Jeff Ross accuser who alleges she was 15 when they had a sexual relationship speaks out -- Amy Schumer also weighs in

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Jessica Radtke's accusation, made via a Facebook video in September 2019, received brief media coverage in June in wake of the Chris D'Elia sexual misconduct scandal and Ross' denial. Radtke says she was 15 and the comedian was 33 when they first started hooking up after meeting in a comedy club in 1999. In a series of interviews, Radtke, now 36 and married, tells Vulture the complete story of her alleged relationship with Ross. "Seven sources have confirmed to Vulture that they were aware of Radtke’s relationship with Ross at the time of the allegations or had been told about it in the years before Radtke’s Facebook posting," says Vulture's Megh Wright. "One of those sources, her father, says he approved of the alleged relationship at the time." “I don’t care about being called a liar or a whore, because I know I’m not,” says Radtke. “I know I’m a f*cking lunatic for doing the stuff that I did, but I didn’t do anything wrong. Except to myself.” Radtke says their relationship ended in 2001, when she was 18, after she discovered Polaroids of other underage girls. “They were not women. They didn’t have any pubic hair,” says Radtke. Despite Ross' denial, Wright points out that at The Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin in September 2019, Nikki Glaser and Caroline Rhea told jokes alluding to Ross' interest in young girls. Meanwhile, Amy Schumer has also noticed that Ross liked to be with younger-looking women. "Jeff is someone I consider a good friend, and I love him, but to be honest, he always has alarmingly young-looking girlfriends,” Schumer tells Vulture when asked about the allegations. “Never one I have known to be underage, but alarmingly young-looking just the same.”