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In October 2017, Adevărul reported that a number of women accused group founder Călin "Rimaru" Ionescu of sexually assaulting, harassing or threatening them during his time as a copywriter at Centrade Cheil, an advertising agency in Bucharest.[7]  

Although some of the cited stories had taken place as far back as 2014, some of the victims stated their complaints were met with indifference. A number of quoted stories featured screenshots of Facebook conversations during which Ionescu had been explicitly verbally abusive and had threatened victims with physical violence for refusing his sexual advances, while others recounted a number of instances during which they had been sexually or physically assaulted by him, for similar reasons.[8] 

Centrade Cheil CEO Radu Florescu claimed during an interview that the human resources department had only received one complaint in 2014 regarding Ionescu's behavior and that he had been reprimanded accordingly. The company claims to have been unaware of any other incidents.[9] 

In a later press release, Ionescu did not dispute the veracity of the claims, but defended his behavior by claiming the victims' failure to take legal action implied they had not felt threatened by him, while suggesting that the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations had provided them with a platform for personal advertising.[10] Following additional allegations, Ionescu was subsequently fired from his position at Centrade Cheil.[11]

Ionescu later admitted to the authenticity of all the Facebook conversations released by victims during an interview, and apologized for his actions, while continuing to claim his threats should not have been taken seriously.[12][13]