Falsely branded a man she had never met as a sex offender after finding his details online.
Alias(es): Jolie P; Missy P; JP; whoisjolie; darlinbabygirl
Address: 195 Harlesden Road, Brent, NW10 3SD.
Age: 21
Jolie Fortuna endeavored to make a malicious social media post brandishing a stranger a sex offender go viral on social media in August 2021, in actions similar to Eleanor Williams.
In what has been described as a concerted effort to ‘ruin a stranger’s life’, Jolie Fortuna crafted a convincing Instagram post that included an image of Aaron (not his real name), his full legal name, the part of London he lived in with his family, his social media handles, and where he worked – taken from his LinkedIn profile. The caption was an assertion that he was a serious sex offender, and it featured a link to a long-length WordPress article.
The WordPress article was an extensive description of criminal conduct against women, and included images taken from pornographic websites which she alleged was footage she had taken from his electronic devices, despite some being of a white male whereas Aaron is a black male.
Fortuna and Aaron had never met or communicated with one another in any capacity; they shared no similar social circles, and are of different age groups. They appear to have never crossed paths in any way, and were complete strangers to each other. Thus, there has never been a clear motive for why she targeted him.
Fortuna made serious criminal allegations against Aaron despite him never being investigated, arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes. She also never reported any of these matters to the police.
Later in the year Fortuna gained unlawful access to his social media accounts, and she began releasing private, intimate multimedia he had shared with romantic partners. Some showed him completely naked and she began circulating these online.
As the abuse progressed, Aaron became aware of several ‘copycat’ profiles of himself appearing on several social media platforms. Although the WordPress article and Instagram posts featured revealing images of himself, he was horrified to be informed images and videos of him completely naked were being circulated in efforts to impersonate him.
On Instagram Fortuna created a profile in his name and started following everybody that followed him on his genuine profiles, and Aaron’s girlfriend at the time was part of the list. She received a request from the fake profile, and after accepting it, was immediately sent a sexual video featuring Aaron. The woman immediately knew the profile was fake as Aaron was on the way to her home address in Brixton, and the profile claimed the video was just taken.
Towards the end of 2021, Aaron began being stalked by a man who alleged to be part of an online vigilante group that catches sexual predators. He was handed a custodial sentence in 2022 but due to reporting restrictions he cannot be identified.
