Here are my messages from Ashley.
The picture of the flowers, and the comments about my fears about losing my children, are things I shared some time ago on the depression thread (I used a different username before this happened).
I do not know how Ashley found me there but she has clearly read my posts on that page to find these things, to then use them against me in this message.
I suffer from and am under treatment for PTSD and major depression as a result of Birth Trauma - these are diagnoses I have shared on that thread, and here, and Ashley will know this from what she has read.
She insinuated that she knows my address, and where I walk my dog.
Her closing comment of seeing me ‘very very soon’ left me feeling frightened that she would come to my home. I am the only adult in the household and I have two children in my home to keep safe.
I
never made any suggestion of making direct contact with her, let alone going to her house.
I therefore reported this message to the police immediately.
Essex Police logged it under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and spoke with me at length. They took it very seriously, and were supportive if I wished to pursue a prosecution against her. This would have resulted in her arrest. I was not comfortable with this, especially as she was pregnant at the time. I just needed reassurance that I would be protected if she did go any further - and I received that reassurance and more.
She then suggested on her stories that she will share my personal details on her own page with hundreds of thousands of followers. Simply for flagging a valid concern for a child’s welfare, which Social Services and the police agree I was right I do.
Ashley also messaged other users of the site, people she thinks have disagreed with her online. The things she sent were unnecessarily vicious, to women who have not contacted her at all.
She actively sought out strangers online, and she direct messaged them to make them feel intimidated.
She used my own maternal mental health vulnerabilities as weapons against me.
That is not feminism, or supporting mums.
That is tearing them down.
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