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A 28-year-old aspiring influencer in Pennsylvania is behind bars after she allegedly tortured and killed animals to achieve extra likes on YouTube.
According to NBC 10 on Tuesday, Anigar Monsee allegedly ran an account on the social media platform the place legislation enforcement claims she posted movies of herself wearing “scantily-clad” garments torturing and killing animals similar to rabbits, chickens, frogs, and pigeons. In the movies posted over the previous yr, an affidavit obtained by the outlet claimed Monsee would slowly disembowel and mutilate the animals whereas they have been nonetheless alive. Sometimes, she allegedly had severed their necks with a uninteresting knife for a number of minutes. What the precise f**okay?! Those poor animals!
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When the animal rights group PETA obtained a tip about what was occurring on the account, they contacted the Upper Darby Police Department. The group helped the police discover Monsee utilizing clues from the movies and the feedback part, the place viewers referred to her as “Ani” whereas encouraging her disturbing actions. According to the affidavit, legislation enforcement claimed Monsee would ask for extra likes earlier than she would harm the animals in her movies, and a few of her commentary had been sexually specific at occasions. It is past disturbing that somebody would do that for likes.
She ended up being arrested on January 19 and charged with 4 felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. When Monsee was taken into custody final week, she confessed to being the lady within the movies and that the account belonged to her.
How did she get away with these movies for thus lengthy? YouTube’s group pointers state that animal abuse content material just isn’t permitted. So why hadn’t they put a cease to her web page over the previous yr? FYI, the platform shut down the account on Thursday – that means her horrific movies remained on the channel for per week after her arrest. A spokesperson for YouTube instructed NBC 10:
“Content that is violent or abusive toward animals is not allowed on YouTube, and we have terminated the channel in question.”
Monsee is now being held on a $200,000 bond and scheduled for a preliminary listening to on February 5. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback (beneath).
[Image via Upper Darby Police Department]
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