Dutchman at the centre of ‘pull a pig’ scandal speaks out

He says the story was 'invented'

The Dutchman at the centre of the “pull a pig” scandal has spoken out to say that the claims made by Sophie Stevenson are false.

Stevenson accused Jesse Mateman of luring her to Amsterdam and abandoning her as part of a game where men try and kiss or sleep with the “ugliest” woman they can find.

Her story went viral yesterday and provoked outrage across the world, with many people expressing disgust for 21-year-old Mateman’s alleged actions.

However, he now claims that the allegations are false and that Stevenson’s story was “invented”.

“That whole story is invented. It’s a witch hunt,” he told Dutch website Metro.

“I’m just broken here. After that piece on Geenstijl (a Dutch blog) my parents, my sister and I have been threatened.”

Despite many British publications’ claims otherwise, Mateman said: “No newspaper from England called me. The messages contained in those tabloids are either made by Sophie or by the newspapers, because I did not send them.”

24-year-old Stevenson had claimed that she and Mateman had met in Barcelona in August and had a “proper romance.”

She went on to say that she’d spent £350 on flights to Amsterdam to visit Mateman, but he left her abandoned at the airport.

Stevenson claims that it wasn’t until six hours later that she found out via message that she’d been a victim of a “pull a pig” prank.

According to her story, Mateman messaged her saying: “You were pigged. It was all a joke.”

“Pull a pig” is an incredibly cruel game that most people struggle to believe even exists.

It involves a group of men going out and trying to sleep with the woman they consider to be the least attractive - whoever ends up with the “ugliest” girl is the “winner.”

Mateman said that while he did know Stevenson, there was no holiday romance. He also says he doubts whether she ever arrived at the airport in Amsterdam.

Yesterday, Stevenson’s father Andrew spoke out against Mateman, calling him a “b******” and saying he wanted to go to Amsterdam to confront him.

“As soon as I heard I wanted to go over there and find him,” he told The Sun.

“It would be awful for it to happen to anybody, but for it to happen to my daughter is disgusting. It’s awful to think of.

“She is a beautiful, confident, gorgeous girl and how dare that b****** do anything like this.”