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YouTuber Jeff Wittek has hit out at David Dobrik while also revealing he’s still undergoing surgical treatment since the 2020 crane incident<\/h2>\n

Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault which some readers may find distressing.<\/em><\/p>\n

YouTuber Jeff Wittek has spoken out about still undergoing surgery treatments for injuries sustained as part of one of David Dobrik’s vlogs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 32-year-old took part in an event hosted by Dobrik – a\u00a0YouTuber<\/a>\u00a0best known for his prank videos – back in June 2020. The event saw several influencers – known as the ‘Vlog Squad’ – swung round on a rope attached to a crane over water, however, when it came to Wittek’s turn, he ended up sustaining some\u00a0serious injuries\u00a0<\/a>and he’s been dealing with the consequences ever since.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Wittek sustained injuries while filming content with fellow YouTuber David Dobrik (Morgan Lieberman\/FilmMagic\/ Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

In the since-deleted video originally posted to\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0back in 2021, Wittek could be seen hanging from the rope and being swung round by the crane operated by Dobrik.<\/p>\n

All seemed to be going okay until the crane started going faster and faster, Wittek spinning round very quickly, before the crane then slowed down and stopped, but in such a way Wittek slammed into the crane’s metal arm.<\/p>\n

Wittek sustained some severe injuries – torn ligaments in his leg, a broken foot, hip, shattered skull ‘in nine places’ and shattered eye socket,\u00a0as per<\/a>\u00a0one of his YouTube videos. He\u00a0later sued Dobrik for $10 million<\/a>, alleging he’d faced a loss of wages and significant hospital bills.<\/p>\n

And he’s since spoken out about how he’s been doing several years on.<\/p>\n

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He sustained the injuries in a stunt filmed in 2020 (YouTube\/ Jeff Wittek)<\/cite><\/div>\n

While Dobrik has signed a deal with Snapchat which means he exclusively posts his content to the streaming site,\u00a0as per\u00a0<\/a>Fortune, Wittek has still been undergoing treatment for the injuries he sustained in the 2020 incident.<\/p>\n

Taking to\u00a0X\u00a0<\/a>earlier today (21 May), Wittek tweeted: “Yooo @Snapchat you\u2019re paying a guy that smashed my skull in for a prank and left me with lifelong injuries. He also filmed and organized multiple sexual assaults. That\u2019s why I stopped posting. I don\u2019t want blood money.”<\/p>\n

“Hi! Can you please send us a DM so we can try to help?” Snapchat’s X account replied.<\/p>\n

Wittek responded: “His name is @DavidDobrik and he\u2019s traveling the world partying on your\u00a0dime<\/a>. While I have another surgery next month.”<\/p>\n

Wittek’s mention of Dobrik filming ‘sexual assaults’ refers to a woman coming forward in 2021 to accuse a member of the ‘Vlog Squad’ of rape.<\/p>\n

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Wittek has undergone several surgeries since the incident (Instagram\/ @jeff)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The woman claimed Dobrik recorded her as she entered a room and was involved with a threesome in 2018, saying she was too drunk to give consent and that subsequently she’d been raped.<\/p>\n

Dobrik later released a video onto YouTube saying he ‘fully believe[d] the woman who came out against [name] and said she was sexually assaulted and raped by him’.<\/p>\n

While arguing he got approval from her to post the video at the time, he added he ‘should have never posted’ it and apologised.<\/p>\n

Insider reported at the time, as\u00a0quoted by<\/a>\u00a0NBC News, the incident was not reported to authorities and no charges were filed against the specific team member accused of rape.<\/p>\n

If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24\/7. Or you can chat online via<\/em>\u00a0online.rainn.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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