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douglas9

(5,350 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 05:47 AM Nov 20

Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut

A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the entire incident — paying a scarification artist to wound her and staging the scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach and “Van Drew is a racist” on her back, federal prosecutors alleged today.

Natalie Greene, a Rutgers law student, allegedly concocted the hoax in July, with an accomplice making a late-night 911 call to report that she had been ambushed by three men on a nature trail in Egg Harbor Township. Police officers found Greene bound with black zip ties, her shirt pulled over her head, and the political slurs scrawled across her torso. She told police that her supposed attackers had a gun and threatened to shoot her, and struck her in the head.

Prosecutors say nearly every detail was fabricated.

Greene allegedly drove to Pennsylvania and paid a body-modification artist $500 to carve the wounds on her face, neck, and upper body, using a pattern she had provided in advance. Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV. Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for “zip ties near me,” a discovery authorities cited as further proof that the incident was staged.

https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/van-drew-staffer-staged-fake-attack-writing-trump-whore-across-her-stomach-and-alleging-men-held-her-down-and-cut-her-body/

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Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut (Original Post) douglas9 Nov 20 OP
drove "in her Maserati SUV..." hlthe2b Nov 20 #1
Internet says starting price for Maserati SUV is $104,OOO and can go up to $190,000. Irish_Dem Nov 20 #4
She could have been the next United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 #2
Maserati SUV lapfog_1 Nov 20 #3
A Maserati SUV. I hate these privileged aholes. Stupidity and money. A wasteful combination. ms liberty Nov 20 #5
Wtf?! Article has pics. She needs help. kerouac2 Nov 20 #6
An ACTUAL case of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" VTderry Nov 20 #8
I wonder if she'll be thrown out of law school now. MIButterfly Nov 20 #7
Shades of Tawana Brawley -c'ept in this case, it seems to be 3Hotdogs Nov 20 #9

Irish_Dem

(78,377 posts)
4. Internet says starting price for Maserati SUV is $104,OOO and can go up to $190,000.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:35 AM
Nov 20

Rich nepo baby trying to get attention?

mahatmakanejeeves

(67,706 posts)
2. She could have been the next United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:05 AM
Nov 20

Not anymore. Mental illness has no respect for your plans in life.

lapfog_1

(31,491 posts)
3. Maserati SUV
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:11 AM
Nov 20

Maserati SUV prices vary by model and trim, with the smaller Grecale starting around $66,397 for the base model and the larger Levante starting around $90,700

When I went off to college my father let me borrow a 10 year old mazda with 140,000 miles on it. And I was lucky to get it.

Also, they had to do on online search for "zip ties near me"? WTF? Any hardware store or craft store has zip ties ( and computer parts store, although those are now harder to find ).

And she was a law student? How stupid do you have to be to shop online for the things you need to commit a crime ( filing a false police report is generally a crime, usually a misdemeanor but can be elevated to felony depending on the seriousness of the crime being falsely reported ).

ms liberty

(10,848 posts)
5. A Maserati SUV. I hate these privileged aholes. Stupidity and money. A wasteful combination.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 07:54 AM
Nov 20

kerouac2

(1,382 posts)
6. Wtf?! Article has pics. She needs help.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:01 AM
Nov 20

Seriously, she had herself cut up. The pics are awful. She needs serious professional help.

Another example of how fugged up repub cult minions are.

VTderry

(65 posts)
8. An ACTUAL case of "Trump Derangement Syndrome"
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 11:45 AM
Nov 20

Kidding aside, clearly there is a true DSM-5 condition that made her think of and be willing to endure painful mutilation to get attention from her orange cult leader.

Sadly, if he hears about it, I'm sure he'll be thrilled.

MIButterfly

(1,749 posts)
7. I wonder if she'll be thrown out of law school now.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:34 AM
Nov 20

Don't law students have to maintain a certain code of ethics?

She has some serious problems.

3Hotdogs

(14,849 posts)
9. Shades of Tawana Brawley -c'ept in this case, it seems to be
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 12:32 PM
Nov 20

a poor soul suffering from Affluenza.

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