Kristen LeNoble showed the court a Facebook post Todd wrote shortly after the harasser shared sexual images of her, saying: “I feel so sad, I feel so sick.” The Port Coquitlam teenager, who died nearly a decade ago, had previously written a post asking people to support her and not judge her as she feared her harasser was going to distribute content that depicted her sexually way, he said. “This is such a horrible feeling for me,” LeNoble read from one of Todd’s posts. She told jurors at the trial of Aydin Coban, the Dutchman accused of blackmailing Todd, that the man threatened to share links with her family, friends and classmates unless she made a series of sexual “broadcasts” on camera web. . Coban has pleaded not guilty to extortion, harassment and contacting a young person to commit a sexual offense and possession of child pornography. These photos were seized during the 2014 arrest of Aydin Coban in a remote bungalow in the Netherlands. The images are part of the exhibits entered into evidence in Coban’s trial for the abuse of Amanda Todd. (BC Supreme Court) At one point, one of the numerous aliases used to extort Todd sent a message telling her she had until the end of the day “until all hell breaks loose,” LeNoble said. The person also threatened to report Todd to child protective authorities, she said. LeNoble said Todd had written a Facebook post urging people to block one of the harasser’s accounts, saying he was a “sick pedophile” who was blackmailing her. The teenager wrote: “She’s going to send you a link to me, because what I did was very stupid, but people make mistakes,” she said. Todd asked people not to share any content they might receive, he said. “I’m like bawling my eyes out,” LeNoble said, reading from the post.
Todd pushed the harasser away, Crown says
LeNoble told the jury Tuesday that by the time the Crown finishes, it will have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Coban was the person behind 22 separate online aliases used to harass and blackmail Todd. Todd had also pushed back on her harasser, LeNoble said, sending them a text saying he hoped they felt guilty for “ruining a young girl’s life.” LeNoble showed jurors messages the harasser had exchanged on Facebook with several people Todd connected with on the site, including a friend who expressed interest in seeing sexual images of the teenager. The harasser shared a link to a porn site, and Todd’s Facebook friend responded, “Sick, thanks bro,” LeNoble said. The blackmail began shortly before Todd turned 13 in November 2009, she said. Crown prosecutor Louise Kenworthy told jurors at the start of the trial nearly two months ago that Todd had been the victim of a persistent online “blackmail” campaign three years before her death aged 15 in October 2012. The Crown is expected to continue its arguments for the rest of the week.
