Did Facebook Graffiti Artist David Choe Admit To ‘Raping’ Masseuse On Radio Show?

Wouldn’t you know it — David claims that he made the whole story up and that it’s just ‘art’. Is it though? Here’s the statement he released:

“I never thought I’d wake up one late afternoon and hear myself called a rapist. It sucks. Especially because I am not one. I am not a rapist. I hate rapists, I think rapists should be raped and murdered.

I am an artist and a storyteller and I view my show DVDASA as a complete extension of my art.

If I am guilty of anything, it’s bad storytelling in the style of douche. Just like many of my paintings are often misinterpreted, the same goes with my show. The main objective of all of my podcasts is to challenge and provoke my friends and the co-stars on the show. We fuck with each other, entertain ourselves and laugh at each other, It’s a dark, tasteless, completely irreverent show where we fuck with everyone listening, but mostly ourselves. We create stories and tell tales. It’s not a news show. It’s not a representation of my reality. It’s not the place to come for reliable information about me or my life. It’s my version of reality, it’s art that sometimes offends people. I’m sorry if anyone believed that the stories were fact. They were not!

In a world full of horrible people, thank god for us.”

See? He’s not a rapist, he’s just a nice person who wants to entertain you with made up stories of rape. What exactly is he trying to ‘challenge’ or ‘provoke’ though? He doesn’t mention that he was trying to create a discussion or debate about rape, all he says is some vague shit about making it up. Which hopefully he is, but either way, he’s not coming out of this looking too great.

Also, if we pretend that we know for sure that he did do it, what about this quote from earlier:

“The thrill of possibly going to jail, that’s what achieved the erection quest.”

Isn’t that an admission that he knew what he was doing was wrong/illegal?

We can’t say for sure whether the story was true or made up. We don’t know if this masseuse “said yes with her eyes” or how she feels about the whole thing or if she even exists. But he’s definitely got one thing right – this was some bad, bad storytelling.