Part 5/10:
The Personal Toll: Family and Legal Intrusions
The harassment took a troubling turn when Alysa Marante supposedly sent a lengthy and disturbing message to Smash’s wife, insinuating he was an unfit husband. Smash recounted that his wife, at home, received a message from someone claiming to be her husband’s harasser, which left him deeply unsettled. It was especially upsetting because he believed he had done nothing wrong—just retweeted something that annoyed her—and yet the fallout was personal and invasive.