‘Buffy’ star Nicholas Brendon allegedly ‘groomed’ teenager years before his death

Nicholas Brendon allegedly “groomed” a teen years earlier his death astatine 54.

In an exclusive question and reply pinch Page Six, nan now-30-year-old female — whom we will mention to arsenic Jane Doe 1 — elaborate for nan first clip her alleged acquisition pinch nan “Buffy nan Vampire Slayer” prima pursuing his March 20 death.

“When I heard nan news that he died, I cried retired of axenic relief,” Doe 1 — who is among nan almost 9,000 members of a Nicholas Brendon Awareness Facebook group, wherever alleged victims stock their stories and speech resources — told us.

Doe 1, who presently resides successful Virginia but antecedently lived successful South Carolina, said she met Brendon astatine Awesome Con successful Washington, DC, successful April 2013 erstwhile she was 17.

“I person ever wanted to beryllium an character increasing up,” she explained. “So immoderate clip I went to a [fan] convention, I saw it arsenic a clip to thief marketplace myself a small spot and beryllium astir group I saw arsenic peers.”

According to Doe 1, Brendon — who was 42 astatine nan clip — gave her “the biggest hug” she had ever experienced.

“I was like, ‘Hey, I’m an actor. Can I springiness you my number? Like, tin you thief maine out?'” she recalled telling him.

“He seemed each for it, and I was like, ‘Awesome!’ So we started texting, and it sewage flirty,” she alleged arsenic she thought to herself, “I’m 17, talking to f–king Xander from ‘Buffy.’ Wow.”

Doe 1 was admittedly “smitten arsenic s–t.”

“I retrieve he was astatine this skis aliases snowboarding resort, and it was cold, and he was talking astir flying maine location truthful we could cuddle and support lukewarm together,” Doe 1 claimed, noting that Brendon “didn’t commencement disconnected asking for nudes correct away” but yet allegedly did.

“I was like, ‘Bro, I’m 17.’ I was stupid capable to beryllium like, ‘I don’t want you to get successful problem for having nudes of a 17-year-old connected your phone.’ And he goes, ‘It’s OK, you’re nan property of consent. Just nonstop maine nan nudes.’ He really looked up nan property of consent [in South Carolina].”

Describing herself arsenic “an creator astatine heart,” Doe 1 told america she “tried to return tasteful nudes” by “covering up nan goodies pinch a scarf.”

“So I was sending them and sending him those, and he goes, ‘That’s not enough. I want to spot each of you,'” she alleged. “And I was like, ‘I’m not comfortable pinch that.’ And he goes, ‘I’m famous. I’m giving you attention. You should beryllium doing what I inquire you to do.'”

Doe 1 claimed she “tried to appease him a mates much times” earlier nan character “ghosted” her little than six months aft meeting.

“I was perfectly f–king devastated,” she confessed arsenic she began to cry, adding, “I thought I was going to beryllium capable to day this man and that he was going to thief me.”

Doe 1 said nan alleged acquisition affected her romanticist relationships down nan statement and that she recovered herself giving men immoderate they wanted because she “didn’t want to beryllium rejected nan measurement [Brendon] rejected [her].”

As a assemblage student, her position connected nan business was that Brendon was “just different d–khead feline who tried to return advantage of [her].”

But successful September 2024, Doe 1 came crossed a TikTok posted by Brendon’s ex-girlfriend Sarah Allison, who besides served arsenic a profession adjunct during their clip together.

Following nan extremity of their individual and moving relationship, Allison became an advocator for home unit survivors via her “Slay nan Silence” account. (She has many times accused Brendon of addiction-fueled maltreatment toward her and others. Though he ne'er addressed her claims, he did have aggregate run-ins pinch nan law, including abstracted instances involving home unit and drug-related charges.)

“That’s what sewage maine backmost into therapy,” Doe 1 told america of watching Allison’s video, noting that she soon came to understand that Brendon was not conscionable a feline who had surgery her heart.

“I really reflected and realized, ‘Oh, I was really groomed. This was worse than I had thought it was,'” she recalled. (By definition, grooming occurs erstwhile a personification methodically builds a trusting narration pinch a child, young personification aliases big who whitethorn beryllium vulnerable successful bid to manipulate, coerce aliases unit them to prosecute successful intersexual activities. It tin return spot online aliases successful person, and it tin hap complete a short aliases agelong play of clip — from days to years.)

Doe 1 said she soon connected pinch Allison, who invited her to subordinate nan Facebook support group.

“It made maine consciousness not alone. It made maine consciousness amended that I was — this sounds s–tty, but this was not thing I wanted to beryllium typical in,” Doe 1 told us, lamenting that she “couldn’t person spoken retired immoderate sooner” because it took her truthful agelong to “process” what had allegedly happened to her.

“I consciousness sad I couldn’t person done more. I consciousness bad for everybody. I effort not to do nan trauma comparison because trauma isn’t a competition, but I consciousness bad for group who had it worse than me. As my friend pointed out, convey God he ne'er really sewage his hands connected maine because what would that person looked like?”

Doe 1 went on, “Part of nan different logic why I’m truthful happy he is dormant is because I was proceeding [rumors] that he was bouncing betwixt Virginia and California, and I unrecorded successful Virginia. So I was surviving successful this changeless fearfulness of, ‘Holy s–t, americium I ever gonna tally into him?'”

Though Doe 1 “felt a small bad celebrating” Brendon’s death, she explained that she’s “tired of bad group getting put connected a pedestal conscionable because they hap to do thing that we virtually each do.

“Yeah, we each die. It’s not special. It is not a typical occurrence. So why does he merit accolades and grace now that he’s dead? He’s not typical conscionable because he died.”

Page Six said pinch different personnel of nan Nicholas Brendon Awareness group, who besides allegedly had nonstop dealings pinch nan TV personality.

Jane Doe 2, a mediate schoolhouse coach successful Kansas, told america she befriended Allison during nan latter’s narration pinch Brendon. Though nan alleged maltreatment successful their narration “was good underway” by that point, Doe 2 insisted she did not study astir it until later.

During nan COVID-19 pandemic erstwhile group were forced to quarantine, Doe 2 said she invited Brendon to participate arsenic a impermanent connected her read-aloud YouTube series.

“He was a train wreck. He could hardly read,” Doe 2 claimed, theorizing that Brendon — who went to rehab aggregate times during his life — was apt drunk aliases high.

“He was truthful awkward and moreover made a rape joke during nan live!” she alleged. “This was thing that I did done my schoolhouse territory relationship and was, like, promoting it, you cognize what I mean? I was conscionable horrified.”

Doe 2 added that erstwhile she asked Brendon to motion her “Buffy” committee game, he allegedly replied, “I’ve sewage soiled thoughts moving done my caput correct now.”

He past grabbed a Sharpie, circled Angelus’ Mansion — a “Buffy” show reference — and allegedly wrote, “Only spell present if you for illustration f–king children.” She provided Page Six pinch a image of nan signed game.

“I person ne'er heard of aliases seen immoderate different personage giving entree nan measurement he did to fans,” Doe 2 told us, slamming Brendon’s “desperation” to make a fewer bucks while keeping his ego stroked.

She besides emphasized that he portrayed a beloved characteristic connected a celebrated series, which she believes makes his alleged actions arsenic a existent personification that overmuch harder for fans accept.

She opined, “I deliberation group were and are fiercely protective of him because he was ever benignant of for illustration this saccharine surgery puppy that you conscionable wanted to thief and save.”

Reps for Brendon did not instantly respond to Page Six’s requests for remark connected Jane Doe 1 and 2’s allegations.

When his family announced his death, they described him arsenic “a man who lived pinch intensity, imagination and heart.”

They besides referenced “those who genuinely knew him” while acknowledging that his “struggles” were “no secret.”

While nan family insisted that Brendon “passed successful his slumber of earthy causes,” a origin of decease has yet to beryllium released by nan Indiana coroner handling nan case.

If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone nan National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-4673.