The Suicide of Amanda Todd
October 10, 2012
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In Loving Memory,
2012,
Exploitation,
Sextortion
“They said, I hope she sees this and kills herself...”
"My Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide, Self Harm" — Amanda Todd's Original Suicide Video
Amanda Michelle Todd (November 27, 1996 – October 10, 2012) was a 15-year-old Canadian student and victim of cyberbullying who hanged herself at her home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. A month before her death, Todd posted a video on YouTube in which she used a series of flashcards to tell her experience of being blackmailed into exposing her breasts via webcam, and of being bullied and physically assaulted. The video went viral after her death, resulting in international media attention. The original video has had more than 15 million views as of May 2023, although mirrored copies of the video had received tens of millions of additional views shortly after her death; additionally, a YouTube video by React has a video of teens reacting to Todd's video which has garnered 44.7 million views as of May 2023, and various videos from news agencies around the world regarding the case have registered countless millions more. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and British Columbia Coroners Service launched investigations into the suicide.
Amanda Todd’s Case Update
On August 6, 2022, Aydin Coban was found guilty on all five charges against Amanda Todd. On October 14, 2022, he was sentenced to 13 years of prison time [this should be a life sentence] in British Columbia Supreme Court. On November 24, 2022, Aydin Coban was extradited back to the Netherlands where he will continue serving his Dutch sentence of 2017 until he is released. On December 7, 2023, the Dutch courts began the process of a sentencing conversion hearing to determine the amount of time that the Canadian sentence for Aydin Coban would be converted to under Dutch laws. On December 21, 2023, the Dutch courts ruled that Aydin Coban sentence would be converted to 6 years and this would be the additional years that he would have to spend in prison after his current Dutch sentence is completed in the summer of 2024.—www.amandatoddlegacy.org
Amanda Todd singing "Jar of Hearts" prior to her suicide after being sextorted by an online predator exactly like mine.
“I never thought I would be in this position where [fourteen] years later I would be able to have a voice and Amanda would still have a voice.”
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