Hailey Bieber recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to TikToker Julie Theis, accusing her of making “outrageous false, fabricated, and defamatory statements” about her marriage to Justin Bieber.
According to a letter dated Jan. 13 and obtained by TMZ, attorney Evan Spiegel, representing Hailey and Justin Bieber, stated that Theis has been spreading what they described as a “manufactured false defamatory narrative” about the Rhode founder and her relationship through videos posted on TikTok and Instagram.
“Your conduct is wrongful, highly damaging, actionable, and exposes you to substantial liability,” the letter reads. “We demand that you immediately cease and desist from this wrongful and tortious conduct, and remove the Videos.”
The letter points to one particular video where Theis discusses relationships that succeed when a woman is a “tolerant codependent,” describing it as someone who “tolerates mediocrity, abuse, doing the majority of domestic and emotional labor.” She then claims there is “no better example” than Hailey and Justin Bieber.
“In the Videos, you assert that long-term romantic relationships ‘only work’ because women tolerate ‘abuse,’ among other alleged conduct, and you expressly identify Hailey Bieber and Justin Bieber as ‘the best example’ of this purported dynamic of abuse,” the letter reads. “In furtherance of that ridiculous claim, you fabricate, and falsely characterize Mr. Bieber as an ‘addict,’ stating that ‘an addictive partner is always an abusive partner.'”
Theis later addressed the cease-and-desist letter in a response shared on TikTok earlier today.
In a statement to TMZ, Theis said she’s concerned about what she views as Hailey and Justin Bieber attempting to silence her right to free speech. “It’s extremely elitist to try to silence opinions just because you disagree,” she said. “Disagreement is not defamation.”
