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Two more teens are speaking out against Joe Gatto.
The Impractical Jokers star has already been accused of sexual assault by a woman when she was 19, and an ex-employee has accused him of inappropriate behavior when she was a teen, as well. He’s denied the allegations and checked himself into an inpatient treatment facility to continue working on himself, canceling all his upcoming tour dates in the process. But the allegations aren’t over.
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On Monday, two teenage girls accused the comedian of misconduct! In a nearly 10-minute TikTok video, Grace Kennedy and her girlfriend Brianna Ochoa, who DailyMail.com reports is a recent high school grad, recalled their many encounters with the TV star, including their most recent in December 2024. Throughout all this, they claim Joe acted inappropriately towards them — going so far as trying to get them to come to his hotel room and asking for nudes!
Alongside a screenshot, Brianna shared that she first met Joe after a comedy show of his, and he re-posted a photo of her with him after, messaging her:
“You were adorable. Thanks for coming.”
She also claimed he paid her for “gas and Chipotle,” sharing a Venmo notification that she was paid $35 by “Joe G.” The girls went to a second show, and this time Brianna’s dad was with them. Nothing “weird” happened when they went backstage, but the stand-up star “was texting us a lot” after the show, Grace recalled. Brianna agreed:
“A lot, a lot. Like, constantly. More than he should’ve.”
The friends said that the reality star sent them Instagram messages in “vanish mode” — meaning the texts would disappear after they left the chat or when the feature was turned off. (He allegedly used this tactic with his first accuser, too.) The girls think he did this “because he’s smart and he knows what he was doing.”
Joe allegedly then gifted them tickets and a meet and greet for a third show on December 6, 2024, in Salem, Oregon, and that’s when things really “started to get weird.” First, they alleged they were instructed to show up in leggings or pajamas, with Joe saying in an alleged screenshot:
“Too cold for a skirt or leggings… I’m sure you won’t disappoint. Wear the pjs you’re in.”
Uh, that’s creepy. Grace went on to accuse Joe of “telling us to kiss” amid their meeting after the show, with Brianna noting, “He told us to kiss three times in a row. Not make out or anything. Like a peck.” She furthered:
“He was being so weird and he fed me a mango with his fingers. I was sitting on the couch and he was standing above me and he was like, ‘Do you want a bite?’ And then he fed me with his fingers and it was really awkward.”
Grace said the 48-year-old told them to sit on the couch with him and “told us to lift up our shirts, so we did,” she reflected, “We couldn’t not, you know.” She continued:
“And then he asked to touch them, and that’s when it started getting weird. He was stroking our bellies. He was touching our belly buttons.”
Grace claimed Joe “kissed” her on the cheek before they left the dressing room. He reportedly gave them $100 “for driving so far” to get to the show and also got them a $200 hotel “right next to his” for the night (though in a different building). Grace alleged:
“We’re at the hotel at this time, the one he bought us, and he’s still texting us and he is asking us for videos of us kissing, making out, nudes. I mean all of that, but all of this was in vanish mode.”
Brianna chimed in:
“He was literally basically begging us to come over to his hotel, saying that he’ll sneak us around the back so none of his, you know, people on set would see. And he was really just trying everything… like in general, ‘Are you gonna come over?’”
They chose not to go to a “50-year-old’s” hotel in the middle of the night, Brianna added:
“Obviously, we were like caught up in the moment and come on now, we’re lesbians and we don’t like men. … We were like, ‘This is crazy. He has a wife and kids. Like this is insane.’”
Joe and his wife Bessy have been married since 2013, but he announced a split in late 2021. They eventually got back together in 2023 and share two young kids.
The teens then suggested that their time with the performer ended when he allegedly wanted them to “do the dirty,” though they insisted “nothing physical happened” and that they were not accusing him of “sexually assaulting us in any way, shape or form.” But that doesn’t mean they think he’s off the hook, Brianna concluded:
“Obviously, he’s not a great man, and what we should be focused on is not teenage girls going to his hotel. What we should be focused on is a 50-year-old man inviting teenage girls to hotels.”
Hear their full allegations and some of their alleged text screenshots (below):
@bandg4ever #greenscreen #joegatto #foryoupage @gracee
♬ original sound – Bri bri
Jeez. We’re glad no sexual assault occurred here, but some of this is starting to sound like an alleged pattern. Yikes. As mentioned, though, Joe has denied the previous allegations against him.
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence and would like to learn more about resources, consider checking out https://www.rainn.org/resources.
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