A mother is suing her son’s boyfriends after he died when she says they forced him to inflate his testicles to the size of a basketball.
Tank Hafertepen, 28, died in 2018 as a result of a pulmonary embolism. His mum Linda Chapman says that his ‘master’ Dylan Hafertepen and his four ‘pups’ Daniel Balderas Hafertepen, Charles Osborn, Matthew Scott, and Philip Myers humiliated Tank into injecting himself.
He first pumped silicone into his scrotum in 2014 as part of the ‘cult’ scene in Seattle after emigrating from Australia.
Mrs Chapman’s lawsuit claims that Dylan required his followers to have large scrotums and many pictures on social media accounts show the extreme body modifications.
Tank was asked online how big he wanted his scrotum to become and he answered saying ‘master will decide when enough is enough’.
Her lawyer Joe Murphy said: ‘They robbed her of the right to be his mother. We filed this suit to bring some closure and resolution. One of the most important parts to her will be discovery. She wants to know what happened. Why was she never called?’
Tank, previously known as Jack Chapman, was also a pup while Dylan was the master of the polyamorous relationship with the other men who followed Dylan’s orders, according to court papers.
Initially, they injected their penises and testicles for a temporary change before moving on to silicone implants which were illegal.
Mrs Chapman alleges that Dylan continued to post things online as though Tank were still alive and she was not even aware that he had fallen ill.
However, Dylan flew to the US from Australia to return Tank’s ashes to his family who he had cut off ties with.
The encounter was filmed for The Project and Linda asked Dylan: ‘What sort of person injects into their balls… what sort of person does that?
‘Someone who feels so badly about themselves, someone who was vulnerable, who just wanted your love at any cost … and the cost of his life.
A contract posted on Tank’s blog said: ‘A pup’s mind is the exclusive property of his master at all times. ‘Master has explicit body goals for his pup regarding their weight, their muscle mass, their measurements and their proportions.
‘The pup will make all efforts possible to ensure these goals are realised and should never feel satisfied until his Master is satisfied. There is always additional room for a pup to push their physical limits.
‘Additionally, a pup will submit to all orders for body modifications, including piercings, tattoos, scrotal saline inflation as well as body growth supplements including steroids and HGH – in accordance to the wishes of the Master.’
Dylan claimed the contract was a work of erotic fiction but it has also been alleged that Tank accused him of physically imprisoning him.
In a 2017 interview with International Pup Play in May 2017 Tank said: ‘I have had a few people that have expressed their concerns to me over the last couple of years.
‘There are some people that have sort of expressed their concerns early on where they’ve expressed “Jack, or Tank, you are losing your sense of self and I am worried for you”.
‘And then you’ve got other people, which have had concerns themselves but have eventually sort of come around and think, “Well, I might not necessarily always understand the choices that you make but you’re happy and I can see that and that’s the most important thing”.’
The Chapmans also want to sue for $200,000 (£158,000) that Tank left to his master and pups, in a will written just three weeks before his death.
Dylan said previously: ‘Tank had wanted the money to go towards our home together, but without Tank it’s a reminder of what I’ve lost.’
Tank said in another interview: ‘This was his fetish. I did not make him inject silicone. On the contrary, I helped him get some removed.’
