This article contains discussions of suicide that may be triggering to some readers.
After an X-rated video surfaced of 19-year-old Carter Reynolds purportedly sexually pressuring a now ex-girlfriend, the Vine star took to a livestream service to lash out at a fellow Vine user and threatened suicide to his millions of Internet fans on Twitter.
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Late last month a video surfaced that appeared to show him pressuring Instagram star and then-girlfriend Maggie Lindemann into performing oral sex on him. She refuses, and the camera pans to reveal Reynolds’ naked body. He quickly released a statement calling the whole incident a “huge misunderstanding,” and this week he continued to talk about the video and its implications.
Lindemann began posting updates from the hospital on July 19, which some fans assumed had something to do with Reynolds, who had been holding court on livestreaming platform YouNow for two days speaking about Lindemann. Reynolds took to Twitter to tell the world he’d been with Lindemann and she was fine. But he then made his first mention of suicide, saying, “i don’t even want to live anymore.” Lindemann swiftly responded that Reynolds was making fun of her for being hospitalized.
fuck this I wanna go home
— MAGGIE LINDEMANN (@MaggieLindemann) July 20, 2015
i should've never said any names or brought others into my drama. that was wrong for me to do. i'm sorry.
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
i'm NOT going to jail
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
i didn't mean for any of this to happen
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
i was just with her. everything is okay.
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
maggie is saying i'm the reason why she's in the hospital… lol nah you're just crazy and psychotic. fuck you.
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
i don't even want to live anymore. fuck this.
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/MaggieLindemann/status/622973999417417728
Reynolds had spent time on YouNow ranting about Lindemann repeatedly, as well as dropping allegations about fellow Vine stars like Hayes Grier having sexual contact with Lindemann. Reynolds deleted the streams, but they have been uploaded to YouTube in part.
Grier responded with several pointed tweets.
The dumbest of the dumb
— Hayes Grier (@HayesGrier) July 20, 2015
@carterreynolds I'm weak
— Hayes Grier (@HayesGrier) July 20, 2015
@carterreynolds correction. You are weak
— Hayes Grier (@HayesGrier) July 20, 2015
Reynolds began talking about ending his life on his Twitter feed after Lindemann’s photo post. His tweets stopped at 12:18am ET July 20.
i've reached my breaking point. hope you're all happy.
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
i never had any thoughts of killing myself until now. & no it's not bc of maggie. it's bc of all the unnecessary hate i get. i'm sick of it.
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
bye
— Carter Reynolds (@carterreynolds) July 20, 2015
Lindemann responded that suicide was not something to joke about, and that she’d be taking a break from Twitter.
suicide isn't a fucking joke
— MAGGIE LINDEMANN (@MaggieLindemann) July 20, 2015
getting off Twitter for awhile. today made me realize a lot. sorry for any hurt I've but you through.
— MAGGIE LINDEMANN (@MaggieLindemann) July 20, 2015
yo carter didn't save my life he actually wouldn't call the police for me bc he didn't want them to ask him stuff and it get out what I did
— MAGGIE LINDEMANN (@MaggieLindemann) July 20, 2015
alright I'm sorry for starting shit again but when I saw that rumor it made me so mad but muchhhh love goodnight for real
— MAGGIE LINDEMANN (@MaggieLindemann) July 20, 2015
Reynolds also alleged in his YouNow stream that Lindemann texted him threatening police involvement, although no one has been arrested.
However, police did investigate a previous incident in April 2014, when Reynolds’ 43-year-old half-brother, a teacher, threw an unauthorized pizza party for students to meet Reynolds. Word got out, over 1,000 people tried to attend, and the older Reynolds was put under investigation for insubordination, but later reinstated to his job. Stemming from the same incident, a 14-year-old who attended the event claimed she had sex with the Vine star that day, but charges were never filed.
The Daily Dot has reached out to Reynolds and will update the story with further developments.
For more information about suicide prevention or to speak with someone confidentially, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (U.S.) or Samaritans (U.K.).
Screengrab via Carter Reynolds/YouTube