Mariana van Zeller recounts sextortion case involving a US lawmaker’s son and questions platform enforcement

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""The dad's in the living room. It's like 11:00 p.m. and he hears loud noise, runs to the bathroom, he shot himself.""

Mariana van Zeller recounts a sextortion case involving Gavin, whom she identifies as the son of a South Carolina congressman she names as Brandon Guffey. She says the teenager died by suicide after an online extortion attempt, and alleges that after the family reported the fake account, another profile later appeared linked to the same email address, which she presents as evidence of weak repeat-offender controls.