A New Jersey girl has been charged with conspiracy and making false statements after she faked being the sufferer of a brutal assault, by zip-tying herself, paying an artist to scar her face and physique with cuts and writing “TRUMP WHORE” on her abdomen in a fabricated plot, the appearing U.S. lawyer for New Jersey stated Wednesday.
Natalie Greene, 26, a former workers member for U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), allegedly instructed a concocted story to FBI brokers, saying she was attacked on July 23 round 10 p.m. by three males who referred to as her names whereas she was strolling with a buddy on a nature path in Egg Harbor Township. Two of the boys restrained her on the bottom, she stated, binding her ankles along with zip ties as they struck her within the head and minimize her with a pointy object throughout her physique.
Photograph displaying when officers situated Greene, she was laying on the bottom along with her toes and arms sure along with black zip ties. (Courtroom Proof)
One other message, scrawled in capital letters on Greene’s again, stated, “(Federal Official 1) IS RACIST,” although the grievance redacts the official’s identify.
Greene claimed one of many males had a gun and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t keep quiet. Her buddy claimed one of many males held her down, too, however she escaped after which referred to as 911, after which responding cops discovered Greene tied up round 10:36 p.m.
“They were attacking her. They were, like, talking about politics and stuff. They were, like, calling her names,” the buddy instructed a 911 operator, based on courtroom paperwork.
New Jersey officers took Greene to native hospital to obtain medical remedy and deal with the cuts on her face, chest and shoulder.
Officers took pictures of Greene’s physique at hospital. (Courtroom Proof)
Officers began to grow to be suspicious of the incident once they searched Greene’s Maserati automobile, wherein she drove to the character reserve along with her buddy. Officers discovered two black zip ties much like those used within the alleged incident and a roll of duct tape.
Greene additionally instructed officers that she labored for a federal official and that there have been some threats at work “but nothing personal to her.”
“There’s so many. I mean. Yeah, racist um,” Greene instructed a legislation enforcement officer, based on courtroom paperwork. “‘Windmills belong on your grave.’ Like stupid, I mean like there, they have a bunch of little things on there that they’ll write on there. We have them all, you can look at all of them. But um. Yeah we keep em just. We keep all of our hate mail. We recently got like, a letter with like powder in it and stuff. A couple of the politicians got like.”
Detectives obtained a search warrant for Greene’s cellphone that confirmed a Reddit profile, wherein she was energetic in communities for physique modification and scarification. Detectives additionally reviewed her journey historical past, which had instructions to a body-modification artist in Pennsylvania.
Calls and a collection of Instagram messages had been tracked by cops between Greene and the body-modification artist, they usually discovered a waiver type from the artist on July 23. Greene paid $500 for physique work and signed a consent type round 2:31 p.m. that day, somewhat below eight hours earlier than she was discovered minimize up and tied up on the character path.
Detectives concluded the physique modifications made by the artist matched the identical lacerations Greene sported when cops situated her.
Investigators in contrast pictures of Greene from a scarification that had been accomplished on the afternoon of July 23, 2025 and pictures from the hospital. (Courtroom Proof)
Prosecutors and the FBI additionally labored to realize entry to a mobile tower, acquiring the situation knowledge from Greene and the buddy’s cellphone, in addition to gaining a search warrant for the buddy’s cellphone. Two days earlier than the incident, on July 21, the buddy carried out a Google search of “zip ties near me,” and 40 minutes later went right into a Greenback Basic retailer round 6 p.m. in Ventnor, N.J. It was unclear from video surveillance obtained by officers if the buddy truly bought the zip ties there.
Greene was a constituent advocate director and labored with Van Drew’s workplace in 2021, based on Legistorm.
If convicted of conspiracy and false statements, Greene, who lives in Ocean Metropolis, N.J., might face a most imprisonment of as much as 5 years, a $250,000 wonderful and a three-year time period of supervised launch.
She was launched on $200,000 unsecured bond after her courtroom look in New Jersey Federal Courtroom.
