Melanie Martinez, 2012 finalist of The Voice, was accused of rape on December 4th. Timothy Heller, the accuser, is no stranger. In fact, she is a former friend of Melanie. Timothy let the public know via Twitter of being raped in a lengthy post only to shock the public when she revealed Melanie as the said rapist.

The next day, only 12 hours later, Melanie stated on Twitter on Heller’s accusations that they are not true. “I am horrified and saddened by the statements and story told tonight by Timothy Heller, Martinez wrote. “What she and I shared was a close friendship for a period of time. We came into each other’s lives as we were both starting our careers as artists, and we tried to help each other. We both had pain in dealing with our individual demons and the new paths we were forging, but I truly felt we were trying to lift each other up.”

Just recently, December 9th, Melanie denies the claims yet again stated the claims are “false statements.”

Heller says that she “repeatedly said no” on the night of which the accusation took place. This event was not recent, Heller has been holding on to this story “for years.” Her post goes on to claim that Martinez continued her advances and performed sexual acts, again, without her consent. Heller admits that she was tired after two nights of little sleep but that it didn’t matter. “She knew I didn’t want to, I made that clear.” Martinez in her previous statement argued that Heller “never said no,” to what they two chose together. This drew immense criticism from Twitter users, many arguing that not saying no is not the equivalent of consent. 

A Twitter trend recently ensued claiming that Heller had lied about her allegations after Martinez reiterated that Heller was making false accusations. Martinez’s fans took to analyzing the dates in the what Heller had posted and comparing the dates to her Instagram posts. They also traced Martinez’s whereabouts on those dates. All of this information they used as proof to denounce Heller and her claims.