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A judge has ordered a Mississippi mother to shut down her social media accounts. The woman says her daughter was bullied to death is no longer allowed to talk about the TikTok tragedy to her followers. The small-town events exploded online with millions of onlookers.

Heather Wyatt talked about her daughter being bullied after she found Ashleigh dead in her room on Labor Day. She shifted her focus to mental health and grief and stopped talking online about bullying.

She has two children, 16-year-old Taylor and 6-year-old Ryker who are still coming to terms with their sister’s death.

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 TikTok Tragedy

In September 2023, Aubreigh Wyatt, a 13-year-old girl from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, took her own life. Heather Wyatt alleges that her daughter's suicide was the result of relentless bullying. 

The devastated mother turned to TikTok to share her daughter’s story, quickly amassing hundreds of thousands of followers. Heather claimed that Aubreigh had been bullied both online and offline by her schoolmates in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Heather did not publicly name the four teens she accused of bullying her daughter. However, their identities were soon revealed by followers in the comments and other social media posts.

This led to a surge of harassment and threats directed at the teens and their families. This online campaign of intimidation prompted the families of the accused teens to file a defamation and slander lawsuit against Heather.

The Defamation Lawsuit

The defamation lawsuit, filed on July 2, claims that Wyatt’s TikTok videos incited her followers to uncover and publicize the identities of the accused teens. This occurred even though investigations by local police and youth court found no evidence linking the teens to Aubreigh’s death.

Although Wyatt and her attorney have declined to comment on the ongoing case, she has stated in her TikTok videos that her primary goal is to raise awareness about teen mental health issues. 

The plaintiffs accuse her of exploiting the tragedy for social media fame and financial gain.

On July 1, a judge in Jackson County Chancery Court issued an emergency injunction requiring Heather Wyatt to temporarily deactivate her TikTok, Facebook, and other social media accounts.