David Mikkelsen, co-founder and CEO of fact-checking website Snopes, has been accused of rape by his estranged wife in a bombshell Facebook post.
Elyssa Young is the second wife of David Mikkelson. They married in November 2016, and split at some point in 2020.
In a September 9, 2021 Facebook post, Young alleges that Mikkelsen repeatedly raped her when they were together. She also claims that Mikkelsen used gaslighting techniques to make her think she was crazy and is now ignoring her ever since she threatened to take legal action against him.
In the post (archived here), Young claims that when they were together Mikkelsen “raped me every morning”. When she reported him to her therapists, David would allegedly tell them that she “was on drugs”:
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Commenters: “... Elyssa was an escort and porn star before marrying David.” She’s a real winner too.
Of course it was rape. She’s used to getting paid for it !
They were married and she was sleeping in the same bed but it was rape. Check.
I checked Snopes.com, and they said this didn’t happen.
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