An LGBTQ Ohio University Student Senate member has received a death threat, and Student Senate leadership believes the threat likely came from another senate member.
Anna Ayers, commissioner of the Senate Appropriations Commission, found two notes in the drawer of her desk in the Student Senate office. On Sept. 27, she found a “hateful, harassing” note referencing her LGBTQ identity and calling her a derogatory term. On Monday, Ayers found another note in her desk that included a threat against her life.
The note likely came from someone within Student Senate, Student Senate President Maddie Sloat said. Anyone can enter the senate office, but whoever left the note had to know which desk belonged to Ayers, who is a member of The Post Publishing Board.
But it was all lies
She is charged with making false alarms after she claimed notes were left for her using homophobic references and threatening her life, officials said.
Anna Ayers, 21, a member of the student senate at the Athens school, will appear in court Thursday, Ohio University police said.
The school's newspaper, The Post, reported that Ayers said she received three notes in late September and early October. She said they referenced her sexual identity and one threatened her life, The Post reported.
"Subsequent investigation by OUPD found that Ayers had placed the messages herself, prior to reporting them," police said in a press release Monday.
She told friends that it was in a good cause, so it was ok to do this.
