What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Cami Mendes just opened up about why she
defended her Riverdale cast mates over the fabricated sexual assault allegations.
Alright, so in case you missed it, Cami Mendes recently defended her co-stars Cole Sprouse
and Lili Reinhart, who both recently faced apparent fabricated sexual assault allegations
from anonymous Twitter accounts.
Here’s an example of one of the tweets about Lili and then the person revealing it was
a hoax shortly after writing quote, “Do you see how easy it is to lie and you guys
will believe it?
Vanessa Morgan and KJ Apa didn’t do jack shit.
You will believe anything.”
The since deleted allegations prompted both Lili and Cole to address them with Cole saying
that quote, "False accusations do tremendous damage to victims of actual assault."
Lili echoed his sentiment by saying quote, “I have always taken sexual assault allegations
seriously.
But it was proven that this account was created specifically to create false stories about
me and my cast.
I can’t think of something more twisted than lying about sexual assault.
It invalidates the men and women who are…
Brave enough to come forward with the truth.”
She went on and said quote, “This kind of lie can ruin lives and careers - and I can
call it a lie because the person who made the allegations already admitted that the
stories were fabricated.”
And Lili and Cole weren’t the only Riverdale cast members falsely accused.
Like the deleted tweet noted, Vanessa Morgan and KJ Apa were also involved in the fake
allegations as well.
Lili added that they are looking into taking legal action against the people or person
who made the fake accusations.
And I think this goes without saying, but we should all know that it’s never ok to
joke about something like sexual assault.
These are very serious, very real issues and if you or someone you know has experienced
sexual assault, we linked resources down in the description below.
And many of their Riverdale cast members came to their defense on social media like Madelaine
Petsch who wrote quote, “As someone who has been sexually assaulted, I am deeply deeply
disturbed that anyone thinks that it is okay to falsely accuse someone of sexual assault.
This is why real assault allegations can sometimes not be taken seriously, you should be ashamed.
This is disgusting.”
And Cami Mendes retweeted both Cole and Lili’s posts.
Cami also took to her IG stories at the time and wrote quote, “It’s incredibly destructive
to falsely accuse people of sexual assault.
Whatever point this person was trying to make about how quickly people believe what they
read, was not worth the integrity of the Me Too movement.
… Sending love to my castmates who had to deal with this nonsense.
Love you guys.”
Recently, Cami opened up to People Magazine about her decision to defend her castmates
& friends amidst the false accusations.
Cami stood by her original statements saying quote, “These are my friends, they've become
my family over the years.
More than even being put in a situation where they're being accused of something that they
never did, the fact that this person went out of their way to potentially destroy these
people's careers, but also destroy the integrity of the #MeToo movement just to make a point
about how easily people believe things, was so distasteful and destructive.”
And many fans are continuing to agree with Cami’s sentiment on social media.
This person tweeted saying quote, “Sickening how they would try to spread lies like that.
Especially since it could cause those who have experienced sexual assault to not be
taken seriously.
The people running those accounts should be ashamed.”
And others were just saying things like “Can't believe that people would actually do this.”
Cami also spoke to People about some other topics, like when they plan to begin working
on Riverdale Season 5.
Obviously the set was shut down during the global lockdowns, but they are starting to
figure out when they can get back to work.
While there isn’t official word yet on when they can start filming, Cami is hopeful that
they won’t have to wait too much longer to get back on set.
She said quote, “I think Vancouver is looking a lot better than other places, so I think
they're opening up quicker.
Hopefully in the next few months, if everything's done properly.
Fingers crossed.
We've all been like, all right, whenever it happens, it happens, and we've all just been
hanging out and enjoying the time off until then.”
And fans of Riverdale know that this upcoming season is going to include a time jump, so
thankfully a couple months off shouldn’t be too big of an issue for filming.
Hopefully they are able to get back to it soon!
And if you want more Riverdale news, click right over here for another Clevver video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below what you think of Cami’s People interview
and if you’re excited for Riverdale Season 5.
I’m your host, Sussan Mourad, bye guys!