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Brett
So last year, a tiktoker went mega viral after she posted a video claiming that she had been sexually assaulted while completing a doordash delivery. And as you can imagine, immediately on TikTok, the angry feminists around the world rallied behind her. They demanded justice from the man and from doordash, who they believed was silencing her. They were praising her for her bravery and praying for the man in question's downfall. But then just a few months later, a police investigation found the man innocent and instead they arrested her. Now, she is set to stand stand trial in the coming months. So let's get into the story of how a ring camera saved a man from being me too'd and how a dedication to going viral at any cost could possibly land this girl in jail. So today, like I said, we are all going to put on our true crime hats. We're gonna walk through the evidence because when this story initially took place, I was freshly postpartum, new baby on my chest. I was staying off of X as much as humanly possible. So I did not hear about this story until yesterday, even though this is like the most part perfect thing for me to talk about it. Like, there's so much intersection with the things that I like and that I care about online. But it only came across my feed yesterday when I saw the girl walking into court. I was like, this sounds like an insane story. How did I miss it? Then I put the time together. And so now, without further ado, we are finally going to discuss it. So the story here is that back last October, October of 2025, a Dasher, a door dasher named Olivia Henderson, delivered a doordash order. Now, this order, you know, in the little order form, when the guy ordered it, she was supposed to just leave it on his doorstop. Did not need him to come take it from her, whatever it was just porch delivery, Leave it in front of the door and walk away. Now, she says, and you're going to see, this is really important to remember that when she walked up to the house to do this delivery, she found the front door to his home ajar to find a man laying on the couch directly in front of her, completely exposed, if you understand what I'm trying to say. Now, her first instinct, I guess, because it is 2026, was to pick up her phone and start recording so that she could post it on the Internet. And here is that encounter. This is the original video, of course, with the explicit parts blurred out, because this is a family friendly show sometimes. All right, so for Those of you listening over on Spotify, what you are seeing here is what I would presume is a naked exposed man, the nether regions exposed on his couch. And the text on her TikTok reads, a man named Austin orders door dash, selects the option to have the order left to door, sees his door dasher me has a female name and falls asleep on the couch with his pants and underwear to his ankles and his front door wide open in 59 degree weather. So that this is what I see when I have to leave the order. So she is immediately framing this story as if he is doing this to her, as if he placed this order. He saw that he had been assigned a door dasher delivery driver named Olivia. He sees it as an opportunity to expose himself. She, I'm guessing, is alleging that he has some kind of kink for this sort of thing. So he pulls down his pants, lays down on his couch, leaves the front door ajar, so. So that she has to be faced with everything just right as she walks up to leave the door immediately. Once she posted this video, people were on her side. Commenters were saying things like, he knew exactly what he was doing. He knew it was a female dasher. Another person said, you know, he knew that she was coming. He gets a picture of who she is before she gets there. So it was all comments like that. Again, this was premeditated. The man wanted to do this to her because he got a female delivery driver. That video, the original one that she posted, it blew up. She had hundreds of thousands of people liking and commenting, supporting her, saying, we've got your back. You need to fight for justice, all of the things. But soon after it blew up, TikTok took it down. Now, I'm not really sure what taking it down actually did, considering that by that point the video had amassed over 30 million views. 30 million people had seen this man fully exposed on the Internet with his pants down. Now, TikTok said that it was because of nudity, which makes sense. She said it was because they were trying to silence her. A victim.
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Olivia Henderson
Just watch. Three days ago, October 12, 2025, I was a victim.
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Brett
By the way, guys, I forgot to mention this took place on my birthday. This entire thing, this is like a birthday present to me that I am getting 10 months late. So exciting for me. Okay, anyway, we'll dive back in.
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Olivia Henderson
I was a victim of SA by a DoorDash customer while I was doing my job as a doordash driver. Excuse me, if you've already seen this, this is my third time posting this because TikTok keeps silencing me and taking my videos down and giving me strikes.
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Brett
So she is a victim. She is a victim of SA. TikTok continues to take down her videos in an effort to silence her. So she is playing the victim. You're going to see that that is a through line throughout this entire story. Now, at this point, again, people are still on her side. This is a huge story. Everyone was in her comment section saying, you need to take this further. You need to report him to both DoorDash and the police. And this is what she said to that.
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Olivia Henderson
Here's an update for anybody who's interested. I commented, but my comments getting buried in my comment section. I reported this to DoorDash over 12 hours ago and they're supposed to call me back, which is strange because I've reported a couple less serious incidents before and they called me back within one to two hours for those reports. So I don't know what's going on there. But I didn't report this to the police last night because I wasn't sure of DoorDash's process for like SA or if this was even reportable to the police in New York State because he was in his home. But after so many people told me to report it to the police, I did and I called the non emergency line and they sent a police officer over to speak to me in person and watch the video that I have.
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Brett
All right now, cutting the video off there. My initial thought is that it probably took a while for DoorDash to get back to her because they were probably not just investigating him and the situation, but they were probably also investigating her because then the result of that investigation was actually that both the man and her, the doordasher got banned from the platform. And this was her response to that. Again, she's literally docking, documenting everything on TikTok.
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Olivia Henderson
Hey, guys. So DoorDash just deactivated me two days after I reported my sexual assault. Hey guys. I just lost my job and they won't tell me why. I They're supposed to send an email immediately after deactivation providing you the reason
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why and a link to appeal.
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And they didn't. So I contacted support and they made
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me sit on the phone with them
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for 50 minutes just to tell me
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that they can't tell me the reason why and I have to just go ahead and appeal without knowing why.
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So my chances of getting my account
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back, they have my money in that account.
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I was working. I was literally working. And they deactivated me. This is not. This is related. They just punished me for posting about my sexual assault while door dashing. They just fired me.
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Brett
All right, you're going to see that she is not wrong in the situation, that it is related, that it is because she posted about her sexual assault and brought attention to it. But it's not because she was essayed. It's because of the manner she went about documenting that and publicizing that, which goes against DoorDash's policies, as you are going to see. But we're going to get to that anyway, after that video, obviously it was very emotional. It pissed her supporters off even more. They were so disgusted. Again, you know, they are silencing a victim. They are supporting a man instead of the woman. This is just an atrocity. People were commenting and saying it's public indecency. He left the door open. It looks premeditated, like he knew the law and this was his way to make sure somebody saw him. But with plausible deniability, he deliberately exposed himself to you. That is assault. I wonder how many other women have been assaulted while doing their job. And DoorDash just silenced them and made them feel like they couldn't speak on it. In my opinion, because of this response that she got online, I think that she felt emboldened. As emboldened as every amazing GCU grad that I have met. Now, Grand Canyon University is an affordable, private, nonprofit Christian university based in the beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. And worthwhile college degrees do not have to be expensive when you attend gcu. And they are genuinely different. And that is why I keep partnering with them and talking with them. Now, you might not know this, but GCU has had their tuition frozen since 2009. That is not a typo. I know it sounds crazy. It's not 2019 either. 2009. And while every other university out there in this country has been hiking up their rates year after year, literally taking advantage of students, GCU decided that they were going to make affordability and practicality a foundation of the school. And with GCU funded scholarships, the average student this year is paying around $8,900 for a private Christian university. And that is just a remarkable number in this point in time. But the education is just as remarkable. With hybrid online and in person classes, GCU offers over 380 academic pathways, degrees, embass certificates, and they are all built practically for the real world. Plus, 90% of GCU students report that their faith deepened in college. It is no wonder that while so many colleges are bleeding money and going under GCU is one of the fastest growing universities in the country. It's private, it's Christian, it's affordable, it's nonprofit. Take action and find your purpose today at gcu Edu. Again, that is GCU Edu. Now back to the story. The caveat I need to add here is that I do not think the GCU grad would do something like this. And you're gonna see how this story progresses anyway from there. Because Doordash deactivated her account. She then takes it further. She is now going online. She is threatening DoorDash. She is threatening to sue them because of their response to her, the victim. They are silencing the victim.
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Olivia Henderson
Hey, guys. So, yup, I really lost my job within less than 24 hours after me submitting my appeal. They denied it. And in the email, they said, you can respond to the previous email that you received explaining the reason why you were deactivated.
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I never got the email.
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So last night I contacted one support agent. We sat on the phone for 25 minutes, and then she transferred me to the Community Response Team. The person on the Community Response Team told me that was the highest team I could get to. There's literally nobody else she could transfer me to. I could hang up the phone and call back and then get transferred to the Community Response Team again. So I sat on the phone with her for another 25, 30 minutes, and she told me that she couldn't tell me. There's no way that they could tell me with the reason why I was. I just lost my job.
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Brett
Now I'm watching all of these videos and I obviously can see that she is in distress. She is nervous, she is shaking, and I wonder if it's because she is realizing that she is facing the consequences of her actions because of what she decided to post and say. Obviously, Doordash began receiving a ton of backlash, not just from her, but from the hundreds of thousands of people that had eyes on this story and were commenting and supporting her. So they then felt compelled to release a statement. And this is what they said. They said, we have seen some tough and sensitive posts over the last few days and we want to clear the air. No one should ever have to experience sexual assault, harassment or abuse. And Doordash never deactivates somebody for reporting it full stop. We take these reports incredibly seriously and we work closely with law enforcement to investigate and support those affected. In this case, the Dasher let us know about an experience that made them feel unsafe. And that is exactly what we always want. Our Dashers to do. Our team immediately began investigating and has been in direct contact with law enforcement and is prepared to fully support any of their efforts. However, posting a video of a customer in their home disclosing their personal details publicly is a clear violation of our policies. That is the sole reason that this dasher's account was deactivated along with the customers while we investigated. We have also ensured that the dasher has full access to their earnings. We know that these are sensitive situations and we want every dasher to know if you ever feel unsafe or experience something concerning, come to us. We are here to listen, act and support. They're saying come to us directly report it. But maybe do not go against our very clear stated policies that you cannot dox our customers fair and square. Come to us with your concerns. But maybe do not post them publicly in the nude online showing their home, giving out their name now this moment. This public statement was a turning point for the court of public opinion. And suddenly I guess people started thinking about the man in the story. The man that they had essentially just pushed aside because they saw a girl on TikTok crying, talking about sa all the things they were thinking about. The fact that she had actually filmed somebody in his home and publicly exposed him and his body to the world. I mean had she just reported it to doordash, gone through the proper channels, reported it to the cops and not posted the video that then got 30 million impressions, she would not have been fired. Her account would not have been deactivated. It is that simple. So like I said, this is when things started to change. And at that point comments started looking like this one woman said, I think that everybody is missing the point. She posted it online. That is the problem. Another person said this cancel culture has to stop and these lying females should face responsibility. So already people are going okay, maybe she made this up. And then my friends, there was an even bigger wrinkle in the story. This is the part that made me go oh my gosh no, we have to talk about this because there's just so much intersection with all of these hot button issues. Listen to this comment. This woman says it is wild how many people are actually supporting the dasher. She was instructed to leave the food at the man's door. She walked into this man's house uninvited and proceeded to film him in his own home. You guys heard that correctly because allegedly she actually opened the door. According to the police report that was obtained by tmz, she did not just stumble upon this a wide open door Allegedly. Allegedly she opened the freaking door. So TMZ wrote the 23 year old contacted police and claimed that she had been lured into the house by the man and described the incident as an instance of sexual assault. However, and ring if you're smart, this should be an ad campaign. Just saying. Ring Camera footage taken from the residents reportedly appeared to show Henderson letting herself into the home. And police reportedly stated that the man in the video had not given her any indication to enter. And through that ring footage, they found no evidence supporting her sexual assault claim. They did describe him as being intoxicated, incapacitated, but he was cooperating with investigators. The male customer, identified only as Austin. Thank goodness, like he does not need to be more exposed than he is, told officers that he had been out drinking the night before, woke up unaware that he was exposed and apologized saying that he believed he had shorts on. Police determined no crime had occurred because he was inside his own home with no intent to expose himself to the public and the case was was closed or was the case closed and we will get to that. Now Austin, if you were out there watching this, my friends over at Cozy Earth can get you some pants and I am telling you they are comfortable. You will never want to take them off. Now. Cozy Earth has built a massive following for their ultra luxurious sheets and their amazing loungewear. I am telling you Austin, get some. But people love their products because they bring a premium five star resort feeling right into the home. And now that exact same level of luxury is available for you by the beach or by the pool. Cozy Earth's premium beach towels completely change the game for summer outings. Unlike the standard thin scratchy beach towels gets that stiff after one day in the sun. These are incredibly plush, fast absorbing and genuinely elevated. 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And me too. And those things, unfortunately, often go very hand in hand, because the MeToo movement in our culture, it gave women the motivation and the incentive to slew these accusations without fear of repercussions. Women who accused men, especially publicly, on these broad scales, they were celebrated, they were uplifted, they were showered with attention. I mean, 30 million views, a TikTok account that blew up overnight. Hundreds of thousands of people liking and commenting, telling you that you're so brave, that you're so amazing, that you're sticking it to the man, that they're here to support you. That was the feeling that she was chasing. Now, these same women, they also get to claim victim status, which obviously is the highest honor in our modern society. And I think that all of that is really what she wanted. She got to this man's house, she saw an opportunity to allegedly, allegedly possibly exaggerate or dramaticize a story and use somebody else in a vulnerable position to increase her own station in life. Because objectively, that is what happens in our culture when you are an oppressed victim. And she got caught because of a ring camera. Again, ring. This could be a really cool campaign that would speak to a lot of men. Just saying. Anyway, so, yes, that is why the case against him was closed. But unfortunately for her, they did conclude that there was probable cause that she had unlawfully recorded and disseminated images of the customer inside of his home, which obviously is against the law. And so a month later, after his case was closed, they arrested her and charged her with first degree dissemination of unlawful surveillance images and. And second degree unlawful surveillance. Now, this all took place back in the fall. Fast forward to now May of this year, 2026, and a grand jury indicted her on those felony charges and she pled not guilty. Now, at that point, she had the option for a plea deal, so they immediately jumped into that. But then on July 31, this is why we're talking about it now, because it's all viral on X at this moment. But on July 31, there was another hearing and no plea deal was reached. And now it has been decided that she will be standing trial in front of a jury in either October or January, with one more opportunity for her is to be dismissed, I believe in September. But if the judge does not dismiss it, she is going to trial. And my read on the situation, just based on what I have seen, is that the judicial system has not been very lenient with her. They are not very understanding or interested in her request. So who knows if it'll be dismissed? In my opinion, I do not think it will. I think she is actually going to trial and she could face up to eight years in prison for doing this, this whole thing. If the police record the TMZ got is correct, if she did let herself into the home, the entire thing is just so predictable for the modern era and is so disgusting. Now. My guess, my assumption is that she was doing her order, she walked up, maybe she saw him through the window because it's nighttime and he had the lights on inside. Maybe the door was, you know, cracked a little ajar and she peeked inside. Obviously, I am understanding of the fact that she was probably shocked if she saw a man lying there naked. But she realized, I'm guessing, allegedly, that there was an opportunity for content and for, most importantly, attention. And it's very similar to the things that we have talked about on the show time and time again where people's minds get so warped by social media, they get so warped by this desire for attention to achieve even just a blip, a momentary blip of fame online, that they are willing to cross so many boundaries. Most importantly, the boundaries of privacy with other individuals. The tiktoker did it last week when he was filming the couple making out in Central Park. She did it to this man, although obviously like this is worth considering that she accused him of sa. But in evaluating the root psychological cause that would drive somebody to pull out their cameras in moments like this, like the two situations do seem very aligned in that regard. And listen, I am sure that this is not a fun or pleasant experience for her. Nobody enjoys nobody, no matter what is happening, nobody enjoys facing the consequences of your actions. But really, I have no sympathy for her. I mean, it is beyond time that somebody is held accountable for this kind of thing happening online. I shouldn't even say happening. That is too passive for somebody doing this to another person online to garner clicks and attention. And I have far more sympathy for the man whose bare nether regions were seen by half the Internet while he was piss drunk on his couch in what he assumed was the privacy of his own home. That is an insane thing to wake up to. And now I just want to add this on because it feels kind of relevant. It's just like a button onto this video. But Alex and I have been rewatching Friends over the last year, year and a half or so. And you might roll your eyes at that and be like, brett, that's a long time to be rewatching a show. But, you know, we had a baby. It's not, you know, normal that we get watch anything. But when I was researching this story and seeing all of it take place, I couldn't help but think of the Ugly Naked man that the gang always sees across the way from Monica's apartment. You know, like all the photos where they're, you know, hovered up against the window, they're all looking across, and they see this neighbor across the street who for some reason, is always walking around his apartment nude. Now, imagine if Friends was filmed in 2026. Imagine if Friends was real life in 2026. Somebody in that group, for sure, way before season five or season six, would have pulled out a camera and that that Ugly Naked man would have been on TikTok by that night. That's just how it works these days. And obviously, you can make the argument that if somebody is doing something in front of a window where other people can see, if you're making out in Central park, you know, obviously people are going to be around. You cannot guarantee your privacy and that you live in a bubble, but everything is just made so much more extreme and sensitive considering that people can just post a video in five seconds that then blasts out your business, not just to the people that are immediately surrounding you, but to 30 million people online, and suddenly you're being accused of having affairs, sleeping with your boss, sexually assaulting somebody. I mean, it is just insane. And so because of that, I am very glad that somebody is being held accountable for this type of thing, because it is just a weird, sensitive time in our world. You know, people are always watching, they are always recording. They are always looking for their opportunity to get attention from strangers at anyone's expense. And it's wrong.