The newest and final season of Orange Is The New Black just came out on Netflix, and almost the entire cast came together for one final premiere party. One actress, Taryn Manning, was nowhere to be seen, and explained her absence in a concerning Instagram post where she detailed being terrorized by cyber criminals.
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'Orange Is The New Black' Star Taryn Manning 'Terrorized' By Alleged Cyber Criminal Attack
Manning plays Tiffany 'Pennsatucky' Doggett on the show.
Despite Pennsatucky being a main staple of the cast since the first season, Manning was not in attendance at the premiere for the final season. Manning took to Instagram to explain her absence.
"I wish I could be there," she wrote on a photo of the cast.
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"Unfortunate uncontrollable circumstances that no one could help with have made it this way. When someone is crying for help from someone who is after your life and soul. Please listen."
"No one deserves to have another person single handedly ruin their life to the point they are paralyzed and never leave in fear."
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"I tried to tell everyone. No one cared," Manning wrote. "This is for anyone who feels alone, terrorized by cyber criminals, cyber bullying, criminals with the intent to cause others distress and isolate them from life, for people who have lost everything due to another humans mental illness and smear campaigns."
"It even happens to people who seemingly have the resources to stop it too."
Instagram | @tarynmanning
Manning then called out her team, writing, "This is for my 'team' of agents, managers and lawyers who didn’t do anything to help me. I forgive you though."
Manning clarified her post in an interview.
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Speaking to The Blast, Manning said, "Cyber criminals are after me. I don't exactly know how it's happening but it is."
She claims the criminals are deleting her data and accessing her accounts.
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Manning says she has also lost "hundreds of thousands" of dollars in income due to losing work as an actress and DJ as a result of these criminals contacting her friends, family, and representatives of her career.
Manning told The Blast she was "crushed" about missing the premiere.
Instagram | @tarynmanning
She claims that these criminals have ruined her life and left her isolated from the rest of the world.
Manning has received a lot of support in the wake of her Instagram post.
Instagram | @tarynmanning
Jenji Kohan, Orange is the New Black's creator, commented on her post expressing her concern alongside many other friends and family of Manning's.
h/t: The Blast
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