Lil Tay allegedly abused by family, ex-managers question death: reports

Suspicions that late influencer Lil Tay suffered abuse by the hands of her household — together with her father — are surfacing within the wake of her loss of life. 

Simply as unsettling, nevertheless, are new statements from her former supervisor, questioning whether or not the teenager sensation is definitely useless.

Within the hours since an Instagram post announced Lil Tay’s demise Wednesday, Henry Tsang, an ex-manager of the 14-year-old social media star — born Claire Eileen Qi Hope, from Vancouver, Canada — launched a press release casting slight doubt on her obvious passing.

“I’ve been in communication with people who’ve an intimate understanding of the household’s state of affairs,” Tsang said to The Daily Beast on Wednesday. “Given the complexities of the present circumstances, I’m at a degree the place I can not definitively affirm or dismiss the legitimacy of the assertion issued by the household.”

Her father, Chris Hope, works at the law firm Lindsay LLP in Vancouver. When known as at his workplace by The Put up, the particular person answering the cellphone stated that he was Hope however wouldn’t affirm his daughter’s passing.

“Yeah, you may have the proper particular person, however I don’t have any remark proper now,” he advised The Put up in a short, 2-minute name. I’m not in a position to provide you with any remark proper now. I’m sorry — I can’t.”

When pressed for another person who might affirm his daughter’s loss of life, he responded, “Sorry, I can’t actually remark or provide you with any assist — I’m simply going to allow you to go,” earlier than hanging up.

The Put up’s try to achieve her mom, Angela, at her alleged work quantity was unsuccessful.

On Wednesday, an nameless one that claimed in addition they have been a former supervisor of Tay moreover questioned why the assertion about her loss of life was not signed by anybody from her household.

“One factor I might query is who posted that assertion and why isn’t it signed by anybody from the household,” the insider, who reportedly had not been involved with the influencer for a number of years, told the Sun.

“Why is it not signed, ‘That is Tay’s mother,’ or ‘That is the dad of Lil Tay,’ or from an official consultant? Why is there no attachment?” the purported former supervisor stated.

“To me, that could be a very telltale signal. It doesn’t make sense. Even when you may have passings, there’s a bunch of people who come collectively to make the assertion, often the household, and we don’t see that right here,” they continued to the Solar, including that they “simply have so many questions.”

“I ship my condolences and I’m shocked by the information. However I’m curious as to who the assertion has been launched by and [why it hasn’t been signed by anyone.],” they added.

Representatives for Lil Tay didn’t instantly reply to The Put up for remark.

Allegations that the woman was allegedly “bodily and mentally” abused by her “absentee” father Hope are additionally re-circulating.

The accusations have been leveled in opposition to Hope in an April 2021 GoFundMe profile organized by the teenager’s older brother, Jason Tian. 

Per the Instagram publish asserting Lil Tay’s loss of life, her brother has died, too; nevertheless, it’s unclear whether or not the deceased sibling is Tian. 

“Chris Hope had a dysfunctional dwelling and would convey many forms of Asian ladies dwelling,” claimed Tian on the crowd-sourcing website. “They have been strictly sexual companions, they bought bare and slept in the identical mattress with Tay, they engaged in intercourse whereas Tay was proper beside them.”

Tian additional claimed that Hope had been granted “50/50” custody of Tay at age 5. Her mom, Angela, moved to Los Angeles, the place the woman would periodically go to earlier than lastly relocating to the town in 2017 after making it massive on social media at age 9.  

On GoFundMe, Tian went on to allege that Hope uncared for Tay, serving the then-elementary schooler moldy, maggot-infested meals and forcing her to put on worn togs.

He additionally claimed that Hope’s spouse, Hanee, started bodily tormenting the woman by “hitting and locking her in the dead of night closet,” together with her father’s permission.

Tian alleged that Hanee additionally as soon as broke Tay’s toe by deliberately slamming her foot right into a door. 

He moreover claimed the abuse wasn’t solely bodily. 

“Additionally they began to seek advice from Tay as a ch–okay, b—h and motherf—er,” wrote Tian.

“Tay remembers them talking and fantasizing about killing my mother and her and beginning a brand new household,” he continued. “Tay turned very paranoid and have become depressed and developed unhealthy anxiousness.”

After alerting the authorities to the alleged battery of the minor, Hope and Hanee have been stated to have “beat Tay on her face and physique,” per Tian’s written plea. 

Following the alleged assault, the woman started residing in LA with Angela and Tian. 

Upon her transfer in 2013, Tian claimed Hope instantly stopped paying little one help — allegedly inserting him $400,000 in arrears — and didn’t see Tay till Could 2018, throughout her rise to fame on YouTube. 

As a digital character, finest identified for making cheeky remarks about her wealth and holding stacks of money to her ear, Tay finally garnered over 3.3 million Instagram followers. 

Nevertheless, her social media posts started to dwindle after 2018, leaving followers to query her disappearance from the influencer commerce. 

On the time, Tian had already begun making public allegations of abuse in opposition to Hope. Nevertheless, Tay’s then-manager Henry Tsang denied the claims.

“Christopher Hope doesn’t need any cash from Lil Tay,” he advised the Daily Beast in 2018. 

“There are solely three issues he desires to see,” stated Tsang. “First, no extra loopy movies of cursing from Tay. Second, 25% of the gross earnings going to a belief fund devoted to Tay. The third factor is, there must be construction in her operation, in her public picture.”

However Tian doubled down on his claims that Tay was an abused little one. 

In his 2021 cry for financial donations on behalf of Tay, he defined, partly: “My sister Tay has been silent on social media for the previous 3 years as a result of her absentee father (Chris Hope) served my mom a court docket order demanding management over Tay’s cash, profession and custody.”

Tian continued, “Because of this, it was court docket ordered that my sister needed to return to Vancouver, Canada…Since then he has stolen tens of millions of {dollars} from my sister and has taken management of all her funds.”