A teenage university student shot herself weeks after being bullied for starring in an amateur porn film.
Alyssa Funke, 19, was taunted mercilessly online after taking part in a sex film with a stranger for website Casting Couch-X.
After weeks of gossip and trolling, the aspiring anaesthesiologist drove out to her family’s boat in Stillwater, Minnesota, and killed herself.
Alyssa had been a straight A student despite a difficult childhood – her dad was jailed for fraud and her mother and new boyfriend were charged with drug-dealing.
Struggling for money, she had recently transferred to the University of Wisconsin.
In the sex video posted online, she had called herself ‘Stella’ and talked of her academic background.
“I’m Stella Ann. I’m 18, from Minnesota, and I’m really looking forward to get started,” she said.
“I want to be a major in biology, minor in chemistry, and I want to be an anesthesiologist,” she added.
MirrorOnline has included a clip of Alyssa introducing herself in the video below.
But word of the video soon spread and old school mates began sending Alyssa abuse via Twitter and Facebook.
One called her a ‘thot’ – slang for prostitute – and added: “Does her dad know?”
Two weeks after the video was posted online she bought a shotgun, drove to a nearby lake and killed herself.
One friend said she has no doubt the bullying drove Alyssa to her death.
“A lot of people are really negative about it or standing up and saying it shouldn’t happen to people,” said Katrina Dodg.
“Sad it’s still happening, actually.”
Washington County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating her death, but detectives don’t believe the postings on social media constitute criminal harassment
