Stop Defending Melanie Martinez
Around a year after the allegations have resurfaced, I have grown tired of people defending Melanie or remaining neutral. Yes, at the end of the day what she has done is none of our business; however, Timothy chose to bring her story to light and boiling this down to a debate where you take sides is disrespectful to victims and just makes it harder to speak out. Share this around.
Timothy Heller
This page will be focused on Timothy Heller to save elements because fuck Carrd. The "Other Controversies" button leads to a different site covering less severe allegations/controversy. To get common misinformation out of the way, Timothy never accused any other celebrity of rape. She never admitted to lying either. Melanie stans have hacked her accounts and photoshopped images to spread information: if Melanie is so innocent, why did her fans feel the need to do this? Here is Timothy's original statement:
Coercion is not consent. Timothy letting it happen is a normal response and she even explains why she did-- that also does not equal consent. Without Melanie's name involved, this would have been believed and Timothy would have received support; however, Timothy left a caption stating it was Melanie who had molested and traumatized her. Below is an interview with Timothy after her initial post:
https://www.newsweek.com/melanie-martinez-rape-allegations-timothy-heller-736251
Here is where the supposed date is mentioned. Melanie's fans looked into the date provided and saw the following post:
Yes, Melanie was travelling home from a tour during the date Timothy stated the assault happened: June 25th, 2015; however, to assume somebody is lying about a traumatic experience based on a simple mistake or something that could easily be forgotten is simply unfair. I have gone through extremely traumatizing events and I do not remember the exact date. At the time she was in that interview, it had been over two years since the assault-- of course she wouldn't remember the exact date.
As for the image provided, people argue that the photo only proves that Melanie was on the receiving end:
However, it actually shows that something sexual did happen. People claim that Timothy is lying because she bought the game-- but that doesn't equal consent. If I purchase a knife to cook with you, that doesn't give you permission to stab me. If I bought a sex toy as a joke, that doesn't mean I consent to you raping me with it. If I purchase a sexual game because it looks funny, that doesn't mean I want to have sex with you.
Here is an interview Timothy had on Instagram along with another livestream she did in which she answered questions:
Timothy's story does not change. Timothy laughing and raising her eyebrows is not indicative of her lying-- if anything, a liar would act more emotional. Body language analysis is NOT a proper way to indicate whether or not somebody is lying; people have different ways of coping with their trauma. Analyzing body language is basically like a lie detector test: some people are naturally anxious and fail lie detector tests even if they were truthful and some people laugh at their situation to cope with the trauma and move on from it.
In the first interview, the interviewer was a 15 year old. I do agree that it is unprofessional to speak to a minor regarding this issue but I also understand the sort of desperation to get your truth out when people are harassing you.
People also accuse Timothy of lying because she stated that Melanie attempted to contact her multiple times but she had blocked her, but other times she said she did not contact her. In the first interview, she words it in a way that implies Melanie did not contact her AFTER the blocking. In no way has Timothy stated that Melanie DIDN'T attempt to contact her before she was blocked. Cherry-picking and taking information out of context or without thinking to assume Timothy is lying is, again, unfair.
Fans also accuse Timothy of being inconsistent for sometimes stating that she wanted to buy the sexual game and sometimes stating that Melanie wanted to buy it. Small details like this can be so easily forgotten. It also could have been a case of the both of them joking about it to the point where it is difficult to specifically remember who bought it. Either way, hyperfixating on these minute details when the big picture is against Melanie shows pretty clear bias against Timothy and a want to find any reason to believe Melanie is innocent.
Melanie fans question why Timothy took interviews to speak on the assault and why she didn't take it to court. Timothy allegedly ruminated on the idea of speaking out for around two years after normalizing it and blocking it out of her memory. Coming out with your experience with rape was a massive step toward accepting that trauma. Wanting to talk about it isn't lying. Taking interviews to speak out against people accusing you of lying isn't being malicious. Not taking a sexual assault case to court is not an idiotic decision. Timothy is a smaller artist who would have no chance at winning against Melanie. Sexual assault cases are also seldom taken seriously in court or even taken to court out of fear of just being shamed.
Something fans also hold against Timothy is her BPD. They say that she's "obviously lying because she's insane." As somebody with BPD, this is just blatantly ableist. Someone who is mentally ill is not somebody who is automatically a liar because of that fact. On a side note, she said that it was a misdiagnosis anyway later on.
Melanie's Response
Melanie made two responses to the allegations and as of June 22nd, 2025, she hasn't made any other statements since. These responses are questionable at best and incriminating at worst.
The statement above was made on December 5th, 2017. She states: "she never said no to what we chose to do together." That is not consent. Anything other than an enthusiastic yes is not consent. The statement below was made roughly around December 9th, 2017 after fans dug into Timothy's posts.
How do you go "well she didn't say no" in response to rape allegations and then backpedal and say it just didn't happen at all before thanking your fans for victim-blaming someone? These responses are so vague-- if you wanted to truly prove your innocence, why not state in detail that the event didn't happen at all without dubious statements? To be intimate with someone with absolute consent is:
1) With an enthusiastic yes.
2) Without coercion or power imbalance.
3) Without the use of drugs.
Those two nights ignored all three of those points:
1) Timothy claims she said no multiple times. Melanie claims she never said no before retracting that statement.
2) Timothy claims Melanie coerced her into having sex and begged to touch her for two nights. Timothy also looked up to Melanie in a manner that was codependent and unhealthy-- leading to a power imbalance.
3) Melanie convinced Timothy to smoke weed and Timothy agreed in hopes that it would make her fall asleep and avoid anything sexual.
Melanie also wrote a song in response to the allegations. It was uploaded to SoundCloud as to not profit off the situation, but to make a song in response to accusations of violating someone and coercion is an irresponsible and childish move. The song does not address the allegations, she simply talks about her life and calls Timothy and those who support Timothy fake and hungry for fame.
Timothy's Comeback
After years of silence, Timothy came back on TikTok on July 19th, 2024 and reiterated her story along with sharing the doxxing and harassment she faced the years after her accusation.
Melanie hasn't responded to this; however, fans of Melanie decided to do more research and this has led to more support for Timothy. Melanie's fans are children. People who are now believing Timothy were children when the allegations first came out and are now aware of the severity.
Why would Timothy come out and tell her story again if she faced so much harassment and trauma from it after coming forth with it before? Why would she make herself deal with all of the death threats and fake evidence against her if she's lying?
Up until this point, I've likely been biased against Melanie to the point where it seems like I'm just some hater who's been thirsting for something to attack her for. I actually went to two of her concerts and was a fan ever since her Crybaby era. I bought her expensive merch, I remember watching every preview of the K-12 songs, I showed her music and her movie to my boyfriend, I know most of the lyrics to her songs, and most importantly: I believed the false screenshots, texts, stories, and victim-blaming and didn't believe Timothy. So many old fans are in my situation. The fact of the matter is you don't know Melanie. You don't know any artist unless you actually know them personally.
"But Melanie is a sweetheart, she would never!"
How would you know that? I'm sorry, but she doesn't know you exist. All you have seen from her is what she wants you to see and that goes for anything online really. Even I, the person writing this shit, am only showing what I want you to see about myself because you don't need to know me or what specifically has gone down in my life if it isn't related to this. Call it sketchy if you want, but it's the truth and I don't need to trauma-dump.
After releasing the previous TikTok, she went on live:
People repeatedly asking for proof are not only ignorant but disrespectful. What kind of proof do you need? What kind of statement from Melanie do you want? I doubt she'll respond and if she does, it'll be another vague statement that doesn't answer anything. If Melanie admits she did it, there will be fans still supporting her or fans in denial saying her account was hacked. If Melanie says it didn't happen, what are you supposed to do with that information? She already said it and yet people are still trying to remain neutral. Is a rapist supposed to come out and admit they raped somebody?
Timothy has given the proof she can and Melanie's own statements are proof that something went down. It couldn't have been a teensy little misunderstanding: rape isn't just a simple mistake. Coercing and violating someone is not a mistake. Melanie taking that statement back proves that she knows what happened was wrong and she's trying to victimize herself. Again, what kind of proof do you want? Did you want Timothy to record herself being raped? What kind of proof would make you believe her?
Other Details
Fans and Melanie accuse Timothy of lying for fame because her debut song, Sleep, was released two months before she came out with the allegations. If Timothy was hunting for fame, why would she come back years later with another video after being harassed off the internet?
An old friend of Timothy's was Globelamp. Originally, Timothy was too afraid to speak out herself so she spoke through Globelamp; however, after the backlash, Globelamp switched sides and has been supporting Melanie. This person is unreliable and here is a Twitter thread explaining why:
Timothy dressed up as Melanie after the alleged assault. People use this against her even though she stated that she still loved Melanie after the fact and was still friends with her.
Timothy dressing as her abuser showcases her codependency and just how much she didn't want to believe that Melanie hurt her. This only shows the power imbalance in their relationship.