The EMT who was doxxed by New York Post reporters for posting photos of herself on OnlyFans is speaking out, Rolling Stone reports.
OnlyFans is a content subscription service, which first primarily utilized by sex workers who would post content on the website in return for a monthly subscriber fee. Since the pandemic, the site has seen a 75-percent increase in signups. Users are often people who work in non-sex worker fields looking to supplement their income.
One of those users is 23-year-old Lauren Caitlyn Kwei. Kwei is the eldest daughter of Chinese immigrants from a small town in West Virginia. She moved to New York City when she was 18 to pursue her dream of being on Broadway. After auditioning for roles, she decided show business wasn’t for her. She became an EMT and graduated from paramedic school in February 2020.
At the beginning of the pandemic she was working as an EMT at SeniorCare and as a hostess at a Korean American restaurant. Despite juggling multiple jobs, Kwei still couldn’t make ends meet, so she began posting photos of herself on OnlyFans
New York Post reporters Susan Edelman and Dean Balsamini doxxed Kwei in an article headlined, “NYC medic helped ‘make ends meet’ with racy OnlyFans side gig.” The article said Kwei “was not secretive about her online exploits.” Edelman and Balsamini included Kwei’s name, photos of Kwei, her social media handles and personal information about her jobs.
Now Kwei is speaking out about the unethical reporting process of the article and the abuse she has received since it was published.
In a Facebook post, Kwei explains that she did not want Balsamini to use her name in the article. She says Balsamini deceived her and pretended to be the “friendly guy reporter.”
“When Dean Balsamini first “interviewed” me, he did not tell me what this was about until after I disclosed most of my background,” Kwei wrote. “He did not include in his article that I started crying on the phone when he finally did tell me what he was inquiring about.”
Kwei also says she begged Balsamini to keep her anonymous and told him her safety and job were going to be at risk. Her employer at SeniorCare has asked to meet with her after being contacted by the Post. A representative from SeniorCare told The Daily Beast that they are not planning to terminate her employment.
Kwei also explained that she never planned on ditching her job as an EMT to make lots of money on OnlyFans.
“I LOVE my job and I love taking care of people,” Kwei wrote. “I don’t want to quit my day job and get my bag on OnlyFans — I want to serve the city of New York. That’s all I have ever wanted to do.”
Many people, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Ortez (D-NY), have defended Kwei saying that real scandal is that paramedics are forced to work two jobs to survive.
Kwei has been receiving a lot of unwanted attention as a result of the article. But she has decided to use her platform to raise money for first responders during the pandemic.
“I’m here to tell you all that my First Responder brothers and sisters are suffering,” Kwei wrote. “We need your help. We have been exhausted for months, reusing months old PPE, being refused hazard pay, and watching our fellow healthcare workers die in front of our eyes, in our ambulances.”
She encouraged people to visit emspac.org to find ways to help.
“How’s that for a story, NY Post?!” Kwei said.
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