Chase Ross Allegations Part 2: The Long-Awaited Apology

Ross uploaded his apology on a Google doc. You can read it for yourself here.

In the beginning, Ross acknowledges that he did cause Ansuini pain and talk over him. He goes on to say that he should "work harder" on their friendship and that his "head is still spinning" when it comes to the specifics of the allegations against him. He then offered to speak to Ansuini in private to avoid escalations on social media and then promised to "learn from this" and "grow to be a better person."

This part was added on December 23, 2018. Part 1 outlines what Ross will apologize for (things he did) and how he will tell his side of the story. He said that he never intended to hurt Ansuini, but did acknowledge that he caused Ansuini pain and mentioned that they had fights, which aren't necessarily indicative of abuse. He mentioned being open about having intrusive thoughts and the nature of said thoughts to Ansuini. However, it appeared that Ansuini was not comfortable with this topic. These intrusive thoughts might have been sexual, sadistic, or otherwise widely socially unacceptable in nature, which might explain why he felt that he was abusing and manipulating Ansuini by revealing them.

He released this apology to help others better understand his position and addressed the allegations of art theft and scamming. Artists created for Ross in exchange for a shout-out in his videos; however, some artists fell through the cracks and were forgotten. He delayed payment to artists and claims to have lost touch with the artist who did the banner for a giveaway. He blames this on simple forgetfulness. When he forgot Aaron's name in another video, he stated that he was not in the "right headspace".

Last year, Ross claimed that he was "genuinely struggling" financially and, this year, he claimed that his channel was threatened to be deleted (not surprising given YouTube's actions towards transgender content creators). Others felt that they were pressured into giving money, something for which he apologized. He claimed that he has proof that all money he received for giveaways and that anyone who wants to see it should contact him.

When addressing messages from Kalvin Garrah, another transgender content creator, he said that he was being messaged horrible things with no chance to defend himself. (I did try to contact Ross regarding these matters, but received no response.) He later claimed that Garrah made "hateful" videos (referring to videos in which Garrah reacts to "transtrenders" or people who claim to be transgender without dysphoria).

In part 2, Ross said that no one is perfect and that he can explain his side of the story without sounding defensive. He stated that there have been "miscommunications" on his end, but that he did not steal, scam, keep money that was intended for donations and giveaways, ask for money once he resolved his financial situation, ask for free labor or demand more money than what Aaron had owed him. With regard to the "you can't delete us" money, he had to fill out a W8-BEN form for tax purposes. (He lives in Canada).

He had talked about sending money to someone come to Canada and claim LGBT asylum. Though it seemed suspicious, he claimed to have transferred about $3600 to this person (though he did not). Here are screenshots of the conversation:

One of Ross's and Ansuini's private tax documents was leaked online, which led to some misinterpretations on the viewers' part. The $13,000 owed to Ross is in podcast expenses. One of Ross's Friends, "Mike", made comments about Ansuini being "off his meds", but has since apologized. He was also accused of hosting a giveaway without Ansuini's knowledge, but Ansuini apparently knew because of the boxes of shirts that were in Ross's apartment. He did receive a consultation for the type of bottom surgery he wanted, but has to receive it outside of Quebec.

He ended with a statement on how many things go into one's perception a situation and how it's not always helpful to pick sides. Ross appears to understand that it will take time for some viewers to trust him again--that is, if they decide to do so.