- Defendant
- Evan Baltierra
- Reddit role
- user
- Charge
- Stalking (18 U.S.C. 2261A)
- Jurisdiction
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Date
- 2023-07-13
- Sentence
- 24 months federal prison plus 3 years supervised release
Summary
Evan Baltierra, of Orange County, California, met a professional gamer at a 2019 convention and, after she rebuffed and blocked him, conducted a multiyear harassment campaign. According to court documents he created numerous accounts to send threatening direct messages across platforms including Reddit, disrupted her livestreams, and circulated fake profiles using manipulated explicit images. He pleaded guilty to one count of stalking and was sentenced to two years in federal prison.