An Instagram mannequin claims she had an affair with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and that after that they had stopped talking, he wrote to ask if he might identify his child after her.
Sumner Stroh, who has slightly below 350,000 Instagram followers, made the allegations in a TikTok video posted Monday. She claims she noticed the married singer for a couple of 12 months however didn’t make clear when. Levine’s spouse is Victoria’s Secret mannequin Behati Prinsloo.
“I used to be having an affair with a person who’s married to a Victoria’s Secret mannequin. On the time, I used to be younger, I used to be naive, and, I imply, fairly frankly, I really feel exploited,” Stroh mentioned within the video.
Levine has been married to Prinsloo since 2014. The couple introduced this month that they’re anticipating their third baby. They’ve two daughters, who’re 4 and 5.
In her TikTok video, Stroh shared a screenshot of an Instagram DM that Levine had allegedly despatched her “after I ended speaking to him over a interval of months.” The message reads: “Okay severe query. I’m having one other child and if it’s [a] boy I actually wanna identify it Sumner. You happy with that? DEAD severe.”
She additionally confirmed screenshots of flirty Instagram DM exchanges with what gave the impression to be Levine’s account.
Stroh claimed she had by no means deliberate to share the story publicly however got here ahead as a result of she’d despatched the screenshot to some pals and certainly one of them was trying to promote the story to a tabloid.
She defended herself for taking part within the affair by claiming “my morals have been unknowingly compromised” and “I used to be fully manipulated.”
“Embarrassed I used to be concerned w a person with this utter lack of regret and respect,” she captioned her video.
A consultant for Levine didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Stroh’s video was seen 7.5 million occasions within the 10 hours after she posted it. She later posted a second video responding to critics and saying that she wasn’t attempting to play the sufferer.
“By no means was I attempting to realize sympathy,” she mentioned. “And I absolutely understand I’m not the sufferer of this. I’m not the one who’s actually getting damage right here. It’s Behati and her kids, and for that, I’m so so sorry.”
Stroh additionally clarified what she meant when she claimed she was manipulated.
“Crucial half that I did positively gloss over is the truth that I used to be beneath the impression that their marriage was over. I believed that they have been maintaining it quiet to keep away from the adverse press as a result of, as I had mentioned, I used to be new to LA, so I simply assumed that with celebrities of that caliber, that that’s simply the way it was,” she mentioned.
“And that’s why I really feel exploited, as a result of he knew I believed every part that he mentioned due to my weak place of being new to LA,” she mentioned. “Additionally, he was DMing me straight from his verified Instagram account. I didn’t have any purpose to additional query it. However I now understand that that was probably a manipulation tactic of his, you realize, simply hiding in plain sight.”