Cheerleaders from a team in Bucks County, Pa., started coming forward last year with stories of cyberbullying—and police say a cheer squad mom turned out to be behind it..
DOYLESTOWN — A Pennsylvania woman is accused of doctoring photos and video of her daughter’s cheerleading rivals to try to get them kicked off the squad, officials said. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office last week charged Raffaela Spone, 50, with three misdemeanor counts of cyber harassment of a child
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A Pennsylvania cheerleader s mom uses deepfake nudes in an attempt to get her teenage daughter s cheerleading rivals thrown off the squad, the Hilltown Township PD said.
Hilltown Township Police Department reported that a woman sent deepfake photographs and video of her teenage daughter s cheerleading teammates to their coaches. The doctored images that portrayed them drinking, smoking, and even nude were allegedly used in an attempt to have them forced off her daughter s squad, the Victory Vipers.
According to the criminal complaint filed by Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub s office, the suspect, Raffaela Spone, 50, allegedly sent the fabricated images and video to at least three of her daughter s teammates and coaches. She also sent anonymous texts and made unsolicited phone calls to one of the victims urging them to commit suicide.