A statement from Napenthez

The popular social media star said that he was devastated such a deeply personal issue surfaced on the internet. He also said he decided to make the response video to the “incredibly painful false statements” private. His full statement is below:

As reported by the BBC in 2016, the YouTuber pleaded guilty to offenses under the UK’s Gambling Act and was ordered to pay a fine.

“I didn’t lie in court about anything,” Nepenthez said in the video. “I was convicted for facilitating and promoting gambling without a license.

“One conviction was for facilitating gambling without a license and another was for promoting gambling without a license. Both carried £8000 fines and I was also ordered to pay court fees of £80000.”

NEPENTHEZ MADE A STATEMENT

In a Twitter post on March 1, Nepenthez expressed thanks for the “outpour of support” from his friends, colleagues, and the online community.

YOUTUBER ADDRESSES 2016 COURT CASE

Somewhere in his response, Nepenthez also addressed the court case after he ran a website that let gamers gamble online currency.

NEPENTHEZ REFUTES BROTHER’S ALLEGATIONS

In the now-deleted video, John introduced himself and accused Nepenthez of a scam and fraudulent mortgage, as reported by Sportskeeda. Further in the clip, he claimed Craig didn’t help him when he wanted to launch his own YouTube channel.

Nepenthez has refuted the “harmful” allegations his brother made in the removed viral video.

The YouTuber said that he was reluctant to talk about the situation online because social media wasn’t the place for personal issues.

“A year and a half ago I had to take my brother to court because he was harassing me and abusing me and manipulating me and it was difficult to deal with,” Craig said in his now-deleted response video. “The final straw was when he started shouting at my kids.”

He continued: “I was not broke at that time I already had a YouTube career that had lasted several years. The money wasn’t that good as these days in social media but I wasn’t broke.”

Addressing the alleged fraudulent mortgage, Craig said his uncle was a mortgage broker who purchased the mortgage for him and his girlfriend. However, he stated that there “was no fraud” in the process of buying a mortgage.