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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Federal prosecutors announced yesterday that a self-proclaimed social media influencer from Pittsburgh was indicted for the “relentless” stalking and harassment of nearly a dozen women across multiple states. First Assistant United States Attorney Troy Revetti confirmed in a news release that thirty-one-year-old Brett Michael Dadig, would meet women in gyms and stalk them, moving around to a different city whenever he was banned or reported to police.  According to the indictment, Dadig took advice from an artificial intelligence chatbot and tried to meet women at gyms. Dadig is accused of harassing, intimidating and threatening these women through social media posts and phone calls. Prosecutors state that Dadig would show up at their homes and workplaces and follow them, try to get them fired and post pictures of them online. Dadig was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of cyberstalking, interstate stalking and interstate threats for allegedly harassing 11 women from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Iowa and New York.  If he is convicted, Dadig could serve a minimum sentence of one year for each charge and a total maximum sentence of up to 70 years in jail.