A thirteen-year-old teenager becomes a victim of sextortion by a Florida man.

A 13-year-old girl (assume her name Presley) was deceived into interacting with a child predator. The accuser connected with the girl through a famous interacting application and tricked her into believing that he is another teenage girl. With time, they became good friends and started sharing each other’s pictures.

When the predator named Richard Testani from Florida received a revealing photo, he started threatening the girl with sextortion related favours.

After a while, the predator asked to share extremely inappropriate graphics and gave murder/rape threats to the girl.

Besides that, she was threatened about her mother’s murder at the workplace. The predator further asked the girl to provide her social media accounts for him to connect with other young girls for sextortion,fo and wanted Presley to stay connected with him by making another account.

Presley’s mother and stepfather hastened to call the police and reported the online sexual harassment. It helped the investigators catch the predator, which resulted in 60 years of prison for him, as the child predator was also found guilty for additional sexual harassment cases.

The FBI agent Kevin Kaufman reported that several other girls became the target of this child predator, which resulted in his long-lasting prison. Presley happens to face anxiety and depression, as mentioned by her mother due to her experience in sextortion.

Online stranger danger:

Kaufman mentioned that parents think their children are safe from such harassers, but they need to be more aware of the people around them. The mother of Presley emphasized on teaching young folks about online stranger danger.

According to Presley, the solution to this problem is parents and caregivers being open about such issues with youth, so they don’t hesitate to ask for help.

Presley also warns the young generation to be aware of whom they are in contact with to not fall for any traps as she did.