An aspiring influencer in Pennsylvania has been arrested on suspicion of torturing and killing animals during a YouTube livestream to increase her social media following, police said.
Anigaa Monsey, 28, was indicted on numerous animal cruelty charges last week after posting four livestream videos on her channel showing her dismembering live chickens, pigeons, rabbits and frogs. The Daily Times reported.
According to the criminal complaint, Monse, who wears skimpy clothing in some of his videos, hacks the animals on various livestreams while racking up even more likes from his 20,000 subscribers. He is said to have recruited followers.
“It's just barbaric. It's inhumane that someone could do something like that,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Barnhart. “The fact that you're soliciting and people are encouraging this.” added that it is even more worrying.
Police said the latest video, titled “Cooking Good Luck,” posted last Friday, just before his arrest, shows Monse using a knife to decapitate a chicken struggling over a kitchen sink and then trying to escape. is said to have been shown.
Other videos posted in August and September last year show Monse butchering several frogs, plucking the feathers of a live pigeon, then submerging the bird's head in boiling water and sawing it off. It is said that it was filmed.
In the fourth video, which lasted 30 minutes, Monse is accused of using a “blunt knife” to torture and kill the rabbit, police said.
Officials said they were informed about the diseased video last week by animal activist group PETA.
Monse, whose YouTube page has now been deleted, was charged with four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.
She is currently being held in the Delaware County Jail on $200,000 bail.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
