A fan, Jacob Schmidt, posted allegations on Twitter against Clark including purported nude images that were sent by the “WWE NXT” wrestler. Clark noted this account has since been suspended by the platform, and claimed the images were doctored. He went into detail about what he claims were his only interactions with Schmidt.

“I did speak to Jacob Schmidt on Instagram. We actually had a phone conversation over Instagram. At no point in time did I ever type anything or say anything that should have or could have been misconstrued as an advance of any type … The one thing to very clear about: it’s not a friendship, it’s a mentorship … I bring up schools because, in my voice message it was edited out, a voice bite was taken from it where I asked, ‘What school do you go to?’, again, I’m Velveteen Dream when I’m asking this question, it has a bit of an undertone to it because of the voice that I’m using. When I’m the Velveteen Dream I drag things out, I’m very handsy and just grandiose … When I ask someone what school they go to it’s to help them pursue their next journey in wrestling.”

Clark said he wasn’t “waiting outside in a van or an ice cream truck trying to harass children,” swearing he doesn’t have a history to suggest as much. But he said he does have a history of helping people, and theorized that his allegations may have stemmed from his characterization in the then-recent WWE 2K20 video game. “Your character meets the Velveteen Dream and the Velveteen Dream takes your character under his wing … I don’t find it to be a paradox that that’s kind of the same narrative that has been followed in these false accusations.”