Who is Sakoya Blackwood of Jamaica who catfished and blackmailed Adam Aron using photos

Who is Sakoya Blackwood of Jamaica who catfished and blackmailed Adam Aron using photos

Know who is Sakoya Blackwood who blackmailed Adam Aron after he sent her his photos

The CEO of the worldโ€™s largest cinema chain, Adam Aron, recently disclosed that he fell victim to an intricate extortion scheme involving the exchange of images with a catfish

Aron is the owner of AMC Entertainment, which includes the Odeon brand in Europe.

Who is Sakoya Blackwood of Jamaica who catfished and blackmailed Adam Aron using his photos

It has come to light that he was ensnared in a catfishing scandal, where he believed he was communicating with a former ballet dancer he had been involved with previously. However, he soon discovered that he was interacting with an entirely different individual with malicious intentions.

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During the legal proceedings, Aron was referred to as โ€˜victim 1โ€™ and was identified as a โ€˜public-company CEO.โ€™ The court learned that he had sent s*xual images to a person known as โ€˜Mia,โ€™ whose real name is Sakoya Blackwood. These images included both himself and another woman.

Money Demand

35 year old Sakoya Blackwood admitted guilt in the summer for her actions and, in a comprehensive statement on a platform formerly known as Twitter, Aron disclosed that she demanded $300,000 to prevent the dissemination of the images.

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He emphasized that instead of succumbing to blackmail, he decided to seek legal counsel and involve law enforcement, fully aware of the potential personal embarrassment. He stated, โ€œBut with my access to resources, if I did not stand up against blackmail, who could?โ€

Blackmail Plot

Blackwood employed various fictitious personas in her blackmail plot, including an alleged ex-boyfriend of the ballet dancer and a fabricated journalist. She pleaded guilty to cyberstalking in March and expressed deep regret for her actions against the married CEO.

After convincing Aron that she was his ex-girlfriend, on April 4, she messaged him with a request for his images. In response, the CEO sent multiple photos of himself and another woman.

On April 11, Blackwood introduced a new fictitious character, โ€˜Brian,โ€™ posing as the โ€˜ex-boyfriend of Mia,โ€™ and threatened to spread the images. She also warned Aron that she would send the material to all the members of his companyโ€™s board.

Furthermore, it was revealed that Blackwood posed as a reporter from Vanity Fair in an attempt to extort money from the CEO. Aron clarified that he did not make any payments to the woman.

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Jamaican Sakoya Blackwood, a resident of the Bronx in New York, faced charges for her actions in September 2022 and received a jail sentence in July 2023, taking into account the time she had already served.

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