Ben Masters Asks For Forgiveness After Hacking Angel Rivera’s Social Media And Remotely Locking His Phone
As reported earlier today, gay porn star Ben Masters hacked the social media accounts of his now ex-boyfriend Angel Rivera following Masters’ own dramatic (and seemingly endless) social media meltdown and hospitalization, stemming from Masters’ belief that Rivera was cheating on him with Helix co-star Joey Mills in Las Vegas. After the hacking (in which Masters, posing as Rivera, admitted to the so-called affair), Masters proceeded to delete Rivera’s Twitter and Instagram accounts, but as of late this afternoon, Rivera was able to regain control of his Twitter and had it reinstated. As of post time, Rivera’s Instagram account was still not online.
Rivera posted the below tweet to remind fans that he won’t be responding to what has happened over the last four days:
Ben Masters, meanwhile, has issued an apology for his “actions over the past week” that have “caused so much upset,” and he’s hoping that “we can all find a way to forgive and forget”:
Masters sounds sincere, and he’ll hopefully take the time off social media to reflect on what he’s done. And as it turns out, he did a lot more than just hack Rivera’s social media. Str8UpGayPorn learned earlier today that not only did Masters take control of Rivera’s Twitter and Instagram, Masters was also able to remotely take control of Rivera’s cellular phone from across the country. As one source with knowledge of the event explained, Masters used Rivera’s laptop computer (which was still at Masters’ apartment in New York City, while Rivera is currently in Las Vegas) to log into Rivera’s iCloud service, where Masters then locked the phone and blocked Rivera from being able to turn on the device, presumably by changing the phone’s password. The source also tells Str8UpGayPorn that Masters did give Rivera access to his device back this afternoon.
Joey Mills (who was not Str8UpGayPorn’s source on the event), mentioned what Masters did in a tweet posted tonight:
If you can believe it, there is actually even more to come on this story, as Helix’s Cameron Parks is teasing an interview with Angel Rivera that’ll be out tomorrow. See you then.
