His reps besides slammed New York Magazine, which Vulture is portion of, for publishing the allegations.

“Sadly, New York Magazine displayed nary specified judgment,” the connection said, "in its reckless headlong pursuit of publishing a salacious, attention-grabbing article, nary substance the truth."

“That’s beyond disappointing and is simply a profoundly troubling reflection connected New York Magazine’s ethics—and anyone tempted to republish Mr. Ebeling’s claims should beryllium alert of the risks progressive successful doing so,” it continued. “Brian is presently taking ineligible proposal arsenic helium considers his adjacent steps.”

E! News has reached retired to Koenig’s reps and reps for New York Magazine for remark and has not heard back. E! News besides reached retired to LAPD for the presumption of the lawsuit but has not received an update.

Ebeling—who had been dating Alvarez's champion person and existent English Teacher costar Stephanie Koenig—alleged that 1 intersexual brushwood occurred portion he and Alvarez were hanging retired astatine his flat in October 2015 and Ebeling felt "the insane pressure" to "hook up" with him. 

Ebeling, 36, alleged Alvarez had suggested they go physically intimate, telling him helium wanted to comparison genital sizes and odor him. Ebeling said that helium had told the comedian "no" aggregate times earlier helium allowed him to execute oral enactment connected him.  

"I thought this is what I needed to bash to support the peace, to support seeing Steph," helium told Vulture, "to enactment connected the show."

Ebeling aboriginal told constabulary helium "felt coerced into the enactment and that helium identifies his intersexual predisposition arsenic heterosexual," per the September 2024 constabulary report.

Ebeling said that acquisition later inspired the 3rd occurrence of Caleb Gallo, successful which Ebeling and Alvarez's characters hook up and subsequently archer Koenig's quality astir the encounter. It was portion filming a enactment country for the amusement successful January 2016 that Ebeling alleged helium was sexually assaulted by Alvarez, with him saying the Will & Grace alum went nether the broad connected acceptable and began performing oral sex.

"I americium assuming cipher connected acceptable knows what's going connected nether the comforter and I'm conscionable frozen," Ebeling said. "I didn't cognize what to do. I'm connected acceptable with my director, who is assaulting me. It was a horrible feeling."

Alvarez’s rep said Ebeling “consented verbally” up of time, prompting Ebeling to archer Vulture that Alvarez should "produce the evidence,” adding, “No mode successful hellhole would I person ever consented to that.”

Ebeling told E! News he’s ever maintained that the incidental connected acceptable was assault. 

Although Ebeling said he was devastated by the alleged assault, he tried to determination past it.

"My enactment connected Brian's worldly was the lone happening creatively I was doing," helium told Vulture. "I fto the fearfulness of losing my full web of radical win." 

Ebeling added to E! News that helium finds it "interesting" that Alvarez is “now consenting to code the communicative arsenic helium has truthful acold been unwilling to speech but done lawyers.”