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“#What REALLY Happ<\/a>ened Between Michael Costello & Maxie James?? Receipts Here!
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\nThis Michael Costello<\/strong>\/Maxie James<\/strong> drama is all kinds of messy, but Michael\u2019s team hopes these receipts will clear a few things up!<\/p>\n

As we reported, the Project Runway<\/em> alum claimed he was bullied and blacklisted by Chrissy Teigen<\/strong> for years because the supermodel dubbed him racist \u2014 thanks to screenshots passed around online showing Costello using slurs. But he has always insisted these were \u201cphotoshopped\u201d \u2014 and even says they were \u201cproven\u201d false.<\/p>\n

On the heels of his accusations, James, a fellow designer, came forward to claim that Costello had indeed hurled a slur at her IRL, allegedly calling her a \u201cBlack n***** bitch\u201d to her face, leading to a physical altercation in a fabric store.<\/p>\n

Related: Michael\u2019s Mother Slams \u2018Cruel & Evil\u2019 Chrissy As He Says He\u2019s \u2018Not Out For Revenge\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, Michael\u2019s team is now trying to set the record straight. The 38-year-old\u2019s camp sent out a timeline of events regarding the Costello\/James saga, in which they allege once again that Maxie is spreading false claims about Michael using the N-word, and \u201cmischaracterize[d]\u201d their fabric store row.<\/p>\n

A Fabricated Fight?<\/p>\n

According to Team Costello, Maxie approached Michael when they spotted each other at the fabric store in 2015, the year after the scandal online. They claim:<\/p>\n

\u201c[Maxie] pull[ed] out her phone and [began] taking photos of [Costello] in the store. All while yelling at him, \u2018I know who you are, you\u2019re the one who called me the \u2019n word\u2019.\u2019 Michael responds, \u2018I know who you are \u2013 and I never said that. You\u2019re lying.\u2019 At which point Maxie lunges toward Michael and begins to belligerently attack him, scratching Michael to the point [where] he is bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s a few things to note here; most importantly, that Michael didn\u2019t say a racial slur to Maxie at the store. At least not according to this account \u2014 which was cosigned by two witnesses: Karla Roble<\/strong>, Costello\u2019s assistant and Amy Gonzalez<\/strong>, the owner of the store.<\/p>\n

According to this account, Maxie brought up the allegedly photoshopped comment which was edited to look like Costello had used the N-word on social media<\/a>, which was posted in October 2014 (more on that later). But no accusation was made at the time that he used it again in the store; that\u2019s something Maxie is saying now.<\/p>\n

This account also notes that Michael did not break Maxie\u2019s phone during the altercation, as she alleged, but that her phone merely broke during when she dropped it attacking him. The statement continues:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs this is happening, Michael is insisting the comments were false and she is wrongly accusing him of something he never said and would never say. During the altercation, Maxie\u2019s phone breaks. The police are called, arrive, and Michael Costello files a report against Maxie for the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Their account goes on to claim that Maxie returned to the store later that day to film a recap video with the cashier, \u201cwho speaks very little English.\u201d It states:<\/p>\n

\u201cShe manipulates the cashier and subsequently mischaracterizes the altercation and in a follow-up video which she post on social media and actively works to share with the press, seeking to defame Michael.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The statement insists that Maxie has tried to spin this \u201cfalse story that Michael Costello slandered her on social media and broke her phone in a store\u201d every year in hopes of ruining his career. It continues:<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael did neither of those things and would never use the \u201cn-word\u201d, let alone break a person\u2019s phone in a fabric store. Maxie works opportunistically to bring this situation up every single year, every opportunity she gets. In addition to spreading lies about Michael Costello, perpetuating a false narrative that Instagram<\/strong> itself debunked, she actively works to ruin Michael\u2019s name in the Black community by earning sympathy for something that never happened, and is even profiting off of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How It All Began<\/p>\n

The statement goes on to explain what sparked this drama in the first place. According to Maxie, Michael purchased a dress on her website and \u201cthen posted the dress the very next day in his showroom with his logo in the background and just like, resold it.\u201d But Team Costello says differently.\u00a0They clarified that Maxie claimed Stephanie Costello<\/strong>, owner of Stello LLC<\/strong>, bought a dress from Maxie\u2019s boutique on Instagram, then later posted it on Stello\u2019s IG page trying to pass it off as if it were her own creation.<\/p>\n

According to Stephanie, however, she simply purchased the dress because she felt it was a mini knock-off version of Stello\u2019s \u201cDiana\u201d gown \u2014 one of the most popular signature dresses from the Stello brand \u2014 and posted Maxie\u2019s design on @MTCostello\u2019s IG as a salty way of exposing the alleged knock-off. She even wrote in the caption:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201clove the mini \u2018Diana\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Stephanie actually explained the entire situation in an IG post from way back in 2014 (below):<\/p>\n

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