Below Deck Down Under’s Laura Defends Luke From Predator Claims

Below Deck Laura Bileskalne Luke Jones Isn't Wrong Because Margot Sisson Kissed Him

Laura Bileskalne, Luke Jones, and Margot Sisson.
Courtesy of Laura Bileskalne/Instagram; Bravo (2)

Laura Bileskalne made it clear that she stays on Luke Jones‘ aspect after his departure from season 2 of Beneath Deck Down Beneath.

“I don’t take s—t from who[ever] has not really watched it. Don’t make up a preditor [sic] from somebody who gave a HUG to a woman who willingly kissed 25 min in the past. [Get] over your self and your bs,” Laura wrote through her Instagram Story on Sunday, August 13.

The previous stew included screenshots from the current episode of Beneath Deck Down Beneath the place Luke requested Margot Sisson if she was feeling a “9 out of 10” whereas she was handed out after a crew evening out. Luke’s dialog with a virtually asleep Margot happened as manufacturing demanded he depart her room after he acquired into the mattress bare.

In the course of the back-to-back episodes, which aired on August 7, Luke was fired by Captain Jason the following morning. Laura, for her half, acquired dismissed after she claimed Margot was responsible for Luke’s departure. Laura’s undesirable advances at deckhand Adam Kodra had been introduced as much as Jason as effectively, which he mentioned contributed to her exit.

Amid the backlash, Laura initially issued an apology to her former costars.

“My honest apologies to Adam, I didn’t notice I made him really feel uncomfortable and nobody must be put in that place,” she wrote through Instagram on Tuesday, August 8. “And to Margot to not been [sic] in a position to empathize. I used to be 29 when the present was filmed, 30 was my life-changer. I’m 31 now and I’m watching it as all of you, an leisure present.”

Laura has since modified her tune after blaming Bravo for the way they portrayed the state of affairs.

“I’ll keep loyal to myself and my buddy @lukebonesjones. I by no means do or ever will arise for what’s mistaken. And you cannot bent [sic] me. I’m a hustler and you don’t have anything on me,” she continued on Sunday. “#Hatersgonnahate. And that’s on you.”

Luke, nonetheless, has largely remained tight-lipped about his controversial look on Beneath Deck Down Beneath. He has been sharing movies from the health club and of assorted adventures along with his girlfriend. Days earlier than viewers noticed the consent scandal play out, Luke seemingly addressed his time on actuality TV.

“It doesn’t Matter what they consider you since you don’t Care. All the things we Hear is an Opinion, Not a Reality. All the things we see is a Perspective. Not the Reality. Take Possession and transfer ahead,” he wrote in an Instagram publish from Sunday, August 6, that has since been deleted.

In the meantime, Margot has used her platform to publicly thank Aesha Scott for her assist in the course of the incident. (The chief stew introduced Luke’s conduct to Jason’s consideration and later instructed the captain about Laura’s questionable feedback.)

“The way in which she acknowledged the vulnerability of the state of affairs I used to be in and her brave intervention on my behalf was each heroic and so admirable,” Margot wrote through Instagram on Tuesday. “I thank the universe for her on daily basis, in addition to the producers who shortly stepped in. Aesha, you may have a coronary heart of gold, I look as much as you, and I’ll perpetually be grateful.”

Jason has additionally addressed the robust response to the episodes when he requested viewers to have extra empathy.

“I’m positive you’re digesting episode six and 7 as I’m. I’ve had a flood of messages during the last 24 hours from folks in related conditions, some not so fortunate of the end result, so my coronary heart goes out to them,” he mentioned in an Instagram clip on Wednesday, August 9. “I’d prefer to thank the manufacturing staff for breaking the fourth wall, and stepping in. Then reforming and permitting Aesha to return to me in an genuine method and us coping with it as we’d as captain and crew. … Look this occurred over a yr in the past and once more I’ll stress the folks concerned are all, hopefully, on a greater journey to raised themselves.”

When you or somebody you realize has been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).