American Alyssa Ann Zinger, 23, was arrested on November 24 after being accused of impersonating a 14-year-old girl on the well-known social network Snapchat. The influencer was arrested a second time last Thursday after being accused of sexual abuse of a minor. Now, she faces charges related to four more victims, according to authorities in charge of the case.
Zinger faces two counts of sexual abuse, two counts of sexual assault of children between the ages of 12 and 15; in addition to one count of possession and transmission of child pornography through electronic devices, adding a last crime of sexual cyberharassment.
According to a spokesperson for the Tampa Police Department (Florida, USA), who are handling the case; Zinger was arrested after having managed to identify more of her victims, a total of five. No further details have been provided regarding the minors' accusations.
"It is disturbing and disturbing to see an adult take advantage of and take advantage of a child. Anyone who has been a victim of Zinger, we encourage you to come forward," they ask, assuring that victims will be supported to ensure it does not happen again. nothing like it.
As revealed in the search warrant filed in the case (via the Tampa Bay Times), Zinger contacted one of the minors through the popular Snapchat network while posing as a teenage student. Shortly after this first contact, he had more than 30 sexual relations with this minor, between 12 and 15 years old.
According to the accused, she had a "relationship" with her victim, from May 2023 to September of that same year, when she "broke up" with him. The boy was the one who raised the first suspicions, after one of her tutors at school got him to confess what had happened.
According to this same document, presented in court, the influencer would have told this minor that she had previously participated in sexual activities with other minors, also sending them intimate videos and images through the social network.
Some of the minors who accused Zinger claimed to believe that he was their age and had made them believe that he was studying at home.
The accused could be seen in court, where the charges of which she is accused have been read to her. With her loose blonde hair and a prison uniform in shades of green and with a calming effect, Zinger appeared before the judge with a lost gaze and in silence, handcuffed by her hands and feet and in the presence of the security forces.
The Florida State Attorney's Office has dropped two of the seven charges filed against the defendant, who, including those filed after her arrest last November, will now face a total of 12 charges.
