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Somebody who I used to be friends with got called out for a long, ongoing present pattern of abuse, manipulation and grooming of underage people and other harmful behaviors. Last night, he wrote an apology where he attempted to gain sympathy using an ex's attempts at self harm. https://t.co/oUDVoEwvQn 

There's stuff in this statement that I'm not aware of. I either haven't spoken to his victims, or don't have enough information say if they're bullshit or not. Any information I'm providing in this thread either comes from my experiences, his victims, or Max himself.

First of all, Max openly admits to having sexual relations with a minor in this statement, including with Ama, who was 17 at the time he was 21, per her statement here. I don't really have much to add here, except that I believe her.https://twitter.com/Weabootunes/status/1226584477888999424 …

The biggest issue is that his statement is just FULL of lies and manipulation. Three different times, he says some variation on "I refute the idea that I cheated on Rae", yet when I directly asked him about it about a year ago, he said that he did.https://twitter.com/PaulsRockinTwit/status/1226430462354173953 …

Throughout this statement, he not only uses the suicide attempts and the health condition of his ex as a way to garner sympathy for himself, but he also uses his own girlfriend as a cudgel to attempt to show some false sense of contrition by claiming-

his current partner will be "holding [him] accountable" His ongoing, constant string of manipulation, sexual abuse, and grooming make him a very dangerous individual, and any personal relationships are to be avoided with him at all costs.

Finally, he's currently a regular member of the Smash Bros community, where there are plenty of younger people and older teenagers which fit his targets of people he chooses to manipulate and take advantage of.