Minecraft YouTuber Clay "Dream" issued a public statement in his defense, stating that the accusatory claims of him being a "groomer" were false. For context, a Twitter user named Anastasia (@oxeclean) recently released a series of screenshots from 2020. In the screenshots, the popular YouTuber appears to have sent Anastasia a couple of suggestive texts. Anastasia claimed that she was 17 at the time. Following the leaked screenshots, the hashtag #Dreamisafreak began trending on Twitter.The creator took to his alternate Twitter account to share a Twitlonger link to a statement in which he responded to the allegations. In the post, the YouTuber stated that the Twitter DMs were "real" and that there were no "inappropriate" gestures from his end:“Yesterday, a thread was posted that had screenshots of twitter dms from me from 2020. I believe these dms are real.”He reiterated that, to his knowledge, Anastasia was 18 at the time. Dream also made it clear that the iMessage DMs from the TikTok account could not possibly have been from him:"Part of this thread includes cringey flirt text messages (again, when they were 18) that were supposedly from me, because it says that it is from their contacts when they go to my tiktok. this is impossible since I use a google voice number on my tiktok account which doesn’t have the ability to iMessage."Dream defends himself, states that he is not guilty of "grooming"As stated earlier, Dream shared an elaborate message with his fans documenting his perspective on the series of events. Although Anastasia had previously claimed that she was a minor at the time of the texts, Dream's version of the story stated that the alleged victim was of legal age.Furthermore, Clay also commented that the messages that were exchanged should not be classified as being "inappropriate." He added that since the texts were shared at a time when both the individuals involved were rather young, they were no more than "cringy" flirtations.Dream maintained that the woman in question was 18 (at least according to her bio) at the time of the incident. He talked about the Instagram DMs in the second thread of the post that he also confirmed were real:"The second thread had instagram dms from me, again, having friendly normal conversation and nothing inappropriate. I believe these messages are real as well. Once again, she was 18 years old, says she was 18 years old, and even had a boyfriend while she was friendly with me."Additionally, he announced that moving forward, he would be using a brand new Snapchat account that would only include his friends and acquaintances. He concluded his Twitlonger by providing his thoughts on the actual victims of "pedophilia" and "grooming."Fans react to the dramaThe entire drama has generated a host of polarized comments and reactions. As stated earlier, #Dreamisafreak was trending yesterday following the initial leaks.Here are some reactions on Twitter:winter the beta 📌 cursive ch6@WinterLighting_this fandom talks a lot about dream having a pattern of responding emotionally at first and that he should take his time to give a proper response, but fails to see their own pattern of reacting emotionally, assuming the worst and being the ones urging him to give a response asap150051711this fandom talks a lot about dream having a pattern of responding emotionally at first and that he should take his time to give a proper response, but fails to see their own pattern of reacting emotionally, assuming the worst and being the ones urging him to give a response asapfox 🧨 🌇@vocabur// groomingwhether dream is innocent or not, everyone will remember how you acted about it. some of you really showed your true faces god bless 2596284// groomingwhether dream is innocent or not, everyone will remember how you acted about it. some of you really showed your true faces god bless 🙏🕸️@astrcgeorgeidk what to believe but losing dream feels like i’m losing a piece of myself2948419idk what to believe but losing dream feels like i’m losing a piece of myselfsnow #savefallguys@snxwtuftdream in a few hours #dreamisafreak319942735dream in a few hours #dreamisafreak https://t.co/R4tvhTKRMkkade ★@deftonezdi understand that dream’s first reaction is to get angry and upset and just deny it but he needs to actually address and talk about it because just saying that it’s not true and that he supports “actual” victims isn’t cutting it.1206113i understand that dream’s first reaction is to get angry and upset and just deny it but he needs to actually address and talk about it because just saying that it’s not true and that he supports “actual” victims isn’t cutting it.ｅｄｅｎ your corpse ☾@manicbitvhim very cautious abt her evidence bc some of it isn’t adding up and her saying she had no more to show then now she does? she was a fan a couple days ago? she seems to just try to one up dream which doesn’t fit victim behaviour im just very confused at it all90393im very cautious abt her evidence bc some of it isn’t adding up and her saying she had no more to show then now she does? she was a fan a couple days ago? she seems to just try to one up dream which doesn’t fit victim behaviour im just very confused at it allMaggdalene@Maggdaleneedream should not be the face of the minecraft community2696292dream should not be the face of the minecraft communityFrom the looks of it, the comments appear to be critical of Clay's Twitlonger post. It remains to be seen if the alleged victim will come forward to make any additional comments.