From Love to Lawless: TikToker’s Dating Tales Spark Terror From Mega Influencer
By M. Thomas Nast with Richard Luthmann
Coco Briscoe wasn’t trying to start a war. She was trying to find love—and maybe some laughs—on TikTok.
Her “Dating DC” series chronicled the awkward, charming, and frustrating moments of modern romance in and around the nation’s capital.
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“It was supposed to be lighthearted,” Briscoe told investigative reporter Richard Luthmann. “But it did not go exactly as I planned.”
Instead, she says, she became the target of a brutal campaign of stalking, harassment, and legal abuse, set off when she criticized a group of Arlington, Virginia, bartenders for mocking her appearance and sharing her real-time location in a private group chat.
“They were taking videos of me, without my consent, calling me a whore and saying things like ‘we choose violence,’” Briscoe said. “I felt unsafe.”
She posted a tearful TikTok, naming no names and calling no one out directly. Within days, a bartender—whose boyfriend is a local cop—used Briscoe’s credit card info to obtain her legal name and date of birth. Then, she filed an Emergency Protective Order.
“I was arrested hours later, at 4 a.m., for making a TikTok,” Briscoe said.
The order was later ruled unconstitutional and invalid. But the damage was already done.
DANESH NO SHAME: SOCIAL MEDIA MOBSTER UNLEASHED
Enter Danesh Noshirvan, a so-called “accountability activist” with millions of followers.
Without contacting Briscoe or verifying her story, Danesh publicly declared she was a fraud. Worse, he labeled her “paranoid schizophrenic” and suggested she fabricated the stalking.
“I had never even spoken to him. I didn’t know his last name,” Briscoe said. “He just announced to his fanbase that I was mentally ill and made it all up.”
Danesh’s mob—nicknamed “Daneland”—pounced. Briscoe received hundreds of abusive messages every day.
“You’re a psycho. Take your meds. You lied,” they wrote.
Her supporters were harassed too.
“One woman messaged me in tears, saying she supported me and they came for her next,” Briscoe said.
TikTok repeatedly took down her posts while allowing defamatory lies about her to stay up.
“Every time I tried to explain, they flagged my videos for ‘harassment,’” she said. “I couldn’t even defend myself.”
“A CULT LEADER WITH A DIGITAL ARMY”
Luthmann, who has investigated dozens of cancel culture attacks, was blunt: “Danesh isn’t an activist. He’s a digital predator. A narcissist who weaponizes mob justice without accepting any responsibility.”
Luthmann pointed out Danesh’s pattern: “He labels people racist, mentally ill, or dangerous, then sends his followers to destroy their lives. He uses DARVO—deny, attack, reverse victim and offender. And he does it with sociopathic glee.”
In a private message to Briscoe, Danesh even admitted: “I know when I say things, people get harassed. I’m sorry.”
But when Briscoe told others about the apology, Danesh changed course.
“He messaged me again to say he wasn’t sorry, called me a scammer and a grifter, and sent me the middle finger emoji,” she said.
“He acts like he’s dispensing ‘justice,’ but he’s not. It’s not real justice because, unlike the real justice system, there are no safeguards, and he never takes responsibility for the consequences of his actions,” Luthmann said. “The man is a sociopath and narcissist who employs DARVO tactics and has no regard for the trail of destruction his actions cause, in my opinion.”
Luthmann is suing Danesh in federal court for $20 million for calling him a “pedophile” on Substack.
VICTIMS MULTIPLY: A TRAIL OF DAMAGE
Coco Briscoe isn’t alone. She’s just one of many targeted by Danesh Noshirvan’s relentless digital mob.
Aaron De La Torre, a respected Texas high school football coach, took his own life on October 8, 2024, after Noshirvan’s smear campaign accused him of unspeakable crimes. Death threats poured in. Even after Aaron’s death, Noshirvan kept posting. “It’s a cruelty that doesn’t end,” a source close to the family said.
Sidney McDaniel, a West Virginia hairdresser, was branded a “Nazi” by Danesh and lost her salon job within 24 hours. “He turned my whole salon against me,” McDaniel told Luthmann. “It was a nightmare.”
Julian Jackson Fannin, a respected Black Florida attorney with Duane Morris LLP known for his civil rights work, was dragged into Danesh Noshirvan’s web of harassment. After Julian asked Danesh and his wife Hannah difficult, yet valid, deposition questions about online hate and the misuse of digital platforms, Danesh’s mob targeted him, maliciously dubbing him a “low-class racist.”
Jennifer Couture, a Florida mother and small business owner, was doxxed by Danesh after a parking lot spat. He edited a video to frame her as the aggressor. Her family and her husband’s medical practice, Garramone Plastic Surgery, received death threats and harassing calls threatening their livelihood. They are locked in a court battle with Danesh in Fort Myers federal court.
Dr. Edith Del Mar Behr, a Pennsylvania healthcare professional, saw her career upended when Noshirvan’s mob flooded her practice with false accusations and threats, damaging patient trust and her professional standing.
Shelly Schwarz, a small business owner in California, faced coordinated negative reviews and false allegations. “My business was obliterated,” she said.
Robert LeMay’s Family, in Washington state, was harassed after the trooper’s death. LeMay resigned because of COVID mandates imposed by Governor Jay Inslee, who he told to “kiss his ass” in a viral video. WOKE Danesh pounced and deployed Daneland. The attacks didn’t stop when LeMay died from COVID a few months later. “It was like he didn’t care that Robert was gone,” said one family member. “He just kept the attacks going.”
@theomahaoracle Replying to @Kiki #greenscreen the first day there were probably 50 people on one side of the court room, the second day around 25. It was difficult to watch because federal court isnt TikTok. You can’t just make stuff up and expect it to be taken as fact. Danesh lives in a false reality of his own creation. He pretends to be a tough guy online, but in person he could not come up with a single reasonable argument to justify his behavior.
Cortney Kotzian, known online as Omaha Oracle, was doxxed and threatened for speaking out against Danesh’s tactics. Her safety and livelihood were both put at risk.
Nigel Ford, a private citizen, was targeted at work by Danesh’s mob. When his employer refused to fire him, they attacked the entire company.
KC Davis, a mental health advocate, was falsely accused of misconduct. The fallout disrupted her advocacy work and took a severe mental toll.
Sheriff Carmine Marceno, the top lawman in Lee County, Florida, was accused by Danesh of fabricated misconduct and maliciously called a “pedophile,” eroding public trust in local law enforcement.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices: After the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, Danesh doxxed the home addresses of conservative justices, leading to protests, death threats, and even credible assassination plots targeting Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
In each case, Danesh issued judgment and then watched as his followers carried out the sentence.
“He calls it justice,” Briscoe said. “But it’s not. It upends lives.”
Richard Luthmann put it bluntly: “Danesh presides over digital lynchings. He isn’t an activist. Danesh is a narcissistic predator. He plays judge, jury, and executioner—then says he’s blameless for the damage he inflicts. His followers do the dirty work while he hides behind a facade of ‘justice.’”
Luthmann calls it for what it is.
“This isn’t cancel culture,” he said. “It’s domestic terrorism. And it’s sanctioned by federal courts and Big Tech. You can literally get away with life-upending targeted digital harassment in America today, and there is nothing law enforcement or the courts can or will do about it.”
Luthmann points to a current case brought by Danesh in Fort Myers federal court, where he is suing for $26 million for the alleged PTSD his victims caused him.
“This case will be a watershed,” Luthmann said. “If the courts are powerless to act even when a Big Law partner from Duane Morris LLP receives hundreds of threatening calls and messages, including vile and racist death threats like the ones played in court for federal Judge John E. Steele, then we are truly in an era of digital vigilanteism. No one will be safe unless they ‘put down’ their digital nemeses in this lawless online world.”
MOB RULE, AI, AND TARGETED TERROR
The cancel culture mob isn’t just angry fans. According to Luthmann, it’s a blend of sock puppet accounts, mentally ill followers, and AI-generated bots.
“He cultivates unstable people online,” Luthmann said. “Some of these followers are institutionalized but still have phones. Others use AI scripts to send 100+ messages a day.”
Briscoe lived it.
“They impersonated cops. They called my building and said I was doing drugs. I wasn’t even home,” she said.
Her family was doxxed. Her apartment was swatted. Her job received daily calls until she was fired.
She received no support from Big Tech or other creators.
“They even posted a fake $50,000 bounty on my head,” she said.
Briscoe moved. Took her videos down. Tried to disappear. But it only got worse.
DIGITAL HARASSMENT VICTIM COCO BRISCOE: FOUR YEARS OF HELL
Briscoe’s life unraveled.
“I can’t get work. Google says I’m a stalker,” she said. “How do you explain that in an interview?”
Two more people filed false charges. Her dog was targeted. Her uncle’s grandchildren were put in danger after his address was doxxed.
She called the FBI. They said no crime had occurred. She called the police.
“They said they were too busy,” she said. “One cop wouldn’t even take a report.”
“This isn’t cancel culture anymore,” Briscoe said.
Luthmann agreed, pointing out that Danesh takes no moral accountability, and the legal rules provide no civil or criminal accountability.
“This is a weaponized hate machine. And Danesh is at the center. He’s an influencer cult leader with zero conscience and a fake halo,” Luthmann said. “One way or another, this will come to a head. And it already has because Danesh has a body count. In my book, that’s called justification.”
WHO’S NEXT?
Despite the carnage, Danesh continues his campaigns. TikTok has done nothing—no apology, retraction, or ban—just more destruction.
“He thinks he’s Judge Dredd,” Luthmann said. “Judge, jury, executioner. But he hides when his targets fight back, and I think he’s right to. His digital terror tactics appear to be 100 percent legal. They were unfurled against the Supreme Court of the United States and a Big Law partner and firm with impunity. Danesh knows they can be similarly unleashed against Mega Influencers, offending Big Tech executives, and their families, friends, and business interests with the same impunity.”
Luthmann says Danesh revealed the SCOTUS Justices’ home addresses, places of worship, locations of children’s schools, and other personal information, “and didn’t get so much as a phone call from the Department of Justice.”
“There will probably have to be a Luigi Mangione-type moment for people to take notice. The credible assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh in 2022 wasn’t enough, it’s sad to say. Still, you’re probably going to need a massacre of a targeted creator or a Big Tech CEO and their entire family before the law will react,” Luthmann said. “But at this point, there’s no punishment, no deterrence, and nothing stopping digital jihad from crossing over into real-world damage. And the Chinese Communist Party knows this.”
Briscoe’s message is simple: “I want my life back. I want him to stop hurting people.”
But until platforms act—and the public and the courts wake up—Danesh’s digital reign of terror rolls on.
And no one is safe.
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