Kat Tenbarge

[3][4][5] Tenbarge studied journalism at Ohio University, where she was also the editor-in-chief of one of the school's student publications, The New Political.

[6] While at Ohio University she majored in environmental studies and journalism, winning regional first place in news reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2017, and received a $4,000 grant from the White House Correspondents' Association the same year.

[10][11] The incident was reported to have taken place while the woman was inebriated, and was allegedly committed by Dom Zeglaitis, who was at the time a member of Dobrik's Vlog Squad.

[14] As an NBC News reporter, she later wrote about, with Tyler Kingkade, the charging of Justin Roiland with felony domestic battery and false imprisonment in Orange County, California, in connection with an alleged incident in 2020.

[15] She has also written about Amber Heard, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Angelina Jolie, the arrest of influencer Andrew Tate, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and other topics as an NBC News reporter.