Cole Sprouse Responds to ‘Anonymous Accounts’ Falsely Accusing Him and ‘Riverdale’ Co-Stars of Sexual Assault

The victim in question claims the incident allegedly happened in 2013 at a NYU party.

Cole Sprouse attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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Cole Sprouse attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Cole Sprouse is denying sexual assault allegations made against him and his Riverdale co-stars.

In tweets on Sunday, Sprouse claimed that the accusations are false and that he's working with a team to get find out who made these allegations against him.

Earlier today myself and three other cast mates were falsely accused of sexual offense by anonymous accounts on twitter. I take these accusations very seriously, and will be working with the right teams to get to the root of it. (1)

— Cole M. Sprouse (@colesprouse) June 22, 2020

False accusations do tremendous damage to victims of actual assault. Furthermore, I would never seek to silence anybody. I encourage that people look into the accusations themselves, as the events detailed were factually untrue. 2

— Cole M. Sprouse (@colesprouse) June 22, 2020

This seems to be the latest claim in a series of incidents seeking to baselessly cancel my cast mates and me.

— Cole M. Sprouse (@colesprouse) June 22, 2020

"Earlier today myself and three other cast mates were falsely accused of sexual offense by anonymous accounts on twitter. I take these accusations very seriously, and will be working with the right teams to get to the root of it," he wrote. "False accusations do tremendous damage to victims of actual assault. Furthermore, I would never seek to silence anybody. I encourage that people look into the accusations themselves, as the events detailed were factually untrue. This seems to be the latest claim in a series of incidents seeking to baselessly cancel my cast mates and me."

An account with the handle @Victori66680029 accused Sprouse of "fondling" her breasts at a party. Per the account, the incident happened in 2013 at a party at NYU.

I want to tell about my sexual abuse by cole sprouse. It was at a party in 2013 when cole was at nyu. I was invited to one of his parties by a mutual friend, he came up during the party and started flirting with me and obviously I was flattered, we talked for quite a while,

— Victoria (@Victori66680029) June 21, 2020

Pushed me on the bed and put his hands under my shirt and started fondling my breasts I told him multiple times to stop, he wouldn't listen. By then I'm in tears and gagging from the alcohol smell on his breath. With me still saying no he proceeds to undo my pants. After he was

— Victoria (@Victori66680029) June 21, 2020

Done he told me to leave. I left and went home sobbing and took a shower for a while. I never told anyone because who would believe me over a rich Disney star. #colesprouse #tellingmystory exposing

— Victoria (@Victori66680029) June 21, 2020

Several fans came to Sprouse's defense as the victim's story seemed similar to allegations that were thrown at Riverdale stars, Vanessa Morgan, Lili Reinhart, and KJ Apa.

She was raped and abused by Vanessa Morgan, Lili Reinhart and KJ Apa, all of them part of the Riverdale Cast, minutes later, she said that it was a joke and she was just messing to prove Cole’s innocence. The IP address of the tweets (+) pic.twitter.com/2khcnRKkes

— anto (@iEASYOBRIEN) June 21, 2020

Along with putting out her own statement, Reinhart revealed that the cast members accused of abuse will be taking legal action. 

"I have always taken sexual assault allegations seriously," Reinhart said. "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," Reinhart said, per BuzzFeed. "We are looking into taking legal action. This kind of sick behavior only harms true survivors. This was incredibly triggering for me and scary because I’ve always supported survivors and believed them."

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