The testimonies go on to include references of stalking, online and in-person harassment, and expressed safety concerns.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Dog The Bounty Hunter and Sebastian Rogers’ father filed for injunctions against two social media influencers in Pennsylvania.
They claimed that a YouTuber and a TikTok user have obstructed the search for Sebastian Rogers. Sebastian has been missing since February and was last seen at his family home in Hendersonville.
Dog The Bounty Hunter joined the search for missing Sumner County teen Sebastian in September, adding $75,000 to the reward for information. Last week, he added $25,000 more to the reward, which now totals $125,000.
The lawsuit alleged that two influencers created a “coordinated campaign of cyber harassment,” consisting of “false allegations” and “witness intimidation.”
In the 323-page exhibit and testimony, Seth Rogers and Dog the Bounty Hunter’s investigative team claimed that the influencers encouraged their subscribers to flood tip lines and law enforcement with false reports. Threats to Dog’s team allegedly caused the postponement of critical travel and coordination for search efforts. A spokesperson for Seth said one of the influencers threatened to “take him down.”
“I’m fighting against a coordinated group of individuals who seem more interested in destroying me than helping to find my boy,” Seth wrote. “…If my son dies out there, they’ll have blood on their hands.”
The testimonies go on to include references of stalking, online and in-person harassment, and expressed safety concerns.
The lawsuit urged the defendants to discontinue any “disparaging statements” about the plaintiffs, remove any previous content that fit that description, and ask her subscribers to follow their example.
A press conference was scheduled for Tuesday in Pennsylvania, where the influencers reside, to address the filed lawsuit. But according to the AtNight Private Intelligence Agency, the conference was postponed to due “reports of individuals arranging for a ‘marching band’ to interrupt the conference, along with other suspicious messages.”
In a letter included in the exhibits, the YouTuber’s lawyer writes that the allegations are “baseless and without legal foundation.”
News 2 reached out to all parties involved, but had not heard back at the time of this publication.
If you have information, you can call Chapman’s tip line at 833-835-5364, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office at 615-451-3838 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) at 1-800-TBI-FIND. You can also contact the TBI via email. Information can also be sent to the nearest FBI office, American Embassy or Consulate. You can follow this link to submit a tip online.