College Freshman, Outed As Porn Actress, Shoots Herself To Death
Alyssa Funke, a 19-year-old student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, shot herself to death after students at her former high school outed her as an actress in adult movies. Online harassment contributed to her suicide, according to her parents.
Funke, a straight-A student, did her first and only porn video—for the amateur site CastingCouch-X—earlier this year. She used the name Stella Ann, and talked with the cameraman about the sports she played in high school, her biology major, and her goal of becoming an anesthesiologist. She was 18 at the time.
Soon after the video went up, Funke started getting nasty messages from students at her former high school on Facebook and Twitter, calling her a slut and worse. One student tweeted, “Nothing brings a school together like a porn star who graduated last year. I guess you could say news spreads fast here at Stillwater hahah.”
Fossil1944 May 22nd, 2014 at 9:25 pm
There is a concerted effort to fire the embers of hate in our country, and if you don’t know where it is coming from, you have been living on another planet or have your head in the sand.
Anomaly 100 May 22nd, 2014 at 9:43 pm
It’s been getting worse though.
fahvel May 23rd, 2014 at 4:23 am
you’re right -but it is at its worst when, in the usa, the three letter word “sex” is included. americans have of sick obsession with it.
craig7120 May 22nd, 2014 at 9:49 pm
This story is tragic
The young lady deserved better from her classmates
I’m heart broken for this young lady’s family.
Tom Ward May 23rd, 2014 at 1:43 am
Nothing more pathetic than fake prudes who engage in slut shaming because they are jealous. And the real prudes just need to get over it, there may have been a use for prudishness a century ago but now it’ unnecessary.
As MikeATX put it, “When are the prudes in this country going to get over this sh*t? If someone wants to f**k for money, have at it! Doesn’t affect me or my family in any way, whatsoever.
Bunch of f**king a**holes.”