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18th Aug 2021 from TwitLonger
What happened between Anthony (Heavenly Controller) and I.
I’m really uncomfortable talking about this but right now. I don't want people to think i am looking for internet points trying to drag down a large creator, however, I gain absolutely nothing from this situation and hope that situation ends in a positive way for the people who may have been hurt or made uncomfortable by Anthony. Currently, Heavenly is getting exposed for sexually harassing girls and fans. I didn’t want to ever talk about this, and just swept it under the rug because I was scared and I still am because I know that his fans will harass me. (it will not have been the first time.)
When I first met Anthony, it was 2019 and I had just started my journey as a cosplayer. I was 18 years old, about to turn 19. I had seen Anthony follow me on twitter (On my now-deleted account, @LilEcchiGirl) and freaked about it. At the exact moment he followed me, I was streaming on Twitch and had freaked out because one of my favorite creators at the time had followed me.
Here is the vod from this exact moment. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/484770748
Directly after this, Anthony and I began a friendship that was extremely flirtatious. At the time, I was in a complicated and volatile relationship with my current boyfriend. I did explain to him my situation with my boyfriend and regardless, Heavenly and I were meant to meet the following November for AnimeNYC. I would be working my own booth for the first time outside of Miami. I was obviously excited for this and felt special knowing that someone I looked up to a lot was giving me the time of day and asking to see me in person. He didn't make me feel like just a fan.
When the time came, I landed in NYC and spoke with Anthony most of the time I was there. I invited Anthony over to my Airbnb with my mother and my good friend Joey. We all three hung out and played smash and drank a bit of wine. Anthony would occasionally put his hands on me and caress me, and me being nervous I just kept quiet and would occasionally get off of the couch and offer food or just pretend to grab something from my bedroom in the Airbnb. Eventually, Heavenly left and so did Joey. I've included screenshots of Joey P.O.V in the thread under my original tweet.
The next day November 17th, 2019, Heavenly invited only ME to go to his Airbnb and hang out with him and his friends. I didn’t tell him, but I brought Joey and my long-time friend Desi with me to put space between us because he was heavily flirting with me and trying to put his hands on me. I told him many times that I had a boyfriend (although our relationship was rocky) and that I wasn’t interested in being his girlfriend or having anything with him because I was working things out and trying to create a boundary that I felt shouldn't have been crossed out of respect for myself and my on and off again boyfriend. As I said, I did occasionally be cheeky toward him because I was in a complicated relationship but never really fanned that flame to the point I would be severely betraying my relationship.
Regardless, I wanted to be friends with Heavenly because I looked up to him and wanted to be involved in his life and have a relationship with him whether it was platonic or not.
The night we all hung out, he was upset with me for bringing my friends and either ignored them or mistreated them. If I didn’t bring my friends it would’ve just been me and a bunch of guys with Alice being there who was already drunk when I arrived. It was Heavenly, LongBeachGriffy, Alice, and some other guys whose name I cant remember. I was 18 at the time and I didn’t like to drink so much. However, everyone was drinking and he and his friends cheered for me to chug a bottle of SunnyD and vodka that they'd made. They told me to go home if I wasn't going to drink with them. So I drank it, wanting to spend time with all of them and enjoy my 19th birthday in a way I thought would impress Heavenly and his friends. REMEMBER I WAS 18 YEARS OLD. These people are all in their mid to late 20s. After doing this, Anthony and I took a photo together and he posted it on Instagram. Of course, his fans immediately began insulting me, telling me that I resembled ugly characters in anime or calling me a straight-up man. They also encouraged a relationship between us and continued to say that I was part of his harem now.
I went to the bathroom and when I came out everyone was gone. The front door was open and I could hear everyone downstairs getting ready to leave in the Uber to the club so I went to the living room to get my phone and text my mom that I was heading to the club already. When I went to grab my phone, Anthony (who was hidden behind a wall, outside of the view from the bathroom) snuck into a corner and grabbed me by my waist and held me against his body, and was talking down to me about how bad he wanted me and how he wanted to have a "quickie". I kept trying to get away from him but he started to kiss my face and tried to kiss my mouth but I pushed him away, grabbed my phone. I had multiple missed calls and texts from Joey who was waiting outside for me. The front door of the building has a buzzer, so he couldn't come upstairs to get me or see what was going on. Right after the incident, Desi was waiting for me in the hallway outside of the unit's front door. We took a photo together, and I saw her off. Heavenly followed me out and kept asking that I leave with him instead of Joey. I told him I came with Joey, so it's only right I don't leave without him. So, I and Joey left for the club. I didn't say anything. However, Joey said a few things about what he remembered from that night. Included in the thread below is the original tweet.
We went to the club and Anthony bought me about 2 or 3 drinks and I quickly became drunk. There are videos of me stumbling around and sitting on the couch with Joey, Anthony, and Alice. Alice was super drunk as well and kept grinding on me and dancing on me as we were sitting. There were about 6 or 7 people recording this on their phones, and suddenly Alice sat on me and made out with me without my consent. I'm genuinely surprised that these videos have not surfaced anywhere (to my knowledge.)
I'm already expecting an influx of hate from Anthony's friends as well as his fanbase. But I'm ready to face this with the support of my boyfriend, my friends, and girls that may have been affected by Anthony and his friends. I don't know if this is a conscious thing they do, but other girls mention how he invites them to parties or get-togethers with his friends and eventually leaves them two alone. Which is exactly what happened to me.
From the beginning heavenly kept telling people I was joining his harem and that he owned me when I was literally just a fan of him. I didn’t talk about this ever because if someone were to look at this situation from the outside, the automatic assumption would be that I cheated on my boyfriend or was just being a hoe. I only gained the courage to talk about that weekend because a friend of mine shared her experience with Anthony.
Thank you for reading.