The X user posted screenshots of the purported interactions between herself and Chuggaaconroy over the course of the day (shown below). The first DM is from June 11th, 2023, and shows Chuggaaconroy asking Emily to wear a pair of shoes he sent her.

The next messages are from September. In one sent on September 16th, 2023, he asks if she wants to "pick up where [they] left off" the previous night, then sends her numerous messages, which she ignores, between then and November 2023. Emily frames this as him trying to lead her to do "fetish shit," writing, "Eventually I started ignoring him because I wasn’t sure how to navigate around him clearly trying to rope me into fetish shit and in return his messages to me got more frequent and aggressive" (shown below).

Eventually I started ignoring him because I wasn’t sure how to navigate around him clearly trying to rope me into fetish shit and in return his messages to me got more frequent and aggressive

The next DM is taken from a September 9th, 2023, exchange in which Chuggaaconroy asks her to describe what she would do if he took her shoes from her at a convention. The next DM, from September 13th, shows Chuggaaconroy explaining that he's interested in shoes and likes talking about them with people, saying his girlfriend is okay with it because it "isn't sexual with my friends." In the next DM, he roleplays a scenario in which he trips her and takes off her shoes (shown below).

As far as I know I’m not the only, nor the first, person he’s done this to. He would try to assure me everything is fine while also clearly trying to initiate fetish italicized text RP.

Finally, she shares a series of screenshotted DMs from June 2023. The first screenshot shows a post she made to X in which a pair of sneakers is seen in the background. On June 4th, 2023, Chuggaaconroy messaged her about the photo, "Nice sneakers!" then asked for her PO box so he could send her sneakers, presumably the ones he was talking about in their June 11th exchange in which he asked if he could see them on her (shown below).

It had started with him attending my Pokémon Black streams last December and chatting. We started talking in DMs because he seemed chill. Then on June 4 I uploaded a selfie and he zoomed into my shoes in the background and messaged me about them.

Emily also posted a series of videos to X^[6][7] sharing further DMs. In the posts, she writes, "Convos would often derail suddenly. One moment we’d just be talking about Nintendo games, and then it would shift immediately to feet talk. He was very persistent in commenting on how big my feet are. I try to respond with blunt jokes to make the vibes less creepy out of nerves."

Convos would often derail suddenly. One moment we’d just be talking about Nintendo games, and then it would shift immediately to feet talk. He was very persistent in commenting on how big my feet are. I try to respond with blunt jokes to make the vibes less creepy out of nerves pic.twitter.com/6QHdeXAhPX

— Lady Emily (@GreatCheshire) January 16, 2024

She also shared a video and wrote, "And for those asking how I know it was his actual discord and not an impersonator I was talking to, beyond the fact that I ran it by mutuals of ours to make sure it was valid, here’s our first connection over Twitter leading up to things going to discord" (shown below).

And for those asking how I know it was his actual discord and not an impersonator I was talking to, beyond the fact that I ran it by mutuals of ours to make sure it was valid, here’s our first connection over Twitter leading up to things going to discord pic.twitter.com/VjcE0kG1kw

— Lady Emily (@GreatCheshire) January 16, 2024

Chuggaaconroy's Response

On the night of January 16th, 2024, Chuggaaconroy responded to the allegations in an X^[8] post, writing, "Hey, I want to say I’m sorry to Emily and to you, our community. I apologize for my mistake of overstepping the boundaries of our friendship and causing her to hurt in the process. This will not happen again."

He followed this with a comment, writing, "I’d rather have time to collect my thoughts than react immediately, and ask that you not contact my friends about this. I will talk more about this in a few days." The post gained over 2,100 likes in under a day.

Emily responded in a post on X^[9] writing that she's not sure if she fully accepts his apology, suggesting his actions seem to be a pattern and claiming other women have come forward to her, but that she "wishes him the best" in his efforts to grow from the mistake.

January 22nd, 2024, Facebook Statement

On January 22nd, Chuggaaconroy posted a longer response on his Facebook^[11] page, garnering over 2,500 reactions in four days. In the statement, he discourages hate towards Emily and further apologizes to her. He claims he went to therapy after she shared how hurt she was by his actions. He also admits to having "done and said similar things in years past with other people," issuing an apology to them, as well.

He then claims that his girlfriend was aware of the interaction with Emily and consented to it, writing that it "crossed no lines." About the shoe talk prior to the allegations, he writes, "Fitness and footwear are among my hobbies and not strictly fueled by anything more. I can get passionate about my interests, and I now understand how this can come across and how it could negatively affect others" (full statement below).

Hey, all. I ask first of anyone who thinks it’s helping to insult Emily on my behalf: please don’t send any further negativity her way. Emily should be treated with respect.

I know that I have hurt Emily with my actions. These are choices I made myself and I don’t think it’s relevant how I “felt” or what my intentions were to justify my actions. I just want to say the end result is that I really hurt you and made you feel uncomfortable. I hate that anyone made you feel that way, and I wish you the best. It took me longer than it should have to take the hint that something was wrong when you cut contact with me. I shouldn’t have assumed you were just busy with traveling and that things were fine. I only began putting it together when the silence continued. I pestered you for too long and I apologize for doing so.

When you communicated this to me privately a few months ago, I apologized to you directly and promised I would never repeat this kind of behavior again with anyone else. Once you shared how I made you feel, it was a huge wake-up call and I immediately sought professional help through therapy. I’ve worked in the months ever since then to do what you have wished for me: learn and be better.

I have done and said similar things in years past with other people. I am still friends with some of them, while I have fallen out of contact with others. If you were uncomfortable with how I behaved, this apology is for you as well. No matter my intentions, I’m sorry the impact was harmful. I will not reach out to you myself again.

I would like to briefly clear up speculation about my relationship. I love my girlfriend, she was aware that this conversation took place, consented to it, and saw what was posted. It crossed no lines set between us at the start of our relationship and we are still together. I trust her to tell me if I do something to upset her. I wish to take this space to thank her for being with me through this and apologize for the immense amount of stress my situation has caused her, because that hasn’t been fair to her.

Separately from above, I also want to touch on online discussion about other previous comments I’ve made about shoes over the years. Fitness and footwear are among my hobbies and not strictly fueled by anything more. I can get passionate about my interests, and I now understand how this can come across and how it could negatively affect others.

One last time, I recognize I have hurt people and needed to be held accountable for it. I respect anyone who feels disappointed or hurt. I decided around the time of the incident that I would never do this again and learn from it, but I would understand if you didn’t wish to support me any longer.

Wersterlobe / Lawly Allegations

On January 25th, 2024, streamer Wersterlobe posted a Google Doc^[12] to X,^[13] garnering over 8,400 likes in a day. In the X post, they wrote, "I'm sharing the story of a close friend of mine, to allow her to maintain anonymity. She feels it's relevant to share, given the dynamic started when she was 15 years old, and he was 19." They also shared four screenshots with the post depicting Chuggaaconroy purportedly chatting over the MMO Gaia Online with their anonymous friend, allegedly when she was 15 and Chuggaaconroy was 19. The conversations feature roleplay between the two involving the removal of shoes (shown below).

The Google Doc offers further details on the purported interactions between the anonymous girl and Chugga, including the full chatlog from the Gaia Online DMs and further screenshots of DMs. According to the doc, the victim started talking to Chugga in 2010 after she posted a video to YouTube that he commented on. She wrote:

I saved the logs in a message to myself on GaiaOnline because of how precious they were to me at the time. I haven't used the site in years but the recent allegations against Chugga made me really start to think and question our friendship. I dug up everything and started to read through all the old messages between us and…. Uh. It's bad. Beyond the 2010 era cringe he said things to me while I was underage are not ok. It never occurred to me when I was younger how bad the situation was. At the time I was so, so excited my hero was talking to me and showing interest in me. For years I was friends with him and never really thought about how bad the situation actually was. I'm still coming to terms with all of it and to be honest I'm not really sure how I should feel. I know it's not right thought. SPeaking that way to a minor is unacceptable and I worry if anyone else has been affected and also might be too afraid to speak out.

Further Allegations, Collaborators Cut Ties

As the allegations went viral, further people claimed that they had inappropriate interactions with Chuggaaconroy, while some of his collaborators cut ties with him. On January 23rd, 2024, X^[14] user @MasaeAnela made a post claiming they cut ties with Chugga years prior (shown below, left). On the same day, X^[15] user @SunflowerAsmr claimed she had negative interactions with Chugga after @MissFushiGaming made similar allegations (shown below, right).

On January 26th, X^[16] user @cloudfangLP closed their account @LPCatchPhrases, which shared content related to Chugga, writing, "In light of recent events with Chuggaaconroy/Emile, I couldn't in good conscience keep an account like that anymore," garnering over 200 likes in a few hours (shown below). On the same day, the /r/chuggaaconroy subreddit was shut down and locked for archival purposes.^[17]

Chuggaaconroy's April 2024 Statement

Regarding Masae

On April 16th, 2024, Chuggaaconroy posted another response to the allegations via a thread on X / Twitter,^[18] also posting a link to a Google Doc^[19] consisting of the same information.

In the statement, Chugga looks to "clear up speculation" surrounding the allegations and urges people not to bother anybody whom he talks about. In regards to Masae, he writes that they dated for 10 years and were secretly engaged, but it fell apart in 2021. He continued that the breakup was difficult and that they didn't wish to be associated with one another any longer (shown below).

Regarding Lady Emily

Next, continuing in the April 16th, 2024, statement, he shares further thoughts on the situation between himself and Lady Emily. He writes that in 2023 she reached out to him and let her know how their conversations made her feel and he apologized to her. He claims she said she would never go public with the information, "immediately" got professional help and started seeing a therapist weekly. Then, she made it all public and "crushed" him.

He refutes the idea that he asked her for foot pictures constantly, writing that he asked once if he could see photos of her wearing shoes he bought her, not realizing it would make her uncomfortable. He writes "my kink doesn't define every aspect of my life." He then shares screenshots of their conversations for further context (shown below).

Chugga shares further screenshots of their conversations, including one where he writes that Emily would "encourage [his] roleplay and jokes about shoes" and consent to and participate in it. He writes that he thought he was "being dumb with consenting friends" and that at worst it was "a little embarrassing that my kink was probably one reason I liked the subject" (shown below).

Chugga shares further screenshots of their conversations about shoes to show the tone of the conversations that led to the roleplay, writing that he believes the read as "pretty silly" from both ends. He writes that his girlfriend found Emily's decision to include personal information about her was "greatly upsetting" to her, writing that his relationship "never need to be brought up." He also shares his apology to Lady Emily (shown below).

He writes that he does not retract the apology and insists that she was okay with the roleplay, writing that "she said she enjoyed it" and he gave his word that it "wouldn't go into sexual territory," admitting that it still "wasn't a good way to act." He then mentions that he has autism and struggles with understanding social cues or people's limits. He writes that he was confused when she stopped responding to his messages, which is why he sent her many messages after she stopped responding, writing, "I've learned now that repeated messages like this can be stressful to others."

Regarding Lawly (Wersterlobe Allegations)

In the next section of the April 16th, 2024, statement, Chugga responds to the leaked DMs that took place when he was 19 and the victim was purportedly 15. He begins by writing that he is not a groomer, but that he was an "idiot teenager who made dirty jokes," reiterating that he had "no intention of doing anything to this person." He then writes, "This post is taking two separate things over a decade apart and showing them together."

Chugga claims that the chat was so long ago, he "[doesn't] think something that old should be treated as representative of the person [he is] now." He writes that the internet was a "very different place then," describing it as an escape from censorship. He then responds to a specific section where he wrote "I'm going to r--- you," claiming that it was a "popular meme at the time" and he was quoting a video," linking to the video in question.^[20]

Chugga continues to discuss the specifics of their conversation. He writes that he grew uncomfortable with where the conversations were going due to her age and he told her this numerous times. He realized he had to stop it as she would constantly initiate "raunchy topics."

He then claims she sent him a "sexually explicit gift," a shirt, which his mother found and told him she had a crush on him. When he admitted her young age to his mom, she told him to stop associating with her and he did. He explains how he bumped into Lawly at a convention 10 years later and they reestablished their friendship, talking about the old chats on Discord in 2021 (shown below).

Chugga admits that some of the humor in the messages was not acceptable by today's standards, but that he "lacked the experience" he has now and believes it shows he had "no romantic or physical interest in them as a teen." He writes that he was surprised to find she initiated the roleplay when re-reading the logs.

He then shares that it was her goal to "manipulate [him] into having sex with them," sharing two times when it was touched on in conversations (shown below). He concludes:

"I think the whole picture here changes everything about their side of those logs. Their framing of events to make me look like the predator really upset me when I saw this again. Regardless of some of the jokes on screen, this is the real tragedy I prevented from happening. I refused to be their friend for so much less than their actual motive […] They said they targeted multiple other adults for sex."

Me at 19, Visit to the Mental Ward, How I've Been, Moving Forward

Finally, Chugga shared several more statements on April 16th, 2024, covering how he was as a 19-year-old, regarding a trip to the "mental ward," how he's been since the allegations and what he plans to do moving forward.

In the "Me at 19" section, he recalls childhood trauma in which he was assaulted as a child, leaving him "unable to enjoy sex until well into [his] adult life." He stated, "While I may not know why I sent every little IM 14 years ago, I know what state my body and mind were in," further speaking on his struggles with sex growing up as a reason why he might not have "shut things down sooner." He reiterated that he's never assaulted or threatened anyone.

In the "My visit to the mental ward" section, Chugga admits that he developed internal bleeding from stress due to the allegations, resulting in two trips to the ER and a prescription for sleeping medication that he still uses. He admits to having suicidal thoughts over it. He then claims he was put in a mental ward after calling the suicide prevention hotline. He explains what he learned there and how it's helped him move forward (shown below).

In the next section, "How I've Been," Chugga writes that after getting out of the psych ward, he went to live with his girlfriend and praises her for her help and describes a night when he opened up to her fully and cried about the situation, describing it as the moment he "forgave [his] past self."

He writes that after two months he began having suicidal thoughts and decided to move back home, continuing their relationship long-distance. She visited him, but he spent half the time writing his statement and another half in a mental ward (shown below).

Finally, in the "Moving Forward" section, Chugga expresses his love for his friends for trusting him and holding him accountable. He apologizes for "all the heartache and worry" he caused his friends and followers. He admits he still made mistakes and needed psychiatric help for his depression and roleplay behavior and promises it won't happen again.

He then lists the things he's done to get help since, including visiting his therapist, doing behavioral health sessions, the five nights in the mental ward, never missing his medication, discontinuing his roleplaying and generally learning more about his mental health struggles. He concludes that he's not sure if he wants to continue making videos due to the toll this situation had on his mental health, writing, "I don't know if the life I would have if I started making videos again would be anything I would like" (shown below).

Online Reactions

The allegations inspired reactions and memes on social media in mid-January 2024, with many expressing shock over them. On January 16th, 2024, X^[3] user @RaceplayShawty posted an I Can't Believe This meme, writing, "Chuggaconroy when he mails you some shoes and don’t send feet pics back," garnering over 400 likes in under a day (shown below).

Chuggaconroy when he mails you some shoes and don’t send feet pics back pic.twitter.com/1f6w5hHWb0

— JDPON Romita 🇵🇸 (@RaceplayShawty) January 16, 2024

On the same day, January 16th, X^[4] user and content creator @Bowblax posted, "Chuggaaconroy inspired me to start my YouTube channel. Today he got exposed for trying to cheat on his gf with foot fetish discord role play 😭" garnering over 170 likes in under a day.

Also on January 16th, 2024, X^[5] user @Reecee_yt made a post suggesting people wait for more information before considering Chuggaaconroy guilty, writing, "Ok, I saw the Chuggaaconroy accusation and it looks very creepy and fucked up but I'm not a fan of the 'guilty until proven innocent' mentality of the internet. I'm not gonna form any full opinion on the situation until we see more sides to the story and a response from Chuggaa," garnering around 190 likes in under a day (shown below).

As the allegations went viral, some users uncovered old posts by Chuggaaconroy that hinted towards his foot or shoe fetish. For example, a post made to X^[10] by Chuggaaconroy on August 1st, 2009, that reads, "Not THAT… Don't make me smell your feet again… It put me in a coma where I dremt that the Pope was my cousin last time" (shown below).

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