Chris Ingham — from “The Ingham Family” YouTube channel — has been accused of sending sexual messages to fans as young as 16.
On Friday, The Sun published an article where two female fans — one 16, and the other 19 — go on record against the married viral star who has three children with wife Sarah.
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16-year-old Jess Simpson says she met Ingham while on a family vacation in Disney World in Florida last October. After she realized she was staying in the same hotel as Chris and his family, she asked to meet them for a pic.
Hours later, Ingham allegedly sent Simpson a series of late night Twitter DMs where he allegedly said:
“Bet I can make you feel a lot better about things. And I DEFINITELY want to stay in touch when we’re all back home too.”
“Trust me, I bet we have a lot in common! If you can sneak out without waking anyone then deffo come meet me!”
“I’m always up every night, I would say tonight but I need to crack on with editing first. If you’re awake in an hour or two. Ha.”
Two days later, after Chris allegedly asked Jess if she was “home alone,” he wrote:
“I’m coming over for a party!!… Contemplating skinny dipping in the pool.”
Although they never met in person, Simpson said their online chat was “creepy.” She told the publication:
“I was a big fan of the channel so was really happy to meet up with him and his family when we were on holiday… Then he started messaging me. It wasn’t until he began asking if I was alone and that he was going to come round ‘for a party’ that I began to feel scared and that it was creepy.”‘
Despite the “sexual nature” of the texts, the Sussex Police told The Sun that “no offences have been committed” because “they did not meet in person.”
Although the alleged incident happened in Florida, the age of consent for sexual activity in the U.K. is 16.
19-year-old Bella Fearn said she met Ingham at Alton Towers where she worked, and began receiving direct messages via Snapchat. Chris allegedly told her that he could help her become a social media star. He allegedly wrote:
“You’re a proper genuine person. I could tell that from the second we met this morning. You’ve got a real likability about you. So that alongside the fact you’re easy on the eye… I reckon a YouTube and Instagram influencer would be a great thing for you!”
“You clearly look after yourself and you’re super pretty. So.. you know.”
“I hope you don’t mind me saying but you have a banging body. And you’re super good looking! […] Anyway… bottom line. I like you. And I like helping people. And I have the powers and the people to help turn yourself into a massive role model to thousands on instagram. And maybe even YouTube too.”
He allegedly later asked her:
“Random question… have you ever had a dude come onto you at work like when you’re cleaning a room or anything like that?! Something I always wondered about hotel workers. Like propositioned you to come join him in his room?!”
After she sent him a selfie, he allegedly replied:
“Drop that towel and re send!!”.
Fearn told the publication:
“He told me how I was gorgeous and he loved my pictures… I’d just finished work and sent him a picture and he told me to resend it without the towel. It was disgusting and just really inappropriate because he’s got a wife and kids and all these fans… He is a massive star and I was afraid of speaking out, but when I saw Jess’ messages and the other women coming forward I knew I had to… When you watch the videos he seems lovely and a family dad but these texts just prove he’s a total creep.”
Wife Sarah recently revealed on their channel that she is expecting her fourth child with Chris.
In response to the allegations, a spokesman for Ingham released the following statement:
“Mr Ingham’s lawyer noted the police are not investigating his client.”
[Image via The Ingham Family/Instagram.]
