YouTube star James Charles, 21, denies allegations that he ‘decorated’ an online underage fan

YouTube star James Charles has denied ‘false’ allegations that he ‘dressed’ a 16-year-old fan, after he was accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a teenager.

The 21-year-old makeup guru – who counts the Kardashian-Jenner sisters among the army of celebrity friends – took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to fire down the allegations while rumors raged non-stop online.

Posting a lengthy statement, Social Media Awareness claimed that he immediately called the suspect and was convinced that he was 18, just to finally learn that he was just 16 – make all communications promptly delete all communications.

He wrote: ‘I have a video going around on TikTok and Twitter of a man calling me a groom and I want to deal with him immediately. The accusation that I have raised this man is completely false.

‘Last week, I came across someone on my Instagram review page, saw that he had followed me, and posted it on snapchat.

The next morning, I woke up with a number of photos from this excited person who sent him back, saying he liked me, and also taking pictures of him in the shower. I asked him how old he was right away and he told me he was 18 so I started courting back. ‘

James, who currently has nearly 26 million YouTube subscribers, continued: “With the joy of meeting someone I thought could be really great, I never asked a copy of his ID or passport.

‘It’s now clear, based on the video he posted, he was taking pictures of me with another device, and he had an ulterior motive from the beginning.

‘Later in the day, he said a few things that made me question the validity of his original age answer and when I asked for proof of age again, he admitted that he was 16.

‘I told him I was very uncomfortable and apologized for courting, but asked him to keep talking, saying it might be a little of our secret, he’s a person -follow me and would not tell anyone.

‘I told him I wasn’t okay with this, he started to get sad, and at this point, I got to know him. We haven’t spoken since. I don’t blame or blame myself anymore, just share what happened, and what happened wasn’t okay.

‘After such false allegations in the past, I would never communicate with a minor and put my life on the line for a few snapchats.’

He concluded: ‘Because of situations like this, instead of taking someone’ s word for it, I will now ask to see the ID or passport of each boy I am talking to. ‘

MailOnline has contacted a representative for James Charles for further comment.

Back in 2019, the then 19-year-old James lost millions of subscribers – including several celebrities – in just days, after his bitter controversy with makeup artist Tati Westbrook make public.

Her career took a storm after her deputy criticized her in a 43-minute video in which she listed the reasons she decided to end their friendship for a year.

After James chose to promote another manufacturing company over her, Tati, 39, accused him of advancing men he knew to be straight, manipulating the sexuality of others, and speaking out. cunning about sex in front of her friends and family.

One year later, Tati would issue a tearful apology, admitting that she had spread the false rumors about her ex-boyfriend’s private life after she had been fed ‘poisonous lies’. ‘with co-YouTubers Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson.

Tati in her 40-minute apology video: ‘Believing those lies and letting me be locked into that video is one of the biggest regrets of my life.

‘The information they were giving me was awesome. I was told that many victims were going to come forward. ‘

While Tati was claiming that her sex with James was over, Shane took to Instagram Live while watching Tati apologize and called him a ‘liar’.

James and Tati had a year-long relationship, with Tati driving traffic to James ’pages and praising him in videos.

But their sex started when James went to the Coachella music festival in April 2019 and promoted Vitar Bear Hair vitamins on his Instagram story.

The company – which promises to strengthen and enhance hair – is in direct competition with Tati products, Halo Beauty, a brand that James said was previously unsuitable for its young fans.

Tati, who helped strengthen and grow James ’career, was left bullied and posted videos in her own Instagram Stories about‘ feeling ’betrayed. ‘

‘When you do so much for people in your life and not only do they not return the favor, but they don’t even see you … I’m so upset. I feel very used to it, ‘she said through tears, but did not mention James by name.

But James pretended to be the anonymous ‘betrayal’ she referred to, and issued a narrative of his own Tales.

‘I want to apologize publicly to my close friend Tati,’ he said. ‘She has been like a mother to me since my first days in this industry and she has given me more love, support, resources and advice than I could ever ask for.

‘This weekend I made an Instagram Story for vitamins I’ve been taking because the brand helped me with security when the crowd around me at Coachella grew dangerous. I did not take any money from this post. ‘

Whether it was paid or not, beauty bloggers like Gabriel Zamora jumped to James ’defense, saying Tati shouldn’t be angry about the vitamins.

This is what eventually led Tati, who joins @GlamLifeGuru, to release a lengthy video titled ‘Bye Sister’ in May 2019 – the hurtful tirade that provoked a massive follow-up loss for the old protégé near.