<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11649969" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hunter-echo">Hunter Echo</keyword> is a <keyword id="6762469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TikTok">TikTok</keyword> star who suggested in a livestream he had "groomed" <keyword id="3951053" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="millie-bobby-brown">Millie Bobby Brown</keyword>.</li><li>While his social media accounts are currently unavailable, he had 1.6 million followers on TikTok.</li><li>Much of his content appeared to consist of lip-sync and point-of-view videos about relationships.</li></ul><p>Hunter Echo, a TikToker whose social media profiles have disappeared from the internet over the course of the past week, came into prominence after suggesting in a livestream that he had "groomed" teenage actress <a href="https://www.insider.com/millie-bobby-brown-and-hunter-echo-ecimovic-controversy-explained-2021-7">Millie Bobby Brown in a purported relationship</a>. </p><p>Hunter, whose real last name is Ecimovic, is a social media personality who had approximately 1.6 million followers on TikTok before his account under the handle @hunter_echoo became unavailable. </p><p>While Ecimovic was known for point-of-view skits on TikTok, he's now best known for his rumored relationship with Brown.</p><h2>Hunter Echo is a social media influencer</h2><p>Ecimovic is a 21-year-old social media influencer who, prior to TikTok account deletion, had approximately 1.6 million followers, Insider previously reported. <a href="https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/hunter-ecimovic.html">According to celebrity and influencer index website Famous Birthdays</a>, he launched his TikTok account in October 2019, and also had approximately 130,000 followers on his Instagram account.</p><p>Compilations of his TikTok videos mostly feature lip-sync and point-of-view videos that typically deal with relationship or dating scenarios. <a href="https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/hunter-ecimovic.html">Famous Birthdays reported</a> that he had amassed over 33 million likes on his account.</p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aemzGd-sBnM" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Multiple sites including <a href="https://meaww.com/millie-bobby-brown-hunter-echo-tik-toker-la-dating-sex-fans-angered-liar-dishonest-542594">Meaww</a>, <a href="https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/07/14/hunter-echo/">HITC</a>, and <a href="https://www.thefocus.news/culture/hunter-echo-age/">The Focus</a> have reported that Ecimovic is also a model who had worked with American Eagle in the past, citing a currently unavailable highlight on his Instagram profile. American Eagle did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment to confirm whether or not Ecimovic had worked with the company in the past. </p><h2>Ecimovic suggested that he "groomed" Brown in an Instagram livestream</h2><p>Ecimovic appeared to speak about his rumored relationship with Millie Bobby Brown in a livestream after photos leaked on social media that showed the two embracing and kissing, <a href="https://www.insider.com/millie-bobby-brown-and-hunter-echo-ecimovic-controversy-explained-2021-7">Insider previously reported</a>. The livestream itself is no longer available on Instgram, where Ecimovic originally broadcast, but was <a href="https://youtu.be/pnlfcbnsT_w">re-uploaded on other social media platforms by viewers.</a></p><p>During the stream, Ecimovic said that he "groomed her," apparently referencing Brown without explicitly naming her and using a term that typically describes situations in which an adult builts trust with a child in order to manipulate and sexually abuse them. Ecimovic also alluded to performing sexual acts with Brown, who was 16 at the time in question, claimed that he had lived in her house for eight months, and said that he thought that "her mum and dad knew about everything."</p><p>In a currently unavailable TikTok video, Ecimovic issued an apology for the livestream, saying that he shouldn't have done it and was becoming more intoxicated over its course. In the comments of the video, <a href="https://www.insider.com/millie-bobby-brown-and-hunter-echo-ecimovic-controversy-explained-2021-7">Insider reported</a>, he said "I never groomed her. I never put pressure on her to like me?" contrasting the claim he made during the livestream itself. </p><p>Brown's representatives denied Ecimovic's claims to TMZ, saying that his remarks are "not only dishonest, but also are irresponsible, offensive and hateful." Representatives also said that they were taking action "to ensure that he stops this behavior once and for all."</p><p>Ecimovic did not immediately respond to Insider's original request for comment. </p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/culture"><strong>To read more stories like this, check out Insider's digital culture coverage here.</strong></a></p>

Meet Hunter Echo, the TikToker who suggested that he 'groomed' actress Millie Bobby Brown

<ul class="summary-list"><li>TikToker <keyword id="11649968" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hunter-ecimovic">Hunter Ecimovic</keyword> seemingly addressed relationship rumors about him and <keyword id="3951053" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="millie-bobby-brown">Millie Bobby Brown</keyword>.</li><li>In response to his comments, which came during a livestream, many accused him of <keyword id="6521765" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="grooming">grooming</keyword> Brown.</li><li>Ecimovic apologized on TikTok for the stream. Brown's team said it planned to "take action."</li></ul><p>Millie Bobby Brown's team told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/13/millie-bobby-brown-relationship-tiktok-hunter-echo-dishonest/">TMZ</a> it was "taking action" against the TikToker Hunter "Echo" Ecimovic, who appeared to allude on Monday to rumors of a relationship between him and the "<keyword id="3210592" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Stranger-Things">Stranger Things</keyword>" star in a controversial Instagram livestream.</p><h2><strong>How the Millie Bobby Brown and Hunter 'Echo' Ecimovic controversy got started</strong></h2><p>Ecimovic's broadcast came after <a href="https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1415042710348697600/photo/1">pictures leaked</a> across social media showing Brown and Ecimovic embracing and kissing, which led to rumors that the two had dated. Ecimovic, who has over 1.6 million TikTok followers under the handle @hunter_echoo and is known for making comedy skits, appeared to address the rumors Monday in the now viral Instagram livestream. </p><p>While the livestream is no longer available to watch, many viewers screen-recorded the event and shared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnlfcbnsT_w">parts of it</a> on social-media platforms.</p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pnlfcbnsT_w" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>In the livestream, Ecimovic, 21, said he "groomed her," appearing to allude to rumors that he had a relationship with Brown, who was 16 years old at the time in question, without mentioning the British actress' name. "Grooming" is a term often used to describe situations in which adults build a trusting relationship with a child so they can manipulate and sexually abuse them.</p><p>In California, where <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-echos-millie-bobby-brown-remarks-spark-outrage-1609124">Newsweek reported</a> Ecimovic resides, the age of consent is 18.</p><p>During the stream, Ecimovic also made a series of comments alluding to sexual acts he said he performed with the girl. He added that he lived in her house for eight months and that "her mum and dad knew about everything." He also said that everything he "did was completely legal" and that he "will never apologize."</p><p>He appeared to become more hostile toward his viewers over the course of the livestream as he began to notice antagonistic remarks from people in the comment section.</p><p>After the livestream, many condemned Ecimovic for his comments on social media. </p><p>Since the livestream, Ecimovic has disabled his Instagram account.</p><h2><strong>Ecimovic apologizes for the livestream in a 2-minute TikTok</strong></h2><p>In response to the outcry from detractors, Ecimovic apologized on Tuesday for the livestream in a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@hunter_echoo/video/6984627777177832710?lang=en&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1ebapp=v1"> two-minute video</a> on TikTok. </p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@hunter_echoo/video/6984627777177832710" data-video-id="6984627777177832710" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@hunter_echoo" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@hunter_echoo">@hunter_echoo</a>  <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Hunter_Ech0" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6984627578539657989">♬ original sound - Hunter_Ech0</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>The livestream "should have never happened in the first place," Ecimovic said, adding: "I was probably livestreaming for about two to three hours, and in those two to three hours, I was getting more and more drunk."</p><p>He said he got irritated because viewers who "don't know about anything" were attacking him in the comment section.</p><p>"I said stuff that should have never been said," he added. "I'm not proud at all of how I spoke."</p><p>He also said people were "trying to make it 10 times worse" by making clips of certain parts of the livestream for social media.</p><p>"There are already stories that are completely not correct or never said," he said. "It's all being fabricated."</p><p>In the video replies, the TikToker backpedaled on his statement about grooming.</p><p>"I never groomed her. I never put pressure on her to like me?" he said in a comment, which he pinned to the top of the page. </p><p>Critics flooded the comment section with messages mocking Ecimovic for being "another man who blames his actions on alcohol."</p><p>Ecimovic did not respond to a request for comment.</p><h2><strong>Brown's team denies Ecimovic's claims and plans to take action</strong></h2><p>About the same time on Tuesday, Brown's team told TMZ that Ecimovic's remarks "are not only dishonest, but also are irresponsible, offensive and hateful." The representatives also told the publication they planned to take "action to ensure that he stops this behavior once and for all."</p><p>The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment about whether there were any active investigations or cases against Ecimovic.</p><p>Brown, who recently was pictured <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/07/12/millie-bobby-brown-and-boyfriend-jake-bongiovi-cozy-up/">holding hands</a> with the musician Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old son, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/07/12/millie-bobby-brown-and-boyfriend-jake-bongiovi-cozy-up/">Jake Bongiovi</a>, has not spoken out about the incident.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPrEPfaLeqI" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by @jakebongiovi<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Brown's representatives did not respond to a request for comment.</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/culture"><strong>To read more stories like this, check out Insider's digital-culture coverage here</strong></a>.</p>

Millie Bobby Brown's team is pushing back after TikToker Hunter Echo suggested that he 'groomed' her in a rumored relationship

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Millie Bobby Brown spoke with Allure about the "unhealthy situation" she had with a TikToker.</li><li>Brown, now 18 years old and happily dating a new guy, said the TikToker Hunter Echo was a "blip."</li></ul><p>Millie Bobby Brown opened up about the "blip" of a situation she experienced at <a href="https://www.insider.com/millie-bobby-brown-and-hunter-echo-ecimovic-controversy-explained-2021-7">16 years old with a 21-year-old TikToker known as Hunter Echo</a>.</p><p>The actor, now 18 years old and happily dating Jake Bongiovi (who's one of the rock star Jon Bon Jovi's sons), <a href="https://www.allure.com/story/millie-bobby-brown-cover-interview-september-2022">spoke with Allure</a> for the magazine's September cover story and reflected on the incident.</p><p>"It was a year of healing," Brown told Allure. "When you get publicly humiliated this way, I felt so out of control and powerless. Walking away and knowing that I'm worth everything and this person didn't take anything from me, it felt very empowering."</p><p>As <a href="https://www.insider.com/millie-bobby-brown-and-hunter-echo-ecimovic-controversy-explained-2021-7">Insider reported in July 2021</a>, the TikToker, whose real name is Hunter Ecimovic, went on Instagram Live and said he had "groomed" the younger star and alluded to sexual acts. Now, speaking with Allure, Brown described the experience as an "unhealthy situation" in 2020 and said she walked away in early 2021 — then "Stranger Things" season four began filming.</p><div type="image" title="A young girl and 30-year-old man talking in the hallway." height="1393" width="1858" msid="93489104" hostid="261"></div><p>"I felt very vulnerable," Brown said. "Also, no one on the set knew I was going through this. So it was kind of nice to be able to just deal with that myself and no one else knew. Then it was harder when the whole world knew."</p><p>Allure said Brown channeled the experience into her performance in "Stranger Things." In the fourth season, the most recent, her character, Eleven, has to fight against her abusive father figure, Dr. Martin Brenner, and physically battle <a href="https://www.insider.com/stranger-things-timeline-henry-creel-001-eleven-upside-down">a new villain named Henry Creel (aka Vecna or One)</a>.</p><p>The young actor said her ultimate career goal was to help other young people understand that she goes through tough situations.</p><p>"I'm not this perfect person that is selling skin-care products and in 'Stranger Things,'" she said. "I absolutely have made wrong decisions."</p><p>The fourth season of "Stranger Things" is on Netflix, <a href="https://www.insider.com/stranger-things-season-5-details-premiere-duffer-brothers-2022-7">with a fifth and final season in the works by the Duffer Brothers</a>, the show's cocreators.</p>

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Meet Hunter Echo, the TikToker who suggested that he 'groomed' actress Millie Bobby Brown

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