MrBeast’s YouTube co-host Ava Kris Tyson has give up the channel after grooming allegations, which she denies.
The 28-year-old US YouTuber, who has greater than 22,000 subscribers on her personal channel, was accused of sending inappropriate messages to a minor, reportedly then 13, when she was 20.
On X, Ava denied the claims saying, “I by no means groomed anybody”, however apologised for her “previous behaviour” in a press release.
She mentioned that she and MrBeast – actual identify Jimmy Donaldson – have “mutually determined it’s greatest I completely step away from all issues MrBeast and social media to deal with my household and psychological well being”.
Ava rose to fame after showing alongside MrBeast on his channel, which has greater than 300m subscribers, since 2012.
In 2022 he turned the most subscribed YouTuber on the platform and is thought for enormous stunts and his philanthropic movies.
Ava revealed final 12 months that she was a transgender girl and that she was present process gender-affirming remedy whereas altering her pronouns to she/her.
Allegations first surfaced in opposition to her final month in movies shared by different YouTubers which accuse her of messaging a minor when she was 20.
Ava responded by saying: “To create a story that my behaviour prolonged past unhealthy edgy jokes is disgusting and didn’t occur.
“In previous years, I’ve realized that my outdated humour is just not acceptable. I can not change who I used to be, however I can proceed to work on myself.
“I humbly apologise to anybody I’ve harm with my unacceptable social media posts, previous actions, and to those that could really feel betrayed by how I used to behave on-line.”
The alleged sufferer – who was named on-line – has come out to defend Ava saying: “These movies are huge lies and twisting the reality.
“Ava by no means did something fallacious and simply made a couple of edgy jokes. I used to be by no means exploited or taken benefit of.”
BBC Newsbeat has contacted representatives for Ava Kris Tyson and MrBeast for remark.