Overview

The Ashley Barnes Drawer Video and the Ashley Barnes Allegations, also known as the Ashley Barnes Situation, refer to sexual assault, pestering and attempted drugging accusations leveled against influencer Ashley Barnes (@ashleyb4253) by fellow influencer Brad Mason (@user121234679), claiming she tried to coax him, her roommates and an anonymous, well-known TikTok couple into taking drugs and engaging in sexual acts. Allegedly, she had a drawer full of sex products in their hotel room, including "sex gummies," pheromone spray and more, which was captured on video, showing the products next to a Mormon bible. The allegations were made in mid-July via a series of Storytime videos by Brad Mason. Ashley Barnes and her father defended her actions by claiming that she was addicted to drugs at the time. Barnes purportedly went to rehab for three days, but then got out and started partying again.

Background

Brad Mason's Allegations

On July 15th, 2025, TikToker^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} Brad Mason posted nine videos leveling allegations against his former friend, influencer Ashley Barnes, who has over 2.7 million followers on TikTok.

In the first video, he explains that Ashley purportedly started "acting weird." He explains that he took a trip to Los Angeles to visit her and make content together on July 6th. He says she wanted to make "flirty," "fake relationship" TikToks, which he didn't want to do. He explains being uncomfortable with it, but went with it. They then went to their hotel with her roommates.

In the second video, he claims she started spraying "pheromone spray" around the room to "make it smell good." A "big TikTok couple" was coming to the hotel, and she started cleaning it up. She then allegedly started pressuring them into drinking and "taking stuff they shouldn't be taking." According to his story, she kept on telling them to take more and more. They all purportedly found it "weird."

In the third video, Brad claims Ashley took him to the bathroom at one point, said he could "get with" her roommate, and she wanted to get with the anonymous male member of the "big TikTok couple," claiming the couple "weren't that serious." She was allegedly drunk at this point. She then purportedly started hitting on the man, and he kept saying he loved his partner. Ashley then got them to play truth or dare, and they kept doing "truth" to avoid dares. She then changed the game to "dare or drink" and tried to get everyone to make out with one another.

Brad says they tried to "ragebait" her by daring her to make out with her roommate. She insisted on doing the dare, "grabbed" her roommate's face and made out with her. The roommate supposedly pulled away, and Ashley pulled her back in by the throat. She then asked why the anonymous "big TikToker" and her couldn't make out "as friends," insisting it's not cheating.

In the fourth video, he claims her roommate "dared her" to stop daring people to make out. Ashley allegedly started spraying more pheromone spray, then took a "pheromone roller" and put an "X" on her roommate's chest. Brad told his friend he thought they might get assaulted.

Ashley then goes to the bathroom and everyone else tries to figure out what to do. Ashley comes back out and tries to get the others to take gummies, trying to shove one into Brad's mouth against his wishes. She allegedly whispers to Brad, telling him to pretend to bite it so she can get the anonymous man in the couple to get with her. Brad refuses, but she claims Brad took it.

In the fifth video, Brad says he told the anonymous TikToker not to take it. Ashley allegedly tried to "force herself" on the TikToker, but he tried to keep her off of him, insisting he loves his partner and wants to remain friends with Ashley. Ashley turns off all the lights. Her roommate leaves with her bag and gets an Uber to go home.

Brad and Ashley walk the anonymous TikToker downstairs, and he keeps insisting he loves his partner, but Ashley won't take "no" for an answer. In the sixth video, he claims that, during the truth or dare game, she kept trying to show off her abs and spread her legs. With the TikTok couple now gone, it's only Brad and Ashley in the hotel.

Brad said he then tries to sleep, and Ashley keeps asking him what's wrong with her, asking if there are problems with her body. She then tries to coax Brad into sleeping with her and allegedly started "inappropriately touching herself" in the bed. Brad allegedly "blacked out" from being so tired.

The next morning, he gets messages from the couple wondering, "did that really happen?" Brad claims Ashley needs "medical help." He claims that she kept emphasizing the prior night that he and the couple "wouldn't remember" what happened if they hooked up because of the drugs and alcohol.

In part seven, Brad explains that he dropped Ashley off for class the next morning, then met with her roommates. They tell him he needs to "get out of there" for his safety. He then alleges that he went to get his phone and found, in her bedside drawer, fluffy handcuffs, sex toys, lube, orgasm gel, the gummies and alcohol.

Brad went to pick her up from class later, after packing up his things and bringing them to a friend's dorm. He brings her back to the hotel room, and he goes up to use the bathroom. Ashley wanted to come with him. Instead of going up to the hotel, he waited for her to start up the stairs, then sprinted away. He then calls her dad, not wanting him to blame him for "using Ashley" to get a free trip to LA.

Brad allegedly calls Ashley's dad, and he apologizes, saying it's not like her. Brad says he's not comfortable staying at the hotel with her. Ashley is spamming his phone as they're on the call. Brad's dad has struggled with alcohol addiction before. Ashley allegedly calls her dad and cries to him. Her dad tells Brad to get on the phone with her.

Ashley allegedly said she's been taking adderall in larger doses, along with "illegal substances." Brad tells her he's sorry and she should get help, but claims that it didn't seem sincere and suggests she might have been using drug addiction as an excuse. Brad tells her to fly home, and she says she's going to go to rehab.

Ashley flies home, goes to rehab for three days and flies back out to go to "Paul's party." She started acting like nothing was wrong. He summarizes the events of the "weird" night, saying Ashley "sexually assaulted" someone and tried to "basically drug" people. Another friend reached out to Brad and claimed she's done stuff like this before. He claims the other situation was described to him, that it matched up with their night and alleges that Ashley is a consistent liar. He claims that after her visit to rehab, she continued to party and get drunk.

In the last part, Brad says he's speaking out because he doesn't want her to be a role model for people when she's acting this way. He says that deep down, she's an amazing person, but that she crossed a line. He says he knows this will negatively impact her career, but that he feels he has to speak out to protect other influencers.

The videos gained over a collected 9 million views in a day.

Developments

Ashley Barnes Drawer Video / Evidence

Later on July 15th, 2025, Brad posted another video on TikTok^[10] sharing evidence to support his allegations. In the video, he shows footage of the drawer full of sex products next to a Mormon bible. He also shows texts between himself and Ashley's dad, Michael, about the incident, along with texts from others referring to the incident. The video gained over 1.2 million views in a day.

Ashley Barnes' Deleted Drug Addiction Video

On July 16th, 2025, TikToker^[11] @brooke2fire reposted a video deleted from Ashley's second TikTok account, @ashleyprollycantsleep, in which she talks about her alleged drug addiction. She claims she was misdiagnosed and put on the "wrong medication." She states she lost about three months to the medication that she doesn't remember, claiming she became a changed person.

It is unclear when the video was uploaded or if she's directly referencing the allegations, as she does not mention them in the video.

Online Reactions

The allegations against Ashley went viral on TikTok, inspiring reactions and backlash towards her in mid-July 2025.

For example, on July 15th, 2025, TikToker^[12] @userspam1297362703 posted a video reacting with shock to the allegations under the caption, "ashley barnes did WHAT???? she needs to be locked away," garnering over 2.8 million views in a day.

On July 16th, TikToker^[13] @lexiraemf posted a video reacting to the allegations, garnering over 250,000 views in under a day.

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