Ariana Grande Fan Threatens Suicide On Twitter To Gain Followers

A suicide threat on Twitter that has the Canadian police investigating is now believed to be a hoax made up to promote Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande’s new album. However, the girl responsible for the tweets claimed she wasn’t endorsing the star, and just wanted to gain followers on the social media site.

The Twitter account @ButerasCandiess received attention from the authorities when a Toronto nurse named Anne Marie Batten brought the account holder’s plight to the police.

According to the local nurse, the Twitter account owner, a self-professed Ariana Grande fan, was sending out alarming messages, claiming to be a troubled teen who wanted to kill herself by overdosing on pharmaceuticals on Thursday.

This prompted other “Grandetors” to tweet their support and discourage the teen from committing suicide.

“I’ll take pills and I’ll kill my self,” (sic) the apparently troubled teen wrote, adding on her subsequent tweets to tell Grande about her and make the hashtag #RIPbuterascandiess trend.

Scott Mills, a police spokesperson who frequently intervenes when people express suicidal thoughts on social media, told The Star that he thought the situation was serious when it was brought up to the police’s attention.

“I triaged it from a police perspective and I decided it did appear to be someone who was in distress.”

The police then investigated the matter, and later began having doubts about the seriousness of the claim and the user’s identity. They asked Twitter to divulge the user’s IP address, which they traced to a location in Greece.

However, the address was a “spoof” that aimed to hide the user’s real location. They deduced that the user was really from the U.S.

The account’s previous activities raised suspicions as well. The user has previously requested others to follow her account or express her adoration with Grande, whose album was released on September 3.

The police have then determined that the tweets were a hoax intended as a marketing stunt to promote Grande’s new album.

The user admitted that her suicide threat was just a hoax after one day of posting a series of tweets, denying that she’s from the U.S.

“This is a huge waste of our 911 dispatchers, our intelligence people, and our communications resources,” Mills continued to The Star.

They aren’t certain who was behind the stunt, and don’t think that Grande was aware of it. If the person responsible has been proved to be a Canadian citizen, he or she could be charged with public mischief.

The user, meanwhile, has adamantly denied that she’s connected with Grande in any way, claiming that she’s just a fan who wanted to attract followers.

@arianagforum omg and what will happen now? I DIDNT TOLD it yo promote ARIANA REALLY pls believe ME just TO GET FOLLOWERS
— ℇmmα (@ButerasCandiess) September 2, 2013

I want to be clear,i never promoted Ariana and I told that I want to kill myself to get followers.I m so sorry everyone really sorry — ℇmmα (@ButerasCandiess) September 2, 2013

GUYS U DONT DO ANYTHING TO PROMOTE GRANDE I JUST WANTED TO GET FOLLOWERS AND SEE IF GRANDETORS CARE FOR ME REALLY
— ℇmmα (@ButerasCandiess) September 2, 2013

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