One of New York’s most popular events, D’ussé Palooza, has fired one of their hosts after many women have come forward and accused him of sexual misconduct.
According to Vulture, Chris Stylezz, real name Christopher Samuels, has been fired from the event after multiple women shared their stories on Twitter. Photographer CheyMillz said Chris Stylezz tried to make unwanted sexual advances toward her and tried to take her clothes off after a night out. Millz said in her statement that she thought Stylezz was going to take her home until she noticed they were going in another direction.
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“We get in the car and he’s immediately on 12. Kissing me, trying to pull at my clothes, trying to get me to give him head while he’s driving. ‘Come on. Just kiss it.’ At the time I’m still new to the city so I can’t exactly tell where he’s driving until it dawned on me [that] we weren’t headed to my house.”
Imma only speak on my story ONE TIME.
And i don’t give a FUCK what y’all got to say about it: pic.twitter.com/TLDctOYJlv— Chey the Shooter 📸 (@CheyMillz) April 27, 2020
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More women came forward shortly after Millz posted her story on Twitter with similar stories. An anonymous woman said on Twitter that Stylezz tried to coerce her into touching his penis and perform oral sex in his vehicle.
My friend doesn’t have twitter but wanted to add to the conversation about her experience. 🥴 pic.twitter.com/wwqfQxW2dR
— 🏁 Stina Snow (@XoXoEstina) April 27, 2020
A day after the accusations, D’usse Palooza, which is a Jay Z owned brand, issued a statement saying that they were investigating the victims’ encounters. Hours later, they said Chris Stylezz was fired from the team.
We are aware of the allegation made against one of our staff members. We are currently conducting an internal investigation around this allegation. Until the investigation has been concluded, that staff member has been placed on indefinite leave
— Dusse Palooza (@DussePalooza) April 27, 2020
After further consideration, we have decided to sever ties with the staff member who was initially put under internal investigation. Effective immediately, said staff member is no longer a part of the Palooza team and will not host any of our events going forward.
— Dusse Palooza (@DussePalooza) April 28, 2020
Chris Stylezz has told his side of the story prior to his termination and asked the women to report him to the police. He also went on Instagram Live to discuss things further despite being told not to by his PR reps.
“I’ve never done that. I’ve never threatened somebody. I’ve never sat there and someone has to have sex with me in order to — no, that has never happened.” If I ever raped anybody, please, bring me to justice. I’m owning up to the many women. I’m owning up to disrespecting them. But I’m not owning up to forcing them to do things, and I would never own up to forcing myself into them.”