Hello,
Recently multiple individuals have come forward to me, disclosing information about a member of the community who is currently preying on both young and vulnerable people. In response to a few of the factors (namely the number of victims and their respective ages), I have felt a sense of responsibility to inform others of what I now know. This individual is Coyo. There are four victims that have come forward so far and I urge any that have experienced similar predatory behaviour and harassment from coyo to speak about it in this thread.
His behaviour, consistent across all victims:
I have been informed that the main method of getting people to stay talking to him is emotional blackmail. He offloads all of his negative emotional baggage and emphasises hurting himself. The consistent mention of how depressed he is and the self harm is utilised both to garner sympathy and to impose fear (see later screenshot referring to self harm via starvation for an example). The fear comes as the people he talks about this to are scared of what he might do to himself if they stop talking to him, as he heavily implies he will hurt himself if they do stop.
After this initial contact has taken place he will then move onto his process of grooming the victims. One of his methods is making "jokes"of a sexual nature. These "jokes" can range from suggestive references to profile pictures , cropping screenshots out of context to imply a sexual meaning and even "joking" about paying a minor for sex .
This screenshot also contains him talking in a suggestive/sexual manner, this time he doesnt try to disguise it as a joke.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563547799068702/2.png
Further proof of grooming:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059595463755567104/29.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059595464128868413/30.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059595464531529828/31.png
Keep in mind all of the messages above were sent to people below the age of 18.
The third method is to bombard the victims with compliments and confessions of love. Screenshots below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563638320537740/11.png - this one also containing mentions of the victim's age, they had only just turned 18.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563548117831821/3.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563547476099203/1.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563614702403604/22.png
As a continuation of this behaviour, his sexual and romantic advances do not cease even when confronted about being "creepy" - a clear indication that his behaviour is inappropriate and his advances unwanted. He continues to push despite being ignored or even directly told to stop. Screenshots below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563614215864390/21.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563547476099203/1.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563546389774486/6.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563545882263632/5.png
Thirdly, coyo will then begin pursuing both a relationship and a meetup. If declined he will pressure and beg consistently for a while afterwards, until he inevitably gives up on the person and moves onto the next. This was the case for 2 of the known victims. A third victim was persuaded into early planning of the meetup, in which coyo suggested he visits one of the other victims as a sort of stepping stone. This third victim was 17 at the time initial plans were made. See below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563548495315005/4.png
Lastly on the topic of predatory behaviour, one of the victims he pursued had past experience with being groomed, which coyo himself had knowledge of as shown below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059581043239288863/13.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563636139499650/14.png
This means not only did he cover up a groomer, he also enacted predatory behaviour on the same individual.
These two images speak for themselves:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563546830184580/7.png - a tweet he liked
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709385430163914886/1059563547165724712/8.png - very self explanatory.
This is ongoing and more information continues to come to light. I will likely post updates if anything major comes out. Thanks for you time.