Social media influencer Evan Johnson has been charged with home assault as TikTok star Kayla Malec, his ex-girlfriend, posted a collection of viral movies detailing an “extraordinarily abusive relationship” she was in just lately, in keeping with a report.
Johnson and Malec — who boasts 14.9 million TikTok followers — had been romantically linked over the previous 12 months. This week, Malec posted a number of prolonged clips about an abusive ex whom she recognized solely as “Evan” to assist “save others” from struggling related abuse from their companions, in keeping with Individuals journal.
“I’ll by no means have the ability to neglect the scars left. i’ll by no means be the identical lady i used to be earlier than this. the identical man who will look you within the eyes and say ‘i like you’ & then try to kill you is an expertise i hope no person ever has to stay,” Malec scrawled on a observe directing her followers to her two-hour YouTube tell-all titled “He doesn’t love you. pt.1.”
“I used to be silently being abused whereas posting my life on-line smiling. it’s true you possibly can see it within the eyes,” she continued in her submit, which doesn’t explicitly establish who her abuser was aside from giving a primary title.
“I watch my outdated movies and see somebody i NEVER wish to see once more. it drained my soul, and ripped aside the sturdy nature of myself i’ve had my total life. i can’t put into phrases the abuse and what it did to me.”
Johnson, 20, was booked Monday in Sumner County, Tenn. for assault on a sufferer who was not recognized and a parole violation, in keeping with the Sumner County Sheriff’s Workplace. He made bail and was launched the identical day, Individuals journal reported.
Additionally that day, Malec, 20, posted a clip on TikTok of her crying, which she claimed was filmed Jan 15.
“i needed to take a look at my eyes as soon as I lastly left. you actually can see every thing within the eyes,” she wrote within the caption. “this was the final time he received bodily with me.”
Malec stated in a second two-hour Youtube video she posted on Thursday titled “he doesn’t love you. half 2” that she determined to share her tales from the tumultuous relationship with a view to assist potential home abuse victims. She informed her viewers to ditch their accomplice in the event that they relate to her experiences.
“This occurred to me to avoid wasting others. if i noticed this video 9 months in the past it will have saved my life. i used to be put by means of this so i can prevent,” she wrote.
She stated in one other video that she’s already heard from a few of her hundreds of thousands of followers who’ve supplied their assist.
“I’ve been getting a variety of messages of individuals sharing their story and saying that I helped them,” stated the TikToker. “I truly don’t have phrases for that, as a result of that’s all I needed this s— to do.”
Johnson didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from Individuals.
If you happen to or somebody you realize is affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or textual content START to 88788.
