For context, the allegations against Hammer began in 2021, following a series of leaked messages with disturbing content involving violent fantasies and cannibalism.
After the messages leaked, his ex, Courtney Vucekovich, told Page Six, “He did some things with me that I wasn’t comfortable with,” she recalled. “For God knows what reason, he convinced me that these things were OK and he put me in some dangerous situations where I was not OK, where he was heavily drinking, and I wasn’t drinking that way and it scared me. I didn’t feel comfortable.” She further described Hammer as “scary” and said, “I wasn’t safe.” A rep for Hammer did not respond but called the DM allegations “bullshit.”
Paige Lorenze, another one of Hammer’s exes, then came forward with a disturbing account of Hammer carving an “A” into her and said, “His actions and behavior are dangerous and emotionally and psychologically damaging. He is saying people are kink-shaming him and should not comment on his sex life, but BDSM is a smoke screen for him wanting to hurt women. You can be just as traumatized by consensual sex. It’s unacceptable that he coerces women into agreeing to let him hurt them.” Hammer’s lawyer called the allegations “patently untrue” and maintained that “interactions with this person, or any partner of his, were completely consensual.”
Hammer was then accused of rape by a woman named Effie, alleging an incident in 2017. Hammer denied the allegations and maintained that everything was consensual.
In writing about Hammer, I have been keen to avoid the details of his alleged cannibalism fetish. This is for good reason: I feel as if coverage of Hammer has often salaciously focussed on the kink aspect without sufficiently exploring the underlying claims that Hammer violated people’s consent. I, quite frankly, do not care if Hammer has a penchant for cannibal roleplay. I deeply care whether he abused women.
