Curtis Lepore

Curtis Lepore came into the limelight through his videos that went viral on the video sharing site Vine. In 2016, the Viner was at the seventh spot among the most popular users on Vine and is also known as an actor, musician, and internet celebrity. The viner was one of the first clients of Grape Story, a Vine talent agency. Although Vine does not have traditional advertising, Curtis through his talent became one of the first users to bag an advertisement. Virgin Mobile, Aquafina and Jolly Rancher came forward to sponsor him. The social media personality revealed that he could earn $1,000 for re-Vining someone else’s video and could also make a whopping $8,000 through endorsements in his six-second videos. Curtis also made use of his acting skills by performing in movies such as the comedy film Deported and Airplane Mode in 2016 and is also one of the cast of #Speedball (2017). In the video ‘Me Talking To My Crush’, he featured American comedian and internet personality, Brittany Furlan. From 2009 to 2012 the actor performed for the band GHOSTxSHIP. He left the band in 2012 and got associated with rock band No Zodiac for whom he did guest vocals on a record. He has also collaborated with other stars like Lele Pons, Christian DelGrosso, KingBach, Amanda Cerny, Piques, and Logan Paul to make his innovative videos on Vine.

Curtis works with various charitable organizations like Stuff-A-Truck that donates toys to underprivileged children. Curtis’ concern for the elderly and animals shows that he cares even about people and animals that are not connected to him.

When Curtis was in a relationship with video blogger, Jessi Vazquez, he became part of the first online celebrity couples. Curtis got mired in a controversy when he was accused of rape by his former girlfriend Jessi Vazquez or Jessi Smiles. Jessi claimed that while shooting a Vine video she had a concussion and took help of Curtis to recover. She stated that when she fell asleep Curtis took advantage of her. Curtis denied the charges and was released on a bail of $100,000. Later, Curtis pleaded not guilty to the crime and pleading guilty to only felony assault and the rape charges were dropped. Mail Online reported that Jessi received a death threat and angry posts on Twitter from fans of her former boyfriend Curtis.