Trans Twitch streamer Keffals says she was swatted and arrested by police in Ontario
Clara Sorrenti, a trans streamer and political commentator known as Keffals, said she was swatted and arrested earlier this month.
Clara Sorrenti, a Canadian trans streamer and political commentator known as Keffals, said she was swatted and arrested earlier this month after trolls impersonated her and sent fraudulent emails to local politicians threatening to harm “every cisgender person” at city hall.
Swatting — the act of making a false report of extreme violence in order to elicit an overwhelming law enforcement response to someone’s home — is a harassment tactic that can turn fatal.
In a YouTube video posted Tuesday, Sorrenti said that she and her family asked law enforcement for help dealing with harassment and online threats in the months leading up to the Aug. 5 incident, which occurred in London, Ontario.
Instead, Sorrenti said in the video, the police “terrorized” her and her loved ones by waking her up at gunpoint, seizing her devices and repeatedly misgendering her. The experience left her traumatized and fearing for her life, she told NBC News.
“Swatting incidents have ended with people dying before, and what happened to me was a particularly egregious case of swatting,” she said. “There’s this added layer where I had my identity stolen.”
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