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Durte Dom returned to the internet after a rape allegation, and he joked about the Vlog Squad

Apr 12, 2021, 22:22 IST
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Dom Zeglaitis attends the grand opening of the Museum Of Selfies on March 29, 2018 in Glendale, California.Paul Archuleta/Getty Images
  • Former Vlog Squad member Dominykas Zeglaitis, known as Durte Dom, has returned to the internet.
  • Zeglaitis was accused of rape in March by a woman who said she was too intoxicated to give consent.
  • Zeglaitis has not responded to the allegation, and is being criticized for a recent TikTok video.
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Former Vlog Squad member Dominykas Zeglaitis, known as Durte Dom, has returned to the internet after a brief hiatus following sexual assault allegations reported by Insider.

On March 16, Insider reported that a woman who appeared in a 2018 video for YouTuber David Dobrik's channel, which has more than 18.5 million subscribers, was raped by Zeglaitis on the night the vlog was filmed.

The woman said she was given alcohol by members of the Vlog Squad then blacked out, too drunk to consent to sex. Footage of her on the night in question was uploaded a few days later, as part of a"threesome" storyline that involved Zeglaitis, who was at the time a member of Vlog Squad, Dobrik's YouTuber collective. The video was viewed 5 million times, but was later taken down at the woman's request.

Zeglaitis did not respond to the allegations and stopped posting on his public social media channels.

Dobrik posted two apologies where he condemned the alleged behavior from Zeglaitis.

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Dobrik and Zeglaitis from a 2019 video on the Durte Dom channel.YouTube/DURTE DOM

On Saturday, Zeglaitis started posting on TikTok again, where he has 2.7 million followers.

The first video shows Zeglaitis lying on a sun lounger waving $100 bills as two women pour him a bowl of cereal. The caption reads, "living my best life." In a second post, a friend of Zeglaitis asks strangers on Omegle - a chat room that randomly assigns you someone to talk to - what they think of "Durte Dom" before he appears on screen.

Zeglaitis has posted seven more TikToks since, which show him hanging out and filming skits with friends. In one, he posted a photo of adult film actor Riley Reid in underwear, saying he "smashed" her.

In another video, Zeglaitis took part in the "Bulletproof" challenge. The format typically involves the song by La Roux playing in the background while the subject of the video reveals an embarrassing or traumatic event from their past after the prompt, "You think you can hurt my feelings?"

The caption on Zeglaitis' video includes this text, and adds, "I got kicked out of the vlog squad for...."

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Dobrik said in his apology video that he stopped filming with Zeglaitis in 2019, but didn't give a reason.

Other influencers spotted his return and publicly criticized Zeglaitis

At least one of Zeglaitis' videos caught the attention of YouTube star Tana Mongeau, who posted a duet - a TikTok format where a user records a TikTok alongside another user's video - where she watched Zeglaitis' "Bulletproof" video silently. Mongeau has 5.9 million followers on the app, and has recently used it to suggest she had uncomfortable experiences as a teenager with older male influencers.

"Someone please make this make sense to me," she wrote in the caption to the duet.

Commentary YouTuber Angelika Oles, who has 560,000 subscribers on her channel covering drama and allegations between internet celebrities, also gave her opinion on the situation.

"Durte Dom is back on TikTok and i'm SICK," she tweeted.

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YouTube confirmed it had demonetized Zeglaitis' main channel in March. Insider has reached out to TikTok and Zeglaitis' but has not received responses from either.

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