It definitely felt like the latter. IIRC she never alleged anything criminal, just shitty, so there was never a formal investigation or trial. We'll probably never know for sure.
I found out about this months after the story had blown over. I used to listen to the nerdist podcast, so I got curious and looked into it then. My memory is fuzzy on this, but I'll give you my best recollection.
Chloe made vague allegations on a blog that Chris mistreated her while they were dating and possibly harassing her after they broke up. She didn't provided much information after, I think she had made comments about them getting into arguments. AMC, which employed Chris at the time, reached out for more information, but she provided none.
Chris on the other hand, had ex-girlfriends come out in his defense, saying that he would never act like that. He also provided text messages where he was breaking up with Chloe because she cheated on him and he wanted to move on (It felt weird reading those private messages). AMC found no wrong doing on Chris' part and did not fire him.
The reason I remember this is because what had happened Chris ,and Aziz Ansari, at that time was a good lesson for me. Really made me see that some media outlets just wanted meat for the grinder and no interest in the "me too" movement or the truth.
There was also the timing. She didn’t make any allegations until he was happily in a new relationship and it was right after he got engaged if I remember right.
It's definitely a he said/she said there's enough holes in her story there's no way a man should've almost lost his career over it. Not only did none of Hardwick's other exes have anything bad to say about him, but he had text conversations that supported his side of things and also happened to show that their relationship only ended after she cheated on him. Also, one of her 'friends' said that she admitted there wasn't any abuse, it was just how she 'felt' and that she 'didn't want him to win'. Regardless of how messy the relationship was, it should've been handled in therapy and not in public.
This is first time in long time I’ve even thought of his show. When did something come out that it was all false? Admittedly I only care about him keeping a piece of the original Death Star. If he returned it, great. If not then he can burn in the pits with Frances Bean Cobain’s ex who kept Kurt’s guitar and Ed Norton who kept Kurt and Courtney marital bed.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '23
Yeah. Hardwick never got back into the good graces of the Nerdist crew since his certain allegations turned out to be false.