YOUTUBER David Dobrik and his Vlog Squad are currently in the spotlight after a former member was accused of rape.
David has since posted an apology video and other members have distanced themselves from the allegations.
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Who are David Dobrik's Vlog Squad members?
The Vlog Squad channel, fronted by David Dobrik, boasts almost 19million subscribers.
The group live together in a Los Angeles mansion.
David Dobrik
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David, 24, is a Slovak American YouTuber, comedian, actor and podcaster.
He has 18.7million subscribers and began to build his popularity in 2015.
Jason Nash
Jason Nash is best known as a YouTuber.
He also has a popular channel on Vine and was a semi-finalist on Last Comic Standing in 2010.
Jeff Wittek
Jeff is a YouTuber based in LA with 2.8million subscribers.
Prior to YouTube he created videos on Vine.
At a young age he got mixed up with friends who did and sold drugs.
When the now-famous barber was 21, he was arrested and charged for dealing and possession of marijuana and cocaine and spent a few months behind bars.
In 2015 he met Cierra Ramirez and they began a relationship which featured on his videos, but they split due to their careers.
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Todd Smith
Todd is 26-year-old who was raised in Huntington Beach, California.
Before finding fame through Vine, he worked as a bartender.
Nick Antonyan
Nick is a YouTuber who calls himself a comedian, writer and content creator.
He has a web series called Road to Comedy which was created by Christian Guiton.
He joined YouTube in 2017 and has 651k subscribers.
Brandon Calvillo
Brandon is a 26-year-old from California.
He, like the rest of the squad, began seeing success with Vine and was nominated for a Shorty Award for Viner of the Year.
He also works as an actor and has created short films for YouTube.
Is Durte Dom still a member of the Vlog Squad?
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Dominykas Zeglaitis, aka Durte Dom, is David's childhood friend - and a former member of the Vlog Squad.
He announced he had not been kicked out of the group but wanted to "build his own empire".
Dom has been accused of raping an extra for one of the squad's videos in 2018, according to Business Insider.
Insider contacted him to comment on this, and he declined.
What has Durte Dom been accused of?
Warning - topics of a sensitive nature discussed below.
Business Insider reported that someone under the pseudonym of Hannah has accused Durte Dom of rape, in an alleged incident that took place in 2018.
She says herself and some student friends went to the Vlog Squad mansion to film a video.
Hannah was unaware of Dom, but her pals are believed to have known that he played a character in the videos that was a sex addict - yet did not know if the students would be having sexual intercourse with him.
At the mansion they were allegedly given alcohol, with friends saying that Hannah in particular was given plenty to get drunk.
Hannah says she was later raped by Dom when she was unable to consent to sex.
Dobrik allegedly filmed her as she entered Dom's bedroom, posting the video days later as a "threesome" plot with the title "SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED WITH FIRE!!".
The video was taken down at Hannah's request - but had already been watched five million times.
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She also said that her friends were given alcohol, despite being too young to buy it themselves.
One alleges this was purchased by Jason Nash, and his ex Trisha Paytas claims Jeff Wittek supplied the booze.
Jeff has denied the allegations and said what Dom did was "horrible and disgusting".
Dom and Jason have not commented on the claims.
But Dobrik's attorney, Bryan Freedman said in a statement: "David will be addressing his community directly. Anyone who knows him knows he does not condone misconduct in any form.
"Vlog participants provide consent before anything is posted. Whenever consent is retracted, posts are removed.
"Any insinuation of wrongdoing is inaccurate and defamatory."
What did David Dobrik say in response to the allegations?
The YouTube star posted a video following the allegations of sexual assault and rape - but did not directly address the alleged incident.
Dobrik said: "Consent is something that's super, super important to me.
"Whether I am shooting with a friend or I am shooting with a stranger, I make sure whatever video I am putting out I have the approval from that person."
The vlogger also revealed that he was "disappointed with some of his friends" and had "separated from a lot of them" - but did not directly reference any particular incident.
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He added: "There's also been moments where I have looked back on videos, and I realized that these don't represent me anymore, and they're hurtful to other people, and I don't want them up."
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Dobrik later apologized to his fans, saying: "I also believe actions speak a lot louder than words.
"You can take my word for it that I'm going to change, but I will also show you and prove to you that mistakes I made before won't be happening again."
