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AdmireMe Shut Down! All Assets Frozen Pending Investigation Written by Gabriel Stone - 9th February 2023 Above: The new front of AdmireMe's website after being seized by the Department of Justice today. At around 8:55PM on February 9th, Los Santos Insider was made aware of the sudden and immediate closure of AdmireMe and all its assets. On arrival at the AdmireMe HQ in Burton the intersection and surrounding streets were closed by the LSSD and armed members of the Special Weapons Team (SWT) with the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) stood guarding the HQ with canine support around them. Shortly following the closure of the streets around the HQ, the AdmireMe domain was seized by "...the San Andreas Department of Justice as part of a joint investigation including the Los Santos Sheriff's Department and the Los Santos County District Attorney's Office in accordance with a warrant issued pursuant to San Andreas Penal Code - Title XII (as supported by 18 U.S.C. § 981(b) and 21 U.S.C. § 853(f))" Top: An overview of the closure. Bottom: The SWT (SEB) outside AdmireMe HQ in Burton. On the 14th of January an AdmireMe staff member contacted me for an anonymous interview regarding District Attorney Harper Meyer who was on scene today for the closure of AdmireMe HQ and the website. This employee had bold claims against Harper even then, claiming that the DA was biased and trying to take down AdmireMe due to a conflict of interest. She claimed that the DA was romantically and sexually involved with Elise Reyna, the ex-partner of Leyla Kasteel, the CEO of AdmireMe. She also claimed that Harper Meyer had purchased pornographic content off the website with taxpayer money for a total of $100,000 and was able to provide a screenshot of the transaction. At the end of the interview, the AdmireMe employee provided us with a rundown of what she believed to be the full picture; "Long story short, Elise is mentally unstable, I can get you more people who vouch this— let me start from the start. So—Leyla and Elise, both dating. Leyla claimed that Elise was unstable, mentally; she really is. A lot of people can validate she's not mentally stable, I can even grab you more sources. Leyla broke up with Elise, Elise pulled a gun on Leyla, Leyla fired some warning shots into the air and then Elise goes and calls the cops.She plays the innocence card, y'know? Anyway— as she's playing this innocence card, she then runs to the DA and claims a load of bullshit about Leyla being an organised crime leader? I mean, the woman runs the highest grossing company to date. Why would she throw it all away? The DA, specifically Harper Meyer takes Elise, puts her in a government funded safe-house? She's still there, has been since December last year. And she claims Leyla is a mastermind criminal, shooting people— murders, you name it. Anyway, all of this— stems from Elise and Leyla's prior relationship. The DA decided because of her sexual interest in Elise, to continue and try and pursue Leyla for things, while purchasing content from AdmireMe and sending very questionable messages. It's a conflict of interest, it's criminal.I mean, Mr Stone. Do you want your tax money spending on nudes? This woman has a job to do. She's decided to use your tax money on putting Elise Reyna in protective— while you're paying for it." Above: District Attorney Harper Meyer on scene. However, District Attorney Harper Meyer was on scene at the closure alongside her colleague Elizabeth Lacroix, Assistant District Attorney. I asked what was going on and she stated that they were enacting a search warrant on the premises and had taken the website down. I brought up the claims set forth by the employee back in January and Meyer denied the claims "That's also a part of the investigation, some of the AdmireMe employees are under investigation. While I can't directly answer your question or address the allegation at this time, I can tell you they're not true." However she did mention that concerns and questions would be further addressed in a press conference tomorrow on the 10th of February. Above: AdmireMe Board Member Paloma Gaitán arriving and seeming to despair at the closure of the building. AdmireMe Board Member Paloma Gaitán who handles financials, the marketing department and the model management department arrived on scene after many LEO's had departed and the toss search had mostly taken place inside. Reportedly she had noticed their assets freeze while conducting some finances from home. She was asked to help open a vault inside, and informed that she would be invited for an interview at a later date regarding her employer's activities within the company. One thing's for certain, tonight many content creators had their means of income abruptly cut off and Leyla Kasteel herself was nowhere to be seen during the closure. Those looking for answers should attend the press conference due to take place tomorrow, time TBA.

BREAKING NEWS: Former AdmireMe CEO Leyla Kasteel Dead Written by Gabriel Stone - 11th February 2023 Live Update Feed - 18:00 02/11/2023: At approximately 2PM, today on the 11th of February, Leyla Kasteel was shot dead by deputies following what is being considered 'suicide by cop' after allegedly riding through Little Seoul on a bicycle shooting at deputies. She was pronounced dead on scene after being 'neutralized'. Investigations are ongoing, including a standard 'use of force' investigation. No news conference has taken place yet since the events of the AdmireMe asset and property seizure despite being announced, no comments yet from the District Attorney Harper Meyer. More details to come as they are released...

EXCLUSIVE: Leyla Kasteel, CEO of AdmireMe, Admits Murder, Human Trafficking Charges And More! Written by Gabriel Stone - 10th February 2023 Above: Leyla Kasteel At 3:26AM on the 10th of February I was contacted privately by Leyla Kasteel, the CEO of AdmireMe. To those unfamiliar, AdmireMe was closed down late last night on the 9th of February due to an active search warrant. This included the freezing of all AdmireMe assets, their website and the closure and search of their headquarters. "...Meyer's playing a dangerous game" I was blindfolded and transported to an unknown location for the interview. The first question I had for Kasteel, of course, was her response to the events of just a few hours prior. "I knew it was coming" she said, implying that many of her partners also expected the shutdown. She ended her statement, saying that Harper Meyer, the District Attorney behind the closure itself was "...playing a dangerous game." When asked to expand upon the threatening statement, Kasteel stated that Meyer was coming after her because she had exposed the DA's personal spending with AdmireMe. She also believed that Meyer had tried to stage a coup against her "...she was rigged with wires. I pulled away, refused." She claims that her security and aides had allegedly been conducting surveillance on the situation and found Meyer to be lying. "...I am a criminal" The gloves came off as Kasteel proceeded to admit to most of the crimes that are set to be listed against her name tomorrow at the press conference, saying "There is absolutely no doubt I am a criminal. I don't even deny it. The crimes they list tomorrow. Most of them? I've done" but was keen to add "Meyer is also a criminal, in her own way" The Murders and Attempted Murder "...I did indeed shoot the woman, several times" Kasteel expected to be charged with Human Trafficking and Murder, to which she admitted, stating "I do not deny any of them. Honestly. I have no shame in what I've done." At first I asked her what her motivation for the murders had been. It is Kasteel's belief that some people simply deserve to die "Honestly? Some people are there to cause issues and trouble in life and have nothing positive to contribute to society." This was followed by an open admission that she had in fact shot her ex-partner Elise Reyna several times rather than the previously declared "warning shots" that had been mentioned, however she had survived the attack. That wasn't the end of Kasteel's attacks, however, "After that, I conducted several other attacks against individuals who posed a direct threat to me and my associates, and this is where Meyer has majorly miscalculated the extent of this." The Human Trafficking "...The trafficking sounds a lot worse than it is." Kasteel implied that the trafficking hadn't been as bad as it sounded, claiming she had kept desperate people off the streets "We had a woman, specifically, who wanted and begged me to help her whore herself out. Sounds dumb, I know. I ain't gonna stop somebody from doing something, y'know?" However she admitted that she had exploited them for her own monetary gain, wherein lay the charge of trafficking. The Crime Leader "...If they'd like to wager a war, they've got one." There had been previous claims discussed in a previous interview that Kasteel herself was a crime leader, which she didn't deny in this interview. She claims that her associates are made up of multiple groups "I lead a group, I still do a very active group. I'm not at all concerned by what SD have threatened. Nor the DA" She then threatened "...If they'd like to wager a war, they've got one." She repeatedly claimed that she was not afraid whatsoever regarding the growing attention of the LSSD and DA Office. The group itself has "No specific name" they're simply a combination of groups working together "Some are part of street gangs, some are part of what I would consider more organised crime. But, we share similar interests and beliefs. Combined? We're a pretty powerful force." "I will make it my mission to end these miserable f**ks. Meyer? She's done." Kasteel seemed unwilling to go down without a fight, but expected to be captured in the end. She's simply content to make the lives of those opposing her as miserable as possible before she's killed or captured. When asked how many her group was, she stated at least fifty were on her side and that "As we speak, I've got at least twenty people without any criminal records, out. I don't need to lift a finger to bring things crashing down." I was keen to understand what Kasteel wanted to convey with this interview and so I asked if it was intended as a declaration of war which she denied and seemed to claim she wanted to unearth the corruption present in the LSSD and DA office. She made claims that Sergeant Colby Boone takes bribes to fund his son's college fund and that 'Ed' would take drugs as a bribe. Kasteel claims that the LSSD's alleged corruption is why Meyer chose their support instead of the LSPD. She continued to urge me to dig deeper and ended the interview stating that Meyer "...thinks because of her position, she's safe. But we all know, deep down. We've had mayors before who get captured. She's no different. She will be found out, she'll get smacked." Top: The warrant posted on the door of AdmireMe HQ. Bottom: What AdmireMe HQ's door looks like now. A list of locations have been posted as part of the warrant on the front door of AdmireMe Headquarters. Kasteel says she's unafraid and that nothing would have been found in the AdmireMe HQ or the vault her Board Director was asked to open, perhaps as many had seen this coming ahead of time. The Future of AdmireMe When asked what Kasteel felt the future of AdmireMe was, she explained that there were other shareholders other than herself, and that the DA and LSSD were after her and not the business itself. I was led to believe that once the situation has resolved, so too will the business continue as normal. Harper Meyer said last night at the closure of AdmireMe's HQ that some claims would be addressed in the press conference later today on the 10th of February. Either way the conference itself seems set to raise some difficult questions and yield some interesting answers to shed further light on this ever complicated situation. Full Interview Transcript Available Bellow. Disclaimer: This article seeks to be an unbiased interview. All views represented belong to the interviewee and not the interviewer nor Los Santos Insider. Full Interview Transcript: AdmireMe Shut Down! All Assets Frozen Pending Investigation