Exposing the Unseen World of Smear Campaigns | Project: Bullyish by Lillee Jean
- Lillee Jean
- Aug 26, 2024
- 17 min read
Updated: Sep 10
As a filmmaker, I've learned how easy it is for someone to start a smear campaign. I maintain high standards in my work.
For my documentaries and films, my team and I conduct thorough research and ensure everything is legally reviewed before public release. It's crucial to guarantee accuracy and factual integrity. What you're about to see goes beyond the award-winning documentary...it's the legal action I've pursued against a corporation.
I have spoken deeply on this topic and feel compelled to write a short piece about a terrible incident in my life.
As I have spoken about extensively, a cult bearing my name since I was a teenager, has been on one mission: to destroy me. The police have no idea why, my family has no idea why, but it's a complete campaign for destruction.
The coordinated online harassment campaign against me and my family, which utilizes social media and has infiltrated mainstream media, constitutes a clear case of defamation. This is a malicious effort to spread false and deceptive stories, causing significant reputational and personal harm.
The legal system has long held that an individual is liable for knowingly disseminating false and defamatory statements, a principle established in landmark cases like New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (a person must prove that the defamatory statement was made with knowledge that it was false or with a reckless disregard for the truth).
The courts have extended these protections to the digital age, with case law increasingly holding individuals and organizations accountable for online harassment, misrepresentation, and invasion of privacy.
This campaign is not just a form of online bullying; it is a concerted, unlawful action with severe consequences.
*SINCE THIS ARTICLE, I have filed a police report on this corporation owner for fear of safety, and being stalked by this corporation owner. Deepfake explicit photos were discussed on this corporation owner's Discord, which were of interest to the NYPD to investigate. See the following: https://www.projectbullyish.com/post/lillee-jean-files-new-police-report-on-harassment-deepfakes-august-2024
The Fake Story of the Summer
In March 2024, under the guidance of the police, I exercised my amendment right to prosecute the piracy of my copyrighted works through the legal system.
In deliberately documented communications, the Company was notified of the intellectual property infringements made, and was provided with copies of the official copyright documentation.
All correspondence has been shared with detectives working on ongoing police investigations to ensure all legal measures are taken.
These papers would later appear in various "videos" on social media, intentionally omitting private details and altering the fact that the police were included in the emails, as well as the actual copyright documents, to create a misleading narrative about me.
The facts are as follows: This corporation deliberately planned a financial scheme that jeopardized my family's safety. Throughout these videos, subliminal images of tombstones bearing my name and my mom's name were included to provoke viewers into causing physical harm to my family. Additionally, threats suggesting that I will be "removed" from the Earth were made on Discord to followers, who are primarily children and highly impressionable.
Below are the original copyright papers.
A huge issue on why I believe the story spread is false information and misinformed consumers.
Filing a copyright is a significant action and should only be handled by companies and legitimate legal entities. This information was confidential until this Corporation in Michigan violated my privacy by releasing the emails exchanged between him, the police, and the digital platform.
Beginning in April 2024, a coordinated campaign of online harassment and defamation was launched, characterized by the knowing dissemination of false narratives. The individual behind this campaign, a corporation at that, brazenly infringed upon my copyrighted work while falsely claiming to be the victim of stalking and harassment.
This behavior, including the deceptive editing of video content to conceal material facts such as the involvement of law enforcement, demonstrates a clear intent to mislead the public and cause reputational harm. Under the principle of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, these actions could be seen as acting with a reckless disregard for the truth.
The campaign, meticulously developed over several months to deceive viewers for financial gain, can be substantiated through website statistics and intentional searches.
The videos engaged in acts of antisemitic hate speech and mockery, which have directly contributed to a hostile and dangerous environment for my family and I. What would a child know about this, though? They hear a relatable voice, they think it's COOL.
The dissemination of such content has resulted in credible threats of racially motivated criminal actions, which can be viewed as an attempt to incite violence. It's vital to note this is not a form of protected speech, as established in cases such as Brandenburg v. Ohio, where it draws the line between protected speech and speech that is directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action.
The Specifics of Defamation
In the video, not only were the emails abruptly cut off, but a particular narrative was also promoted. Key details, such as the omission of the police being cc'd or even investigating and confirming police involvement, were clearly shown to YouTube. The corporation intentionally acted deceptively with the aim of damaging my reputation and causing harm to me and my family.
The video contains antisemitic elements, mocking my friend, Rabbi Yitzi Weiner, by calling him a "hotdog" with a photo, ridiculing his last name, while simultaneously accusing me of buying articles. These false claims create a very dangerous environment, especially in light of the Free Palestine movement. As a result, I have received credible threats of racially motivated criminal actions, all due to this unethical company.
Since his fanbase includes children, they might not understand that a copyright is a legal matter requiring a real name, address, and possibly a company to initiate legal proceedings.
This company deliberately twisted the concept of copyright into him being doxxed and harassed. Essentially, he appropriated what he did to me with the Lillee Jean Clone Cult. In reality, if you look at the genuine email sample below, he directly copies what I wrote, presenting it as his own story to mislead viewers.
A Statement on Systemic Harassment and the Pursuit of Accountability
As an award-winning actress, director, and writer, my career is passionately devoted to authentic storytelling and forging genuine connections with audiences. For a significant period, I chose to maintain silence in the face of what appeared to be manufactured online "drama," believing that baseless narratives would naturally dissipate without engagement.
However, the nature of a persistent and systematic campaign, orchestrated by specific entities, including those operating YouTube channels, has undeniably transcended typical online discourse. This coordinated effort, initiated during my formative teenage years, into my life now, continually exploited my silence, continually fabricating increasingly false narratives while inflicting profound personal and professional harm. It became evident that this was far more than a fleeting online spat, but a calculated attack, meticulously designed for malicious defamation and, ultimately, financial gain.
The tactics employed in this campaign are deeply concerning and demonstrate a clear disregard for ethical conduct and legal boundaries. These have included the creation of dedicated platforms explicitly designed to facilitate harassment and endanger my safety and that of my family. Domains were acquired for the sole purpose of inflicting pain and served as conduits for the collection and malicious dissemination of deeply personal, doxxed documents. The demonstrable involvement of these entities, who assisted in hosting and then perpetuating the most egregious acts—which include the public display of private information and the creation of explicit deepfakes—necessitates an unequivocal and firm response.
When online harassment crosses the boundary into real-world life, jeopardizing personal security through doxxing, digital impersonation, and the weaponization of fabricated narratives and deepfakes, it ceases to be merely online content and becomes a grave criminal concern.
My unwavering dedication to the well-being of myself and my family remains paramount. I have meticulously documented these persistent actions and consistently provided this evidence to law enforcement divisions working on a variety of cases that have been opened on individuals involved.
I remain committed to holding accountable those who weaponize the internet for malice and to ensuring such behavior faces severe consequences. This is not about engaging in manufactured drama, but in securing justice, upholding personal and professional integrity, and setting a crucial precedent against cyber-persecution for myself and for others who may face similar attacks. Companies that engage in such harmful practices must be held accountable. My art, my voice, and my resolve continue to thrive, stronger than any attempt to silence them.
Children & Threats
During the last few weeks, which include this corporation's Discord server, there have been terrible threats against me.
In fact, if you just search Jean or Lillee, you will see them nonstop discussing me in a negative and intentionally damaging light, which fans the flames of hate and the criminal threats I'm credibly receiving.
The police were given a link to this server since discussions of deepfakes of my body were made between kids, and several members of this cult.
The servers are populated with children aged 12, and even 16 and 17, who are conversing with adults.
One of these adults is 60 years old and has been stalking me since I was a teenager. She leads the Lillee Jean Clone Cult and has engaged in detailed discussions with the children on this YouTuber's Discord server (Pineapple Head, also known as CheeryMonkey on other servers), and they also communicate with her on private servers.
She even organized for this YouTuber to invade WIKITUBIA with him, to get my Wikitubia page deleted, despite me in the past asking for the page to be deleted with their legal team as far back as 2021.
The important part here is these are two adults, invading a server with children under 18 years of age who do not know better - they were manipulated.
The History Of The Criminal Harassment
As of 2020, this corporation created an intentionally defaming video on my family and I with stolen copyrighted materials. I own the copyright papers to the work "Lillee Jean 2019", and have not made profit off it. Instead this corporation has. The branding of the copyrighted work was tarnished and associated with words such as "fraud" and "scam" as well.
As of that video in 2020, this corporation has a Discord where every few days my family and I are mentioned for several years, in effect to create a violent environment, and, boost the stats of the intentionally defaming video. The corporation owner participated with the members, asking them to SUMMON me.
As of 2023 this person created a fake claim of being harassed via X, and claimed me filing legal copyright papers were harassing him. The police were on those emails, for fear of my safety. As an American citizen, I have every right to act on my copyright - this corporation however convinced a fanbase of children this isn't so. It's a pattern with this corporation, every few years the corporation picks a target that is "STALKING" him, despite this corporation, based on my visitor logs that led to the theft of property, doing this very act. He calls them publicly a cult. If they disobey him, he abuses them verbally on Discord. Many are children as seen above.
As of 2023 led people to believe he wasn't publishing because of me, and my family. Gave people intentional seeds of hate.
Starting 2024 in March, this corporation was stalking my various websites despite being blocked by IP, and state. This corporation kept trying to hack in. Went into my site with the intent to steal, with Scotland, Belgium, Maine, and other parts of the world, to form his campaign of the Spring-Summer 2024. This corporation garnered others to pilfer content and movies, to intentionally damage me once again.
In April 2024 (on my birthday) searches of kidnapping increased on my name, and this corporation's intentionally defaming video from 2020 started to circulate in the search on April 18, 2024 (my birthday).
In May 2024, this corporation published another intentionally defaming video with stolen IP of myself, and my family with false claims of being stalked. Private emails to YouTube on my behalf of copyright papers being submitted were published, with several parts pertinent, such as the cops on the emails, removed to tell a fabricated and damaging lie. This lie affected my way of life, and safety. This proves that the intentionally defaming video which caused a loss of opportunity and tarnished my branding further was a hitjob. It was published on the dark web, and spawned a coordinated attack of others to "end me" for months. (In the video he impersonates me in an email to YouTube with a fake document, and shows himself putting up a private forum with "Lillee Jean Address" in the title field).
Website domains following his email "TIP" line of lilleejean is really mean (a branding tactic to damage my branding) spawned that house PACER family documents, and private videos of my family. This became a witchhunt by the end of May.
As of May-June created a coup with WIKITUBIA (which is run by children on X) to form a lie about me, and publicly humiliate me for "stalking" this corporation owner. In this article you can see how he plotted with 17-year-olds how to take me down. No response was had on my part. I sent the information to the police. This was unprovoked.
As of June-August 2024, several other videos intentionally defaming my family, and utilizing clips of me as a child (some private clips) were utilized to form intentionally defaming statements of being stalked. The corporation, I filed a police report on for aggravated harassment, since as a result, I have received serious threats to my life, as did my mom.
As of August 2024, videos spawned from this corporation's hateful campaigns.
As of August 2024, this corporation's Discord server, created more damage to my financial status, and branding. A new police report was filed due to the DEEPFAKE explicit's that were mentioned in depth, on this corporation's Discord Server.
In September 2024 subpoenas went out.
January 2025, this corporation stole more content, movies, and private IP and created a video that subliminally and literally showed a headstone with my name, and my mother's name on it. The corporation showed my head decapitated (my acting headshot) on various bodies, as well as my mom's nose cut off to make her "Voldemort" with a slogan to brand her as well. The video has impacted the branding of my acting headshot, and created a hateful environment once again unprovoked. The corporation also is in illegal possession of my copyrighted logo, and mocked it in a way that tarnishes the branding, online.
As of January 8th, 2025 on this corporation's Discord Server, the owner encouraged people, and told them he'd SHOW THEM, how to hack into my website and steal, despite being blocked. Some are children.
As of January 8th, 2025 the person who wrote several defaming articles on my mother and I, and refused to speak to the detectives investigating the very person he protected, went on to unprofessionally mock my Queen Lillee branding, while acknowledging, publicly, and participating in the theft. Thus proving, the bias of all 10 articles.
As of January 10-11th 2025, my photos were stolen as a result of this corporation, and more lies were spread on this corporation's Discord Server. Each comment I get on YT are micromanaged by this corporation and overanalyzed to mock, make fun, and defame me further. To illustrate - out of 80 comments, 20-30 over the last few days are analyzed, and mocked. This created a toxic environment, despite me having no contact with this corporation owner, because his "fans" went on to leave hate.
As of January 12th, 2025, my film The Chorus in Our Eyes, which was unlisted on YT for Film Festivals, was embedded into this corporation's Discord server for children to mock and denigrate the film, with defamation such as fake awards from indie film festivals looming. This led to IMDB being vandalized, and rating bombed once again. The person who embedded it, is involved with discussing the deepfake explicit photos of me on that very server. It's an adult man from Belgium, in a server full of 12-year-olds, 13-year-olds, some 17 at oldest. Some watch "MOVIE NIGHT" with this adult in private parts of the server.
As of January 13, 2025, 12:00 AM my mom received a random call from Michigan. This company is in Michigan. The caller demanded to get on my website, and kept questioning "Is this the right number", despite nobody having this number except an agent or CD; my mom responded by saying "There is no phone number on the block page", and further, it's midnight - blowing this "ruse". The discussion due to the correlation of Michigan, and odd questions at midnight, as well as the IP registered on my visitor log, was fully recorded. The detectives were informed since they work the police report on this corporation (for agg harassment, stalking), and sent the phone number that called at midnight, as well as the recording. The suspicious late-night caller's phone number was traced to a former Federal prisoner with gun charges and drug charges. More than one person appeared on the phone, not just the main caller.
As of January 21, 2025 this corporation published a picture of a police department, with an ominous caption of "detectives" being involved. Immediately, "fans" of this corporation began tweeting back with my name, alluding to it must be "LILLEE JEAN". Creating once again a hostile environment filled with lies, and deceit. UNPROVOKED.
The Dark Side
This YouTuber would take a victory lap that he got me erased. In subsequent weeks, explicit deep fake AI photos would be made of m,e which we discussed on his server.
When I thought about this article, I gave it a deep thought. I realized people need to know their children are not safe online. Content farms, with one facet being anonymous drama channels on YouTube (they earn revenue from VOX-style videos, and many are located in foreign countries with Western figureheads) don't just stay on YouTube. They go into Discord, Twitch, Rumble, Twitter, and other nooks & crannies for kids to discuss video topics. This increases engagement on said videos, and hence revenue.
If the screenshot collage above alarmed you, you'd be right on that feeling. It includes screenshots of minor children on the server of an adult man, who calls it the "Cult 8.0."
The server, by the company, has references to NSFW content, and romanticizing children in relationships. This man on YouTube has garnered over 10 million views on several hateful videos, with comments from children fangirling his "sweet" voice and his little "giggles" as he "meows" at them on voice chat on the server.
Project Bullyish initiates a conversation about how the online world impacts our rights daily. It also highlights the manipulation of our children, as illustrated by the involvement of a man in his mid-20s on the aforementioned server. I have filed police reports against this individual due to threats to my safety.
I believe it has gotten quite out of hand. Despite having police reports on this man, he has people hashtagging to FREEPRIM, and insisting I apologize for "doxxing" and "harassing" him for 4 years...despite, him doing this to me. This is an abusive tactic by this Michigan corporation, and, needs to be held accountable. My life is not a game, and I am not a punching bag, as in his server they like to refer to me as.
I have several times brought up the point of why does he not file a police report, or seek some type of legal action. The truth is, that he is knowingly lying to consumers with his company's channel(s). He was not doxxed he is a public figure, and I have proof on my website that I provided to the police of him, harassing, breaching my privacy, and stalking me (a snippet above).
The problem is that people think this entity is the "it girl", they need to realize, the people running these very channels:
Own companies. These are not private people(s).
Run in packs of groups that run the same content.
Under-researched content - most is opinion, not fact.
Hire editors, and scriptwriters to guide their points to manipulate consumers.
Utilize the dark web to "farm" content for them. They're not journalists of good standing or investigative reporters - these are random people, who form companies, to create drama on platforms such as YouTube.
In one example, see how this unethically run American company, had my name floating around a dark website, once again, referencing they're there because of his company. This is why YouTube ignored this company's pleas to "erase" me from the platform. I never abused copyright - I had the police on EACH EMAIL sent to this YouTuber's corporation.
Numerous falsehoods are being spread by this unethical American company, including claims of being "sued by YouTube" and facing a lawsuit against his organization.
Action must be taken to address this situation. We cannot allow these YouTubers to continue spreading lies while websites like the ones mentioned above gain interest. The threats to my life stem from him and the cult he leads. The snippets mentioned are indexed on Google.
This is intentional, vital damage to the brand of Lillee Jean, and above and beyond has yielded criminal actions.
Lillee Jean Trueman Takes Control: Unwavering Stand Against Harassment and Defamation
Accountability isn't just a word; it's a demand. While I've addressed this harassment online before, the escalation proves that words alone aren't enough. Let me be clear: this will not deter me. I'm using my position, my voice, and my resources to speak out, to protect myself, my family, and anyone else who's faced this unjustifiable situation. For too long, individuals like these have evaded real consequences, preventing true change. That ends now.
Taking Down the Toxicity: The Discord Server & Coordinated Attacks
I'm drawing a line in the sand: enough is enough. The Discord server connected to this individual has become a breeding ground for targeted harassment, openly plotting to vandalize my intellectual property and even my physical belongings. Users hiding behind names like 'Pineapple Head' and 'Silly Bean' are actively engaging with minors to coordinate these attacks. This isn't just toxic; it's dangerous and frankly, terrifying.
Unethical Journalism and Calculated Smears
From July 2024 through January 1, 2025, several digital journalists actively tied themselves to these coordinated smear campaigns. They published under-researched, pirated hit pieces that are a blatant disgrace to ethical journalism. They deliberately published my private emails, meticulously removing crucial sections that referenced law enforcement. The omitted parts, proving their intent, are included in the screenshots below for full transparency. These individuals knowingly distorted facts about me for their own financial gain. Most egregious is their intentional undermining and rewriting of history concerning the murder and sexual violence threats I've endured. They were fully aware of Project: Bullyish, which holds the original screenshots of those horrific threats. Their actions were calculated attempts to discredit me, all for money. What they didn't count on was my refusal to be silenced.
The orchestrated campaign of defamation, propagated by these individuals and their digital writers across New York, Texas, and California, was a calculated maneuver to fuel baseless hate and, ultimately, their profits. They shamelessly used my image with terms designed to harm and sabotage my brand and personal well-being, showing zero regard for my safety. They stole my intellectual property, refusing to remove photographs where they even lifted my own copyrighted logo. Their refusal to cooperate with detectives investigating the deepfake and stalking cases only amplified the harm they helped spread across social media.
As recently as December 2024, their lead digital journalist continued to knowingly spread falsehoods about me and these other entities, once again stealing my copyrighted material. This isn't journalism; it's an additional avenue to fuel their smear campaign against my family and me. My brand and my personal well-being will not be undermined by malicious, planned tactics. I am fully committed to holding those accountable for the years of harm, their deliberate efforts to deceive the public, and the immense mental stress they've inflicted.
The Time for Action is Now: 2025
The time has come to no longer be silent. The truth needs to be crystal clear, and that time is now, in 2025.
I have had zero personal contact with these people, and I've let law enforcement lead on every action taken so far. Every individual from these "digital rags" and their employees have reports filed against them.
I've faced blackmail attempts, harassment from individuals associated with their publishing arms, and consistent threats, all while they helped these social media campaigns flourish. Not one of these individuals has ever sought proper legal discourse through the police, District Attorney, or FBI, as I have.
Instead, they've continued to flood the internet with defamatory and damaging stories aimed at me, a calculated smear effort to continue profiting from my name.
No artist should have their intellectual property stolen, threats made against them, their potential livelihood tarnished, or be harassed for profit.
Below are samples of actual threats, taunting, harassment, and blackmail attempts made toward me. Within weeks of these samples surfacing, they ensured damaging stories were published to harm me, my family, and my brand.
About Lillee Jean Trueman:
Lillee Jean Trueman is an actress, director, writer, producer, and filmmaker from New York City. In 2021, Trueman founded Bullyish to spearhead global discussions about criminal online stalking and coordinated attacks. Through her award-winning documentary film Project: Bullyish, she has gone on to shed light on how this criminal process is conducted by digital media corporations online. Through Trueman's own research and by involving appropriate law enforcement, she has continued to make people talk, globally, about the true underbelly of the World Wide Web.
Her documentary project received excellent acclaim abroad from those who have been harassed and stalked. Project Bullyish is an award-winner at the Humro Cinema Film Festival (June 2024), and the documentary won two Official Selection awards from FilmNest International Film Festival (June 2024), and Kurdistan International Independent Film Festival (December 2024) as well. In June 2025, Trueman's documentary touched French viewers through livestreams globally, amplifying discussions for coordinated criminal harassment attacks.
Through Bullyish, Trueman has continued to advocate for various topics related to cyber technologies, including AI usage and IP protections. Above a documentary, Trueman promotes combating stalking online through education, true in-depth journalism, and the integrity of insight into the truth of online dangers.
©️ 2024 Lillee Jean Trueman. All rights reserved. This article contains the personal opinions and experiences of the author and is not intended to provide legal, financial, or any other professional advice. Readers should consult with a qualified professional for advice regarding their specific situation. The publisher is not responsible for any actions taken based on the content of this article.
UPDATED ARTICLE BASED ON NYPD SUBPOENAS 2025.
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