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3 | Curtis Lepore (born June 28, 1983) is an American actor, musician and Internet personality best known for his comedic skits on Platform/{{Vine}}, where he had 7.5 million followers as of February 2014. |
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5 | Before he grew popular on Vine, Lepore was the frontman of the straight edge hardcore band [=GhostXShip=] from 2009 to 2012. After this time, he left the band and helped provide lead vocals for another hardcore band named No Zodiac. |
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7 | Lepore's Vine account grew a large following due to many of his videos featuring collaborations between other Vine stars including Creator/LelePons. He also frequently featured his Boston Terrier, Buster Beans, whom he adopted in 2010. As of March 2015, Buster had over a million of his own followers on a separate Vine account. He later died in 2016. |
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9 | In 2013, Lepore was accused of raping his then-girlfriend Jessi Vazquez, known online as Jessi Smiles, when she was recovering from a concussion. Charges were filed in 2014. After taking a plea deal, the rape charges were dropped and Lepore pleaded guilty to felony assault. The following year, these charges were reduced to a misdemeanor. |
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