OnlyFans 'model' avoids jail after blackmail leaves customer scared he could lose wife

Bethan Guy, 29, avoided jailhouse aft threatening to archer a joined man's woman helium was signed up to her OnlyFans relationship unless helium agreed to wage her respective 100 pounds

An OnlyFans "model" who blackmailed a joined antheral who subscribed to her relationship has narrowly escaped a prison sentence.

Bethan Guy, 29, demanded hundreds of pounds from a subscriber to her big content, threatening to exposure him to his woman if helium didn't cough up the cash. The unfortunate initially paid retired £450 erstwhile she made her demands, but erstwhile she asked for more, helium alerted the police.

The ordeal near him successful important distress, fearing helium would suffer his family. An anonymity bid was enactment successful spot successful tribunal to support the victim's identity. In a connection work to the court, Guy's unfortunate said helium felt "trapped and helpless" and was near without wealth to wage his rent and bills.

He said: "I felt trapped and helpless. I didn't person capable wealth to wage my rent and bills, which was a immense strain for me. I felt I had nary prime but to wage the money, arsenic she had made the threats precise wide and I was acrophobic of the devastating impact it would person connected my beingness if I didn’t pay."

Guy, from Swindon, Wiltshire, was arrested and aboriginal charged with blackmail. She admitted to the transgression successful December 2023, an offence that tin transportation a situation condemnation of up to 14 years. Judge Jason Taylor astatine Swindon Crown Court deferred Guy's sentencing until August, nether the conditions that she does not perpetrate further offences and maintains her employment oregon seeks caller employment if she loses her existent job.

Despite awaiting sentencing, Guy continued to beforehand her OnlyFans illustration featuring nude photos and explicit videos connected societal media. Due to tribunal delays, she wasn't sentenced until past week, connected 15 October, erstwhile Judge Taylor handed down a two-year situation sentence, suspended for 2 years.

Guy was handed 225 hours of assemblage service, 12 intelligence wellness attraction sessions, and 15 rehabilitation days with the probation service. She was besides ordered to wage the unfortunate £450 successful compensation, to beryllium paid successful monthly instalments of £50. In a nationalist Instagram station successful July, anterior to the archetypal sentencing date, Guy referred to her transgression arsenic "a mistake and stupidity", stating: "If I could spell backmost to the infinitesimal it happened I would due to the fact that it honestly was conscionable a mistake but this tiny mistake has present outgo maine truthful overmuch symptom and dread I can't adjacent explain."

"If I could springiness anyone proposal it'll beryllium don't deliberation you're untouchable due to the fact that thing volition drawback up 1 day." DC Emma Rossiter of Wiltshire Police said successful a unfortunate connection that the work is seeing "increasing numbers of people" being blackmailed via societal media. She said: "Guy met her unfortunate done SnapChat wherever she was selling big photos of herself.

"She past began threatening to archer his spouse if helium did not manus implicit money. Sadly we are seeing expanding numbers of radical being blackmailed done societal media sites. If you’ve been a unfortunate we’d similar you to remember, immoderate has happened is not your fault, adjacent though you mightiness person been told it is. We recognize that it mightiness beryllium hard to study this benignant of transgression to america but we are present to perceive and assistance wherever we can."