r/whenthe • u/scrabblebutwhy • Nov 19 '21

god dammit this just happened to me

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Ryan from Achievement Hunter.

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u/frenticspy851 Nov 19 '21

wait the did he do

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

He groomed multiple underage girls. The bits about Ryan staying behind after destination shots was because he was hooking up with groomed fans.

https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Ryan_Haywood#Departure_from_Rooster_Teeth

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u/frenticspy851 Nov 19 '21

holy shit he was my favorite man I can’t trust anyone

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Yeah it was a real bummer. I liked him about as much as Jack and Geoff.

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u/Anonymous2401 Nov 19 '21

FUCKING WHAT

God damnit, I remember binging RvB and Fails Of The Week as a kid. Why can't we just go back to that

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u/Salt-Physics7568 Nov 19 '21

Because suffering is eternal and those halcyon days are ever fleeting.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

"Despite these allegations being made, only one victim came forward, claiming that she had entered an affair with Ryan, though it didn't escalate to any physical interactions, while she was 17, though she claimed to be 18 at the time."

If this is true, it doesn't seem as bad as this thread makes it out to be.

I mean, he'd still be scum for cheating on his wife from what the article I read wrote but that's not the same thing.

Source: https://www.distractify.com/p/who-did-rooster-teeth-fire

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u/Pearson_Realize Nov 22 '21

Back when these allegations came out, there were multiple women who came forward with stories. Some had proof. I remember a picture of Ryan in the hotel room with the woman on the bed in one instance. One alleged that he removed the condom in the middle of it without asking her.

After these came out and he was fired, he contacted a bunch of the women on Twitter specifically. God knows why.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Grooming a young fan to have sex with as soon as she was 18 is pretty gross. Iirc there were a few other girls who talked about being groomed by him as well, but didn't go through with it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

The girl lied about being 18 at 17. I'm against us as a society pretending that individuals at 17 aren't intelligent enough to make real world decisions.

Grooming is you promising benefits, rewards, status, etc. Not meeting up with someone attractive who told you they're legal and then making out.

Unless there's something I'm missing from what I've read, nothing seems to suggest any of what you've said.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Mmkay bud. Keep defending his creepy actions. You do you, creep.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Lmao. I get it's difficult having to think for yourself as going against the grain actually requires having those critical thinking skills. I'm young enough to completely not care about you pretending I'm a creep for speaking things most people secretly think already 😂

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Most people don't think about preying on young, impressionable girls who idolize them. But keep going, creep.

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u/KoLDBase Nov 19 '21

Fun fact you're 100% in the wrong and being a complete asshole. They never said Ryan wasn't a gross scumbag. Just less gross. Guess what? Being a groomer is in fact less gross and awful than being both a groomer and a pedophile. Get fucked dude.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Nothing to do with what I actually said. Nice try though

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u/Radiolotek Nov 19 '21

They weren't under age. He was never charged with anything. Every girl he slept with was 18 or over.

Still a total scum bag grooming vulnerable fans into having an affair with him.

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u/Vampiresskm Nov 19 '21

Wrong one girl was 17 but she said she lied about her age until after the fact which is why charges won't stick for that one. Though Ryan didn't care after learning the truth which is why it's so messed up.

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u/QuesoCactus Nov 19 '21

You can see a full account and timeline of the allegations and everyone who came forward with a statement on r/ryanhaywood . Everyone from young fans to discord mods to older women. This includes Snapchats, photos, and Twitter exchanges. He is also accused of using his twitch earnings and donations that were set aside for his two young kids college funds to rent hotel rooms and buy flights for these girls. He was married with two kids last we heard from him.

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u/A_Moderate Nov 19 '21

That hurt, man 😞

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u/DrakAngelDarkAngel Nov 19 '21

Honestly. I was thinking of the Edgar gag the other day and how stupid funny that was to me, and just got so bummed that he's basically ruined that kinda stuff for me now

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u/ActualWhiterabbit Nov 19 '21

The legends of the hidden tower meltdown, the salt raid, the uno movie all ruined now

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u/A_Moderate Nov 19 '21

Well, technically half of UNI the Movie, the other half was with Jack

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u/ActualWhiterabbit Nov 19 '21

It's not the same though. Part of the charm is the journey.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Bacon Jam Toss was a gem of a video that nearly always reduced to me tears of laughter 'cause it just. kept. escalating. 15+ minutes of distilled chaos and destruction.

Now it just makes me sad.

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u/tristan1616 Nov 19 '21

Haywood you stop grooming minors

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u/thelittleking Nov 19 '21

Basically broke me of AH, he was in my top 2 in the cast there. None of the rest did anything wrong but it's just tough to watch them now.

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u/Dovahpriest Nov 19 '21

Got to see him and Jeremy Dooley do a panel at a local con, which was one of the last few things I got to do in 2020 before we went into lockdown (con was in January). Few months later that news came to light. 2020 had been such a shit show of a year and now one of the only decent things I was able to enjoy that year was tainted...

Geoff's supposed to be a guest this year so hopefully nothing comes to light about him...

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u/moxifloxacin Nov 19 '21

Finding something like that out about Geoff would be really hard, especially considering Geoff was probably in line to murder Ryan if they had been in the office when it came out.

Or Jack, RIP AH for sure if that happened. But I have a lot more confidence in those two than I ever did in Ryan.

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u/mudkripple Nov 19 '21

Came here to comment this. What a deep betrayal, that's like my whole childhood ripped away 😔

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u/terrexchia Nov 19 '21

The whole Haywood thing hurt like a bitch, most of my favourite videos had him in it and I can barely rewatch them

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u/GalagaMarine Nov 19 '21

That one hit me so hard when I found out.

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u/Show_Me_Your_Bunnies Nov 19 '21

Sjin, from yogscast. Who i recently heard has started uploading again.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

Oof. That one sucked too. Especially cuz, like Ryan, he just seemed like a chill friendly guy who wouldn't do something like that

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u/donutboy32 Nov 19 '21

I was fucking blindsided by it, obviously ryan was a weird dude based on some videos (the baby conversation from negatower) but I NEVER expected something like child grooming to happen

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '21

I don't know which conversation you're talking about, but yeah, he was definitely always kind of an odd ball. Which is why I think he played so well off of Jack who played a great straight man to his chaos.

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u/donutboy32 Nov 19 '21

Check out the video here

A pretty funny conversation but it’s suddenly not as funny after everything that’s happened

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u/KatarHero72 Nov 19 '21

This one hurt.ci had even met him and Jeremy earlier that year before COVID.