Cyberstalking Accountability: A Public Record

Cyberstalking Accountability

Since 2021, I have experienced sustained cyberstalking and targeted harassment by Shanell S. Betts (aka Tyrie Cole). This harassment has included impersonation, the creation of false online profiles, and outreach to collaborators and institutions with false claims intended to damage my reputation and restrict my professional work.

This is a public record. It is grounded in documentation: screenshots, emails, and platform takedown records. It is not an invitation for speculation, harassment, or engagement with the individual named.

Institutional Amplification of Harm

Some of this harm was extended and amplified by institutions that treated unverified claims as credible without consulting me. This pattern is documented in our public accountability statement regarding Oberlin College. The institutional response restricted my professional participation, reinforced harm, and highlighted how systems protect the powerful while exposing Black bodies to risk.

Read the connected record here:The Restorative Ledger: Oberlin Statement

Impact on Safety and Well-Being Cyberstalking Accountability

Being neurodivergent has intensified my vulnerability to harassment and manipulation. Sustained cyberstalking triggers hyper-vigilance, rumination, and trauma responses, directly impacting my work, safety, and mental health. I am naming these impacts to assert my truth and agency—not for sympathy, but as documentation of harm.

Boundaries for Readers Cyberstalking Accountability

• Do not harass, threaten, or contact the individual named.

• Do not speculate publicly about additional associates.

• If you have material, relevant information, contact me privately.

• Comments that incite harassment, speculation, or dogpiling will be removed.

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This record exists because silence has not stopped the harm. Naming it publicly asserts accountability and preserves the integrity of documentation, while connecting it to the broader patterns of institutional negligence outlined in the Oberlin statement.

I am not okay today—but I am choosing to be okay moving forward. Accountability belongs to those who caused or amplified harm; care belongs to those impacted.

— Kiing Curry