‘Beef’ Actor David Choe Shields Behind Copyright After Resurfaced Clips Go Viral Where He Admits To ‘Rapey Behavior’
deadline.comDavid Choe has protected himself using copyright laws to his favor following backlash over resurfaced audios where he admitted to “rapey behavior.” The audio from the now-defunct podcast DVDASA from a 2014 episode were recirculated given that Choe stars in Netflix’s Beef.
In the clips shared on Twitter, Choe makes some serious statements retelling a story where he forced a masseuse into performing oral sex on the actor. “She’s not into it but she’s not stopping it either,” he says in the clip, according to Motherboard.
When co-host Asa Akira concluded that Choe was “basically telling us that you’re a rapist right now,” the actor replied with a “Yeah.” He then said, “I just want to make it clear that I admit that that’s rapey behavior, but I am not a rapist.” After the clips went viral, Choe seemingly shield himself under copyright laws to have Twitter take down the videos.
Writer Meecham Whitson Meriweather shared screenshots of the notice from Twitter informing them that they had removed the media for infringing on their copyrighted works.
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