Hi, this is Valerie’s friend and I’m writing this because I care about her and I’m tired of watching someone I know being lied about, stalked, and humiliated for years. This is not an internet drama. This is real, and real people are getting hurt.
This is a picture of Travis Horton and Jaclyn Thomas who is known as a Pokémon fan and goes to comic cons:
This is a serious and personal statement about what Travis Horton, also known as GreyJedi and GrandPokemonMaster, and his sister have done to Valerie. This has been years of harassment, lies, public humiliation, and emotional damage aimed at her. Valerie did nothing to deserve this. She was simply trying to live her life in peace, and somehow that became the reason she was stalked, lied about, and dragged through public embarrassment for years.
What Actually Happened Between Them
A lot of people who do not know the full story may think this was just a misunderstanding or a normal falling out between two people. It was not. Valerie was never the one chasing Travis. It was the other way around.
Travis was the one who got rejected after he kept begging her to be his girlfriend, refusing to respect her boundaries, and eventually going way too far by sending explicit photos and edited images to pressure and embarrass her. That is not flirting. That is harassment. Valerie was already in a relationship and had no interest in him. When she finally made it clear that the answer was no, he did not leave her alone. He treated it like an insult and started turning the story around so that she looked like the problem.
That is where the lies started, along with the fake accounts, the edited content, and the people he managed to turn against her. None of that came from Valerie. It came from the fact that Travis could not accept being rejected. She did not provoke any of this. She did not deserve any of it. She just wanted to move on with her life without being watched and punished for choosing someone else.
What also bothered me was how many people kept making excuses for Travis just because he is autistic. His autism does not excuse the way he has treated Valerie. It does not excuse the stalking, the lies, the manipulation, or the harassment. Being autistic is not a free pass to hurt people, and it should not be used to justify what he did.
What Valerie Went Through
Valerie was dragged into the middle of this while trying to make sense of what was happening around her. At first, she was given a version of events that made her look like the bad guy, but once she learned the truth, she realized how badly she had been lied to and manipulated. From what she has described, and from what others have seen, Travis and his sister repeatedly spread false information about her both online and in person.
They did not just disagree with her. They tried to completely reshape how people saw her, turning her into some kind of villain instead of a person who was just trying to enjoy conventions and live quietly. That made spaces that should have felt fun and safe become stressful and hostile for her.
There was also behavior directed at her that felt inappropriate and sexualized, and it made her feel unsafe. That kind of attention is not flattering. It makes a person feel watched, judged, and degraded, especially when it goes on again and again.
His sister publicly embarrassed her in front of fans and people she respected, including a voice actor she looked up to. After that incident, Valerie told me she went back to her hotel room and just sat there feeling scared, humiliated, and emotionally drained. She should have been able to enjoy the con without feeling like she needed to hide or protect herself from someone who wouldn’t let her go.
From what she’s explained and from what others have witnessed, it’s clear that Travis and his sister lied about her, manipulated people around her, and turned others against her without showing them the full truth.
Because of everything Valerie has seen and everything she’s been through, she’s completely lost trust in Travis Horton and his sister. She doesn’t see them as “misunderstood” or “going through a hard time.” She sees them as people who chose to lie, manipulate, harass, and sabotage someone’s life and happiness because Travis couldn’t handle being rejected.
How Travis Spreads Lies and Pulls Others In
Travis didn’t just target Valerie alone. He lies to people around her, twists events, and builds up a story that frames her as the “stalker” or the “problem” so others will side with him without seeing the full picture. That’s why friends, associates, and even strangers have ended up messaging her, confronting her, or turning against her because they were misled by what he told them.
Once the truth started coming out, a lot of people realized they’d been used as tools against someone who never did anything wrong. That’s not on Valerie. That’s on Travis for spreading lies and manipulating people around her.
What Elyse, Valerie’s Close Friend, Told Me
Elyse, a close friend of Valerie’s, also spoke up because she could not stay silent anymore. She asked to be named in this statement, while also asking that the names of voice actors not be included, and that request is being respected.
Elyse said she blocked Travis and his sister as soon as she created her account. She also said Travis admitted to getting his sister to spy on Valerie for him. According to Elyse, he even wanted his sister to walk up to Valerie and say, “don’t mess with family,” which is part of why she was so disgusted by the way people were being turned against Valerie on his behalf.
She explained that she responded to a video Travis posted of Valerie and claimed it was “for his safety,” but that was not true. She said her service dog was the one Hunter was barking at, and that Hunter was already barking before they even walked into the room. That made it clear Travis was not controlling the situation the way he claimed. She also said Travis later deleted their conversation, but she kept screenshots of his threats. From her perspective, he is obsessed with Valerie and has even creeped on other women, including her, in an attempt to make Valerie jealous.
She also shared old screenshots from when Travis was still using Twitter/X. In those messages, he called a voice actor “auntie” and treated her like a “new mom,” which already showed how strangely he was relating to people in fandom. She said he threatened suicide and later threatened to hurt Valerie after that same voice actor asked him not to call her “Ronnie.” Elyse told him to call 988, and he refused. That is part of what made her see those comments as threats rather than a real cry for help. She also shared other screenshots showing him blaming Valerie, making more threats, and sending his sister to spy on her at Collect-A-Con Dallas.
Here's her past screenshots when Travis still used Twitter/X. This is just crazy.
That is why Elyse’s words matter so much. They back up the same pattern from another angle. This is not just Valerie’s story. It is something multiple people have seen happening over and over again.
More Evidence Elyse Shared
Elyse also found more evidence showing how far this goes beyond normal fandom behavior and into obsession. She has screenshots of fake accounts, including one Twitter account that joined in March right after Valerie posted about it, with no followers and no real activity. It exists almost entirely to harass her.
She also has anonymous questions Travis sent her about relationships being about power and catfishing, which is exactly the kind of behavior he used against Valerie. She even has one message he sent Valerie directly, which makes it obvious it was him, since she never spoke to Valerie’s ex or his friends and they would not even know how to spell her name properly.
Elyse also has videos of Hunter misbehaving, plus a video of Travis at a convention without Hunter, which shows he does not actually need the dog there the way he claims. She also has clips of him calling voice actors things like “Uncle Jay” and “Uncle Bill,” which just adds to how deeply he blurs the line between fandom and real life.
Video Evidence
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nm9zOFIecMgyEenA785tJVv0NKw7MDEd/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_WtOQtENa1jvdwZx2DUNHQ9Aa6VZqJtq/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10djm7hNpSbMvprjnen9O0jTyhTbdCbI-/view?usp=drivesdk
She has made it clear that Travis does not handle his dog properly, does not follow basic service-dog rules, and uses Hunter as an excuse while still harassing people around him. Her evidence supports the same conclusion. This is not a misunderstanding. It is obsession, harassment, and manipulation. Travis….
Travis kept bothering her with another fake account:
Emotional Impact on Valerie
Valerie feels like she is being watched all the time, like every move she makes is being tracked and reported back to someone who has no right to be involved in her life. She is mentally exhausted from being targeted for years and worn down by fake accounts, lies, and edited content made about her.
She has been humiliated in public spaces she cared about, including conventions and fan spaces, and left feeling scared, hurt, and like she cannot even enjoy an event without carrying that weight. She is tired of being lied about, harassed, and blamed for saying no. More than anything, she is tired of being forced to carry pain that never should have been hers in the first place.
I reached out to Travis on Facebook to ask him about what he did, and he blocked me instead of facing it. That kind of reaction speaks for itself. When someone refuses to even have a conversation, it usually means they know they’re in the wrong.
Even after being called out, Travis is still using a fake TikTok account to harass Valerie and spread lies about her. His behavior shows a clear pattern of refusing to stop, and each new attempt only makes the situation more obvious.
Travis also appears to have photoshopped images of himself and Valerie together, despite Valerie clearly telling him to stop contacting her and to leave her alone. This is another example of his repeated creep behavior and ongoing harassment.
Concerns About Jaclyn Horton’s Conduct and Public Harassment
Jaclyn Horton’s behavior was not accidental, harmless, or justified. Based on what Valerie experienced and what was reported afterward, Jaclyn repeatedly used her position around conventions and voice actors to spread false or misleading claims, embarrass Valerie publicly, and intensify an already serious situation. That is manipulative behavior, and it had real consequences. It was not “helpful,” it was not “protective,” and it was not appropriate.
Instead of helping resolve the problem, Jaclyn made it worse by turning the situation into public pressure and humiliation in front of voice actors and fans. That kind of conduct is reckless and unacceptable, especially when the target is already dealing with harassment and stress. If the convention owners chose to trust Jaclyn and Travis without properly investigating what was happening, that was a failure of judgment, not proof that Valerie’s concerns were invalid.
The point is simple. Valerie was entitled to be taken seriously, not dismissed, minimized, or publicly undermined. Jaclyn’s actions contributed to that harm, and the failure to stop it allowed the situation to continue.
Travis Continues Harassing Valerie Through Fake Accounts
Travis is back at it, using fake accounts to harass Valerie and push false claims again. This is the same repeated behavior, and it’s obvious he is trying to keep the abuse going.
Nickname and Boundary Issues
According to Elyse, the nickname was originally something used for a voice actor, but the voice actor later made it clear that she did not want people calling her that. Despite that, Travis continued using the nickname, responded to a tweet with it, and bragged that he was the only one allowed to call her that. Elyse also said that Travis sent her a DM asking him not to use the nickname, and although he initially seemed to take it well, he later became angry and escalated the situation.
Elyse said the situation seemed to flip suddenly. At first, she was encouraging toward Travis because he made it seem like he was closer to the voice actor than he really was, and she did not realize he had followed her into a guest-only space until after he started making threats. Elyse said it was not that Travis thought the voice actor was literally the character. Instead, she said he acted like his mother “lived” in the voice actor, even saying that himself, which is why he behaved like that person was his “new mom.” She also said he made that same claim to her friend. Travis threatened to hurt Valerie and seemed to want revenge on her. She said this was the moment the situation became clearly dangerous and went beyond the nickname issue.
Making Another Account on TikTok
Travis created a TikTok account and then made it private, and it honestly feels upsetting because it looks like he is doing this again. He's just hiding, avoiding attention, and making it harder for people to see what he is doing. After all the hurt and stress Valerie has already gone through, this only makes it feel like he is still trying to stay out of reach instead of dealing with the consequences of his actions.
Elyse sent me TikTok links, and honestly, it just made me even more pissed off because Valerie’s personal photos and family were dragged into this whole situation online like they were something to play with. Even if the account wasn’t directly Travis’s, the reposting felt messy, invasive, and straight-up wrong. It felt like whoever was behind it was trying to keep the pressure on Valerie after everything that already happened, and that really bothered me because it crossed a line into her private life.
What made it worse is that this didn’t feel random at all. It felt personal. It felt like somebody was still trying to stir things up, embarrass her, and keep her from getting any peace. That’s why I’m bringing it up because it shows this didn’t just stay at the convention. It followed her online, and that is not something I can brush off.
https://www.tiktok.com/@spreadlove840/photo/7618841970290461966
https://www.tiktok.com/@spreadlove840/photo/7618855274220113166
https://www.tiktok.com/@spreadlove840/video/7618856746034990349
Continuing making fake TikTok accounts
It feels like Travis keeps making new TikTok accounts or using alternate accounts to keep tabs on Valerie and pull her back into drama. I can’t prove who owns every account, but the timing, posts, and constant focus on Valerie make it feel like the same situation keeps following her online. It’s exhausting because she deserves to be left alone instead of feeling like she has to keep watching for another account or another post about her.
What This Statement Is For
This statement is being put out publicly so:
- People who don’t know the full story can see how serious and repeated Travis’s behavior toward Valerie has been
- Event organizers and platforms can treat this as documentation of harassment, fake accounts, and threats
And 3. Anyone who still assumes this is “just drama” can decide for themselves what kind of person he really is.
This is Valerie’s truth, carried and supported by her friends. She didn’t deserve any of this, and it’s time it was seen for what it really is.
Statement of Truth and Final Words
To the best of my knowledge, everything in this document is true. I am not making up names, stories, or details. Valerie never asked for any of this. She never provoked it. She was just trying to live her life and protect her relationship, and someone refused to respect that. I am writing this so she is finally protected, this pattern stops being ignored, and Travis Horton and his sister are held accountable for the real harm they have caused. This is my final, serious, and emotional record of what happened. I am done pretending it is okay or excusable.