A Gold Coast father’s video of the moment he appeared to catch his partner in bed with his 19-year-old son has gone viral – and prompted the 38-year-old woman and the teen to speak out in their defence.
Builder Levi Hilton burst into Jessica Te Huia’s bedroom at about 4am on June 1 to find her sleeping alongside Lorenzo Hilton, his son from a previous relationship.
Hilton first shared the video publicly with his 6,000 Instagram followers on Monday morning – but it has since exploded online, racking up thousands more views as Queenslanders become hooked on what feels like a real-life soap opera.
In the clip, Hilton storms into a bedroom and captures footage of himself peeling back the covers to show both Te Huia and Lorenzo in their underwear.
‘Why are you in her bed?’ he asks Lorenzo, before turning the camera toward Te Huia.
‘I knew you were a f***ing liar,’ he says menacingly to Te Huia, whose eyes were still closed.
‘I’m not doing anything, bro,’ she responds, and demands Hilton get out of her house.
‘Are you having sex with my son? Are you?’ he fumes. ‘Why is my son in your bed?’
Queensland builder Levi Hilton posted a viral video to Instagram claiming his partner Jessica Te Huia (pictured) had sex with his teenage son, Lorenzo. Te Huia has since confirmed her relationship with Lorenzo, but insists it began after she had split from Levi
Lorenzo Hilton, 19, covered his face as his father fumed in the publicly posted video
Levi Hilton (above) posted videos and screenshots about finding Te Huia in bed with Lorenzo
‘My 19-year-old boy… here’s proof. Proof’s in the pudding. You’re in undies with my son.’
She replies, ‘I’m always in undies, bro… I haven’t even done anything, Levi.’
All three parties involved in the scandalous video have since spoken to the Daily Mail.
Te Huia has defended the series of events that resulted in her being splashed across the internet, sparking cruel copycat videos and nasty comments.
Far from a betrayal, she said her relationship with Hilton was long in the past and that she is now in a happy, secure relationship with his son, Lorenzo.
Indeed, she said they had been brought together after Lorenzo supported her through an unhappy relationship with his father.
‘There was never a relationship while me and Levi were together – we never thought that was possible,’ she said.
‘Levi and I hadn’t been together for two months. Lorenzo and I, yes, we have created a relationship [since the split].’
Te Huia has deleted her Instagram, which had boasted about 3,000 followers
Te Huia and Lorenzo have confirmed they are now a couple
Hilton shared a string of screenshots of his conversations with Te Huia
Te Huia told the Mail there was another side to her relationship with Hilton that people on social media don’t know about, and urged them not to rush to conclusions.
This publication notes that Hilton’s court record includes a string of appearances without details, though we make no suggestion of wrongdoing.
Te Huia said she had been forced to delete her Instagram after trolls contacted her and her family, falsely suggesting a criminal element to her new relationship.
At 19, Lorenzo is a legal adult.
Te Huia said that she and Hilton had split up two months ago after nine months together, and that her relationship with Lorenzo turned romantic three weeks ago.
She went on to explain that Hilton captured the viral video footage after breaking into her home and unlocking the bedroom door with a butter knife.
In an extraordinary admission to the Daily Mail, Hilton confirmed that this was true – and also said that he was subject to a protection order made on Te Huia’s behalf that remains before the courts.
According to public records, the home is solely in Te Huia’s name – but Hilton insisted that he lived there.
Lorenzo also contacted the Mail to say he ‘always hated the way’ his father treated Te Huia and that he had witnessed his dad’s turbulent relationships ‘time after time’.
While he said his father ‘put himself first’, he insisted that, by contrast, ‘I always took good care of my family’.
Te Huia wanted to share her side of the story with the Daily Mail after footage of her in bed with Lorenzo was widely shared without Queenslanders knowing the full context
A photo of the former couple shared to Te Huia’s Facebook in February
Lorenzo confirmed he had sent this message, which was shared by his father on Instagram
Te Huia added that the viral content was ‘a completely inaccurate misinterpretation of events’.
‘His son has been sticking up for me and is more of a man than he ever will be,’ she said.
After copping abuse over the age difference between herself and Lorenzo, Te Huia said: ‘He is 19 years old. He is a man. I would never in my life look at a 19-year-old and be attracted to a 19-year-old. However, we found comfort in one another.’
She said people had contacted her children ‘from far and wide’ to accuse their mother of being a ‘s**t’.
‘I will put my hand up and say, given the fact that [I’m in a relationship with Lorenzo] and [he is] Levi’s son, I get the perception and I will own that. I will say 100 per cent that I get from an outsider’s perspective that I know how this looks,’ she added.
‘But Lorenzo has done nothing but be in my corner and defend me.’
Te Huia alleged several instances of Hilton being ‘horrible’ to her which the Mail cannot publish for legal reasons because the matter is before the courts.
‘The way this man is portraying me [on social media] is defamation of character,’ she said.
Te Huia defended her relationship with Lorenzo, who at 19 is an adult
‘Everybody has the completely wrong misinterpretation [sic] of what this is. And it is so horrible that I am getting marked out to be a paedophile or a rapist.
‘One, he’s 19. And [two] you don’t rape someone [who] is in love with you.
‘And we have actually a really beautiful, healthy relationship, and it’s only because of his father.’
After posting the video, Hilton then shared screenshots of texts between himself and Te Huia, in which she initially denied a sexual relationship with the teenager.
‘No, I haven’t [had sex with him]. Ask him,’ she said.
She said, ‘We are up laughing and think it’s hilarious.’
‘I’d much prefer to have him in my space than you any day of the week,’ she added.
In another text exchange screenshotted and posted to Hilton’s public Instagram, Lorenzo declared his love for his father’s ex-girlfriend.
Lorenzo said in a text message to his furious father, ‘The heart wants what it wants’
‘Jess holds a special place in my heart and I honestly love her more than anyone or anything in this world, Dad,’ he said.
‘I was always confused about the way you treated her the way you did after all she’s done for you… and I wished I could be in your shoes.
‘I know it’s weird but the heart wants what it wants, and I need to be mature about it or I’ll lose her and my family and it’ll all be for nothing.
‘I’m sorry this has happened to you, truly. I love you and that ain’t ever gonna change. Just don’t make this worse than what it already is.’
The Daily Mail has confirmed the authenticity of this text with Lorenzo.
Hilton – who has Te Huia’s name saved in his phone as Mrs Hilton, accompanied by an engagement ring emoji – warned her to ‘leave my son the f*** alone’, adding, ‘Don’t ever come near him again, sicko!’
On Monday afternoon, Hilton posted a video accusing Te Huia of going to a concert by New Zealand hip-hop artist Savage at a Gold Coast pub with his son and his friends – and alleged that she was in possession of cocaine.
Savage performed at the Beenleigh Tavern on May 1 – and on the same date, Te Huia appeared in several of Lorenzo’s videos posted to Instagram reels taken at the show.
‘[They are] half her age. Inappropriate,’ Hilton said. ‘On cocaine. Non-stop cocaine. The weird thing about it is she was denying it all because it got out to me.
‘The fact of the matter is, how she can carry on, when I know so much about her, and still play the victim. She is one toxic motherf***ing witchery b**** that thinks money can cover her.
‘I’ll happily rot in a cell, so long as I get my s**t out.’
Te Huia did not deny using cocaine at the concert when the Daily Mail asked about Hilton’s allegations in the video.
In one of her messages to Hilton, Te Huia revealed she had screen-recorded their interactions, adding: ‘So let’s see what the police think’.
She confirmed to the Mail that she had spent most of Tuesday morning reporting the matter to police.
‘I have always had a very successful life. I have a great career. I’ve never once received hate on the internet. I usually have nothing but love,’ she added.
‘I lived a very peaceful and happy life until this man came into my life. I had known him for a while as friends [before we got together] and I was trying to give him an opportunity to be better.
‘I tried to take him to church. I tried to do all these things and now he gets to play the victim and I’m the villain.
‘But you have no idea the trauma that I have been through and how much this boy has stood up for me, protected me, loved me, and said how he wishes he was his dad this whole time.’
When contacted by this masthead, Hilton was initially happy to be interviewed, though he did ask for payment to participate in the story, but the request was declined.
When asked why he had broken into Te Huia’s room using a butter knife on the locked door, he accused a Mail journalist of ‘starting to sound like a cop’.
Late on Tuesday night, Hilton decided to offer a more measured statement.
‘After reflecting on everything that’s happened, I need to speak honestly about how deeply this has affected me,’ he said.
‘I was completely blindsided by a situation that turned my life upside down in an instant. It was shocking, overwhelming, and something I never could have prepared for emotionally.
‘I don’t want to fuel speculation about what happened especially as it involves the closest members of my family who deserve to be protected.
‘What I will say is that it’s been one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever faced, and I’m still trying to process it all.
‘Right now, my focus has to be on stepping away from all of this and surrounding myself with my family.’
Meanwhile, Te Huia concluded: ‘I am praying that this story will rectify and clarify for the people that this man in no way, shape or form [is] supposed to be the victim in this situation.’
