Natalie Reynolds was banned from TikTok for deceiving a mentally ill homeless woman into jumping into a lake, by promising her $20.00, and then running away when she could not swim.
Why do we give a shit about the disgusting fucking TikTok skank's name? Bury her in monikers, don't reward her with a spotlight. What's the homeless victim's name and condition, does anyone know?
The homeless lady's name is unknown. Same with her current status, but from an article... "...the Austin Fire Department confirmed that firefighters were called to Lady Bird Lake.
They said they were called to provide medical assistance and that a person was pulled out of the lake.
I'm not that bright. Can anyone figure out the odds of someone randomly walking by tiktok headquarters, who happens to see someone crying and trying to enter a building (with no door handle), that happens to know who that crying idiot is, and decides to record it for posterity?
Good point. What are the odds it might have been a friend who filmed the whole thing in an attempt to gain sympathy. Narcissists want attention. If they get negative attention, they'll try to change the narrative to gain sympathy. But in the end, it's mostly about getting attention.
This is quite obviously not an entry door. This is just a fake video to promote her drama & OFs & @op fell for it. FYI she isn't banned & currently has 2.4 million followers on TikTok
That may be, but it'll never get the same number of views, she'll never make as much money, and if she shows her face they'll know it's her and ban her again.
In May 2024, she reportedly paid a woman $20 to jump into a lake, knowing she couldn't swim, then left when the woman struggled, leading to a rescue. This likely violated TikTok's rules against harmful content, resulting in her ban. The video of her crying outside a building, believed to be TikTok's HQ, on June 9, 2025, seems genuine, though the exact location is debated. Her defense claims it was a misunderstanding, but backlash persists due to her lack of accountability.
I'd love to hear her explain how "paying a homeless woman she knew couldn't swim $20 to jump in a body of water only to run away immediately, while filming the whole thing for financial gain" was "a misunderstanding" lol.
I'm not sure this video is of her at the office... considering what the building looks like and the fact that that door is clearly not the front entrance. I looked at the four headquarters buildings on google and they consist of a sliding door, a revolving door, and two normal handle doors. These buildings have lobbies you can walk into... so like... I dunno about this man
TikTok is incredibly easy to monetise - it's hard to monetise successfully, but the platform makes it easy to commercialise your account. Anyone can do it, but obviously that makes it incredibly competitive... hence the utterly deranged antics and output rate. Its an incredibly smart platform and UX design (in the evil genius sense)
Not to be a dick and I know I'll get down voted, but unfortunately what she did probably isn't a crime. Is it shitty and in poor taste, yes. Should it be a crime, probably. Did she break the law doing this, most likely not. The shitty thing about laws is that they don't really protect people from others doing shitty things like this. However if this girls entire livelihood is taken from her that isn't a terrible thing. She'll just get an onlyfans and say she was cancelled by tiktok or something
From a legal perspective, we could argue the woman was a contractor and that she had an obligation to create a safe work environment and provide help in case of accidents.
Ah, the self interview. The tool of sports and political radio hosts even though they often have cohosts. Right up there with speaking of yourself in the third person.
There are likely laws against putting other people in harm's way, but it requires a police force that is enforcing those laws. Imagine if it was a black person putting a white person at risk, there certainly is a higher chance that person would be arrested. But a white person putting a homeless at risk? Eh, police wouldn't care, seemingly.
The social contract calls for us to help each other only is so far as the laws allow, or demand. But to be Human is to know a moral law that asks us to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can so that all suffering might end. Kindness, empathy, connection. She has not matured into Humanity, and like many, possibly never will
I Am Not A Lawyer, but I think she should be charged with *depraved indifference* Google says it essentially: "describes a situation where someone engages in behavior that creates a serious risk of death, and their actions demonstrate a complete lack of concern for the potential harm to others, even if death results."
Fundamentally it seems like it just comes down to our tolerance for exploiting people. So far humanity as a whole seems pretttttttty ok with that. Glad she got banned from TikTok, from her reaction that seems pretty important to her. Fck that bitch.
Ah yes, it’s 2025 when discussing reality offends people. Did I say ANYWHERE that I supported this? No, I’m glad she’s banned. I would, however, suggest you think long and hard about the implications of making this a crime.
Like what? Taking advantage of a desperate person’s need to get them to agree to do something you profit off of? Good luck with that. Obviously the running off part is worse, but I think you’re getting blinded by a specific example - this case yes - lock her up for all I care. But it’s going to be more complicated more often than not. Would you criminalize someone daring someone else to do something and then running off when that person did something to make it FAR worse? I wouldn’t.
Let's look at the facts. She bribed a homeless person into jumping into a lake - possible coercion Homeless person could not swim and screamed for help - imminent danger, risk of drowning She runs away and refuses to help - no crime At best it's a reckless endangerment or similar charge, but coercing someone, especially a mentally ill person, into a dangerous situation poses serious liability risks and probably violated at least one law. What is your reasoning for not pursuing criminal charges?
It is a stretch, if I was the prosecutor and was bringing a case that’s not bad, but it also usually rides along with like shooting a gun into an “empty” building and hitting someone inside to provide the mental state required to commit a crime. It also requires the person know this is unusually dangerous - apparently - this POS thought she would “just” film the poor person getting wet and climbing out of the water.
She didn't know (perhaps) and didn't care, then ran away instead of helping when she realized. I don't know how sound a prosection would typically be if the only underpinning were depraved indifference (unless Seinfeld is any guide) but it's hard to argue that it doesn't apply here.
I kind of want to click just to see how bad it was, but at the same time knowing I'm probably going to see this poor homeless woman exploited and almost killed just makes me feel scummy and not want to. I say probably because I figure there's still a decent chance that link is a Rick Roll.
No money to gain, more publicity to lose, not to mention you're doubling down on your tiktok ban. If there was anything to gain, no doubt she'd try though.
No money to gain doesn't usually stop people when it comes to the homeless. People happily spend money to feed and house them, so long as they can do so behind bars.
Sure but that's general, faceless, nameless homeless people, this is an individual. The named homeless people end up in buzzfeed articles where people feed orphans to the machine to pull one up for a moment... then immediately leave without any support system the second the feel good moment passes.
S3rginho
The video . . . https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1d4qfwl/trying_to_spread_this_far_and_wide/
enderite
toolzgalore2
What a dickhead
stormywaters84
who cares about tik tok?
duktayp
https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/who-is-natalie-reynolds-know-everything-about-influencer-caught-crying-outside-tiktok-hq-in-la-video
taez555
"You can't ban me!!! I have a million followers!! I've never had a real job!!"
BrutallyHonest
J Aubrey did a good video on how vile this woman is.
AreWeNotDoingPhrasingNow
I've never heard of her until this post
meganical
And may most of us never hear of her again
Polymathena
KungofBees
Like Laura Loomer chaining herself to the Twitter hq door lol. The entitlement is insane, like their personalities.
3rdoption
She just cunt face reality.
Leonesse
Pathetic. This generation is doomed. How about Jail time. Tiktok ruined the world.
CaptSchmidtGaming
you're the OP. you can't enter your own chat with your own opinions. thats what the description is for.
HumanFromPlanetEarth
Double dipping on nearly every post
invaderjak
I've never liked her, who are we talking about again?
GravyEducation
In all the twenty seconds I've known her, I think the last ten were the worst
Turboslacker
Autittuderp
Tiktok banning people for being empathy devoid mindless drones....literally what it was designed to do. Interesting flex.
DrunkenLordDuck
Why do we give a shit about the disgusting fucking TikTok skank's name? Bury her in monikers, don't reward her with a spotlight. What's the homeless victim's name and condition, does anyone know?
MadameTiffany
The homeless lady's name is unknown. Same with her current status, but from an article... "...the Austin Fire Department confirmed that firefighters were called to Lady Bird Lake.
They said they were called to provide medical assistance and that a person was pulled out of the lake.
It is not clear what medical assistance the woman needed or her current condition." - (May 2024) https://www.unilad.com/community/influencer-natalie-reynolds-woman-jumps-in-lake-366939-20240531
Bregfret
Welcome to the real world work force, you dingdong.
Tible19
https://youtu.be/sm5XVSdaw_0?si=F0XcvBhThbSmmFWU the video she tried to scrub from the internet
Neurisko
Only Fans will take her and some idiots will pay $100 for her fart water.
BeatChillin
c-u-n-t
Ppl make the tok waaay more important than it is. What a baby.
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
In this case it's a greedy selfish person losing access to what I imagine is her source of income and validation
Shickzilla
I'm pretty sure if they get big enough they can monetize it, so this is probably losing her money.
Poor girl!
wannasee
A cunt has depth and warmth. This is just a privileged white woman whose peroxide has reached into her brain.
LawFiveGuy
I'm not that bright. Can anyone figure out the odds of someone randomly walking by tiktok headquarters, who happens to see someone crying and trying to enter a building (with no door handle), that happens to know who that crying idiot is, and decides to record it for posterity?
Shurenai
Hmm, What are the odds that there is someone at a world-known video making platform has a phone and might be nearby to record...
sfbiker
Since the person filming could have been a Tiktok employee, I'd say that the odds are pretty high that someone would film her and post on tiktok
LawFiveGuy
Good point. What are the odds it might have been a friend who filmed the whole thing in an attempt to gain sympathy. Narcissists want attention. If they get negative attention, they'll try to change the narrative to gain sympathy. But in the end, it's mostly about getting attention.
woozle
Tible19
https://youtu.be/sm5XVSdaw_0?si=F0XcvBhThbSmmFWU she tried to have the live stream deleted
Cavalrysword
"A pretty face don't mean a pretty heart" Robert Palmer.
Jasonreissue
might as well face it you’re addicted to coke - to
RadiDaddy
“A pretty face can hide an evil mind.”
—Johnny Rivers
Cavalrysword
👍👍
phylax1
Stop making stupid people famous.
Sebastopol140
Should be in prison.
gardenias
Should be at the bottom of a lake, but we had to go and make all these laws...
HeyArabella
This is quite obviously not an entry door. This is just a fake video to promote her drama & OFs & @op fell for it. FYI she isn't banned & currently has 2.4 million followers on TikTok
Teratoid
Disgusting piece of shit. I hope she gets what she deserves.
Tible19
https://youtu.be/sm5XVSdaw_0?si=F0XcvBhThbSmmFWU she tried ti have the video evidence deleted but someone posted it on YT
Teratoid
She's fucking revolting
IHateItH3r3
she'll just make another account and keep getting views (like all the others do) because i guess people on tiktok love a trainwreck
ionicseraph
That may be, but it'll never get the same number of views, she'll never make as much money, and if she shows her face they'll know it's her and ban her again.
JosXII
social media is a disease
AttilaTheHung
And we are all infected here, too https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1aTZxZXJ6a2k2ZzM1YmU4YXl6YnAwcDg2d3E3aWd0aXk3c2hzMmhmYiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/e1s8C0YnnfjlRf7mEr/200w.webp
Leonesse
In May 2024, she reportedly paid a woman $20 to jump into a lake, knowing she couldn't swim, then left when the woman struggled, leading to a rescue. This likely violated TikTok's rules against harmful content, resulting in her ban. The video of her crying outside a building, believed to be TikTok's HQ, on June 9, 2025, seems genuine, though the exact location is debated. Her defense claims it was a misunderstanding, but backlash persists due to her lack of accountability.
CaptSchmidtGaming
bro... is this your first day on imgur? this is what the description is for
DrunkenLordDuck
100%, this post reeks of giving the TikToker a platform by pretending there's drama.
usnerd55
Guess what, she's white, pretty, and privileged. Don't try this if you are not.
TheGgreen100
I'd love to hear her explain how "paying a homeless woman she knew couldn't swim $20 to jump in a body of water only to run away immediately, while filming the whole thing for financial gain" was "a misunderstanding" lol.
TreasonousCheeto
She misunderstood the terms of service of TikTok. She didn’t know there would be consequences.
SumOneElse
She misunderstood that the everyone else would hate her instead of thinking it was great content. 🙄
BossVarriack
I'm not sure this video is of her at the office... considering what the building looks like and the fact that that door is clearly not the front entrance. I looked at the four headquarters buildings on google and they consist of a sliding door, a revolving door, and two normal handle doors. These buildings have lobbies you can walk into... so like... I dunno about this man
Everyonesfavorite
Are you that geoguesser guy? 😃
BossVarriack
Nah, I am just the guy who knows how to find things. Things you don't normally find in stores. For a modest price.
seenunseen
Curious, does she use tik tok for financial gain, or is she just addicted to attention?
StellarJay77
Yes
33Fox
Yes....
Leonesse
yes, for financial gain.
BigDaddysMeatWagon
Both probably. She's still a terrible person so whatever.
MyRespectableAlterEgo
TikTok is incredibly easy to monetise - it's hard to monetise successfully, but the platform makes it easy to commercialise your account. Anyone can do it, but obviously that makes it incredibly competitive... hence the utterly deranged antics and output rate. Its an incredibly smart platform and UX design (in the evil genius sense)
DefinitelyaHumanNotanAlien
Answer: Who cares? 😄
somethingdark
It's funnier if she lost a source of income
unbelievablejustletmein
All these "influencers" are going to be fucked when TikTok finally disappears one of these days. No real jobs.
abraxasfury
IToldYouSo1
Exactly what thought https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eDYzOXFqa3Vva3pwZnd1Mjd6YTlpZjNuZWdjeHp4N2J1a2lteG1ibiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/bgOeHPlD3EernsOIiW/200w.webp
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Wikipedo
Show...her...the finger
mem5000
my thoughts exactly... who is she?
Sturdycrotch
A six piece chicken mcnobody. An evil one, but still a nobody
monkeyfly
Evil is a dime a dozen these days. She's absolutely bottom of the barrel.
firehawkcultist
FlibbleWibble
Visual venture did a good Yt vid about Internet scumbags recently. She's in it.
4chanrefugee
Star-lord, man. Legendary outlaw. Guys?
Tible19
https://youtu.be/sm5XVSdaw_0?si=F0XcvBhThbSmmFWU the live stream she tried to have deleted
BearableBear
Omg finally consequences.
IliveIdyeIliveagain
What a piece of shit
Whiskey461
This is where I first heard about her.
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RPCharImages
*claps* Well played, well played
swedeonamoose
And why isnt she in jail for such a stunt ?
icantevenliterallyshake
BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN
PicassoCT
Saving a princess, is that the quest good sir? We ride at dawn! Fear not fair maiden, what ever horrors you inflicted, you shall be saved!
torp
Because USA 2025
CeoHuntingSeason
After googling it looks like she is facing criminal charges
OzRockabella
CaptnVatka
No criminal or civil punishment on account of excessive whiteness.
IfILikeYourJokeITellYou
Oh sweetie this is America
custardandfishfingers24
That sounds like attempted murder to me!!
Jewdakris
Not to be a dick and I know I'll get down voted, but unfortunately what she did probably isn't a crime. Is it shitty and in poor taste, yes. Should it be a crime, probably. Did she break the law doing this, most likely not. The shitty thing about laws is that they don't really protect people from others doing shitty things like this. However if this girls entire livelihood is taken from her that isn't a terrible thing. She'll just get an onlyfans and say she was cancelled by tiktok or something
KuriyamaSoManyNumbers
She's charged with homeless abuse and house arrest violations. The victim also sued her for attempted murder since she couldnt swim
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Fraud is a crime, and so is gross negligence that causes harm to others, thanks for shitting up the comment feed with ignorance I guess
GrowinWildontheFunnyFarm
It's Fraud and attempted manslaughter if she was unaware the woman couldn't swim.
Detacheddavid
From a legal perspective, we could argue the woman was a contractor and that she had an obligation to create a safe work environment and provide help in case of accidents.
Fanner50
Ah, the self interview.
The tool of sports and political radio hosts even though they often have cohosts.
Right up there with speaking of yourself in the third person.
NickRivieraMD
It's fraud for sure, and probably assault.
Imjurbro
Maybe for $20, but maybe not. And defrauding someone $20 sure doesn’t put you in jail. Assault, I mean, that’s not even in the discussion.
dislurkerdude
Attempted manslaughter
redditmcredditface
Im just happy this idiot lost all of her TikTok related income amounting to way more than $20.
Trelis
There are likely laws against putting other people in harm's way, but it requires a police force that is enforcing those laws.
Imagine if it was a black person putting a white person at risk, there certainly is a higher chance that person would be arrested. But a white person putting a homeless at risk? Eh, police wouldn't care, seemingly.
TheFunGuyinOz
The social contract calls for us to help each other only is so far as the laws allow, or demand.
But to be Human is to know a moral law that asks us to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can so that all suffering might end.
Kindness, empathy, connection.
She has not matured into Humanity, and like many, possibly never will
tiptoeingthru
I Am Not A Lawyer, but I think she should be charged with *depraved indifference* Google says it essentially: "describes a situation where someone engages in behavior that creates a serious risk of death, and their actions demonstrate a complete lack of concern for the potential harm to others, even if death results."
Hexidimentional
yeah... morally bankrupt and psycopathic but like what would you actually charge her with?
ReaperCDN
Criminal negligence.
Imjurbro
This seems very uncomfortable for people, I’ve been downvoted like 50 points for making the same statement.
Hexidimentional
its a problem that there isnt a charge for this, but also there are way too many people running around without a morality system
KellyCrazyCatLadyinTraining
Republicans exist, we know. /s
Imjurbro
Fundamentally it seems like it just comes down to our tolerance for exploiting people. So far humanity as a whole seems pretttttttty ok with that. Glad she got banned from TikTok, from her reaction that seems pretty important to her. Fck that bitch.
honeybadgersRus
Same reason they are trying to get the death sentence for Luigi
Cloudraker
I think the blonde hair and white skin explain it better than we ever could.
RevRagnarok
Sounds about white.
KawaiiInari
"Please-uh! They won't let me in-uh! I just want my account unbanned-uh! Please-uh!"
woozle
freshthrowaway1138
We can all hope for a better outcome.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ViCUu4TlGjk
Imjurbro
What’s the crime? Seriously, it make seem fcked up, but really, name the crime.
QuartzPoker
The fact you don't know what crime is involved with lying to someone about money tells me you shouldn't be allowed to interact in the adult world.
ReaperCDN
Criminal negligence.
PerpetualExhaustion
Seriously? Fraud is the obvious one here. Are you fucking retarded?
CeoHuntingSeason
If its illegal to pay someone to kill another person the crime to pay someone to kill themselves should be not far away from the very same crime.
Imjurbro
But she didn’t, she paid someone to jump on the water.
organiclife3
Well apparently she didn't pay either, so coerced someone to commit self-harm by lying to them.
Imjurbro
There is absolutely nothing illegal about paying someone to jump in the water. She didn’t pay, and that’s $20. Nobody is going to jail for that.
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Imjurbro
Ah yes, it’s 2025 when discussing reality offends people. Did I say ANYWHERE that I supported this? No, I’m glad she’s banned. I would, however, suggest you think long and hard about the implications of making this a crime.
Thazzract
Yeah it's pretty indefensible, what do YOU think are the drawbacks of making actions like this criminal?
Imjurbro
Like what? Taking advantage of a desperate person’s need to get them to agree to do something you profit off of? Good luck with that. Obviously the running off part is worse, but I think you’re getting blinded by a specific example - this case yes - lock her up for all I care. But it’s going to be more complicated more often than not. Would you criminalize someone daring someone else to do something and then running off when that person did something to make it FAR worse? I wouldn’t.
ProbablyWrong524
Let's look at the facts.
She bribed a homeless person into jumping into a lake - possible coercion
Homeless person could not swim and screamed for help - imminent danger, risk of drowning
She runs away and refuses to help - no crime
At best it's a reckless endangerment or similar charge, but coercing someone, especially a mentally ill person, into a dangerous situation poses serious liability risks and probably violated at least one law.
What is your reasoning for not pursuing criminal charges?
RayneOfSalt
You seem to be rather offended, bro.
paullyboy1999
Criminal Indifference maybe. A stretch but...
Imjurbro
It is a stretch, if I was the prosecutor and was bringing a case that’s not bad, but it also usually rides along with like shooting a gun into an “empty” building and hitting someone inside to provide the mental state required to commit a crime. It also requires the person know this is unusually dangerous - apparently - this POS thought she would “just” film the poor person getting wet and climbing out of the water.
lujotu
She didn't know (perhaps) and didn't care, then ran away instead of helping when she realized. I don't know how sound a prosection would typically be if the only underpinning were depraved indifference (unless Seinfeld is any guide) but it's hard to argue that it doesn't apply here.
NickRivieraMD
Fraud for starters
Imjurbro
Of $20?
RayneOfSalt
If you steal 1 cent from someone, you're still a thief.
NickRivieraMD
what a shit take. enough to induce someone to do something for the promise of it.
Imjurbro
Sadly the person she induced did seem to care enough about $20 to jump into a lake when they couldn’t swim. But do we send people to jail over $20?
Tible19
https://youtu.be/sm5XVSdaw_0?si=F0XcvBhThbSmmFWU if anyone wants the live stream she tried to remove
teberoth
I kind of want to click just to see how bad it was, but at the same time knowing I'm probably going to see this poor homeless woman exploited and almost killed just makes me feel scummy and not want to. I say probably because I figure there's still a decent chance that link is a Rick Roll.
Gra55hopper
I clicked to confirm Rick roll or not; it isn't but I didn't watch for your same reasons.
iamgnat
Cause the legal system doesn't give a shit about homeless people unless their existence is negatively impacting those with money.
Cloudypoona
Her skin color is part of the clue
Nalianna
Homeless people aren't the 1% richest.
DrunkenLordDuck
Kinda surprised they haven't tried to sue the homeless victim for defamation by doing exactly as she was told.
MiniYams
No money to gain, more publicity to lose, not to mention you're doubling down on your tiktok ban. If there was anything to gain, no doubt she'd try though.
iamgnat
I'd give even odds that she at least mentioned the idea in passing to her lawyer.
mirhagk
No money to gain doesn't usually stop people when it comes to the homeless. People happily spend money to feed and house them, so long as they can do so behind bars.
MiniYams
Sure but that's general, faceless, nameless homeless people, this is an individual. The named homeless people end up in buzzfeed articles where people feed orphans to the machine to pull one up for a moment... then immediately leave without any support system the second the feel good moment passes.