Twitch streamer Keffals left terrified after getting swatted: \u201cMy life is in danger\u201d YouTube, keffalsTwitch streamer Clara \u2018Keffals\u2019 Sorrenti has been left fearing for her life after being swatted by police for a crime she never committed. The content creator has over 40,000 followers on her Twitch channel, where she streams regularly. On August 5, she was swatted at her home at night, in London, Canada. They woke up to officers pointing an assault rifle their way while in bed. Police swatting incidents are becoming more common for Twitch streamers, often caused by false reports to local officials. Two days later, she posted an update on her personal situation after fans were worried about her. She said: \u201cI\u2019m alive. A lot of crazy sh*t happened to me. I\u2019ll be making a statement soon after I talk to my lawyer. I love you all. Take care of yourselves.\u201d Keffals says \u201clife in danger\u201d after being swatted On August 9, Keffals posted a video to her YouTube channel with the caption: \u201cMy life is in danger. I need your help.\u201d She was swatted after an email impersonating her was sent to every city councilor in the area stating she had an illegal firearm, at 6 AM in the morning. Police services responded quickly by swatting her property. Keffals says she was told the email stated that she had already killed her Mother \u2013 and intended to fire at other people inside the city hall. \u201cIt was an obvious attempt to make the police humiliate me,\u201d she said. Keffals has stated her intentions to move home immediately, urging her fans and the wider public to make donations to her GoFundMe page. A tweet said: \u201cBecause publicizing what happened is going to encourage more people to impersonate me and attempt to get the police to terrorize me, I need to move immediately. Any money I receive after recouping my losses and moving will be put towards a legal fund.\u201d The police searched for a firearm, ammunition, cartridges, gun case, and other items before realizing the email was fake. Keffals says the incident has \u201ccompletely destroyed\u201d the lives of herself and her fiance, with computers and cell phones being taken away by the police. The process of having these items looked over by digital forensic professionals could take \u201cmonths\u201d according to her lawyer. The political streamer says this was a hate crime of identity theft against her for being transgender \u2013 and accused police of \u201cterrorizing\u201d her during the process. She has since spent thousands to replace that equipment and has been released with no charges, but is still a suspect in the criminal investigation that is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch streamer Keffals left terrified after getting swatted: \u201cMy life is in danger\u201d YouTube, keffalsTwitch streamer Clara \u2018Keffals\u2019 Sorrenti has been left fearing for her life after being swatted by police for a crime she never committed. The content creator has over 40,000 followers on her Twitch channel, where she streams regularly. On August 5, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}