Delco Woman Abused Animals On YouTube For Sexual Purposes: PETA

UPPER DARBY, PA — A Delaware County woman has been accused of torturing animals in YouTube videos, and PETA said the videos were meant for sexual gratification of viewers.

Anigar Monsee, 28, of Upper Darby, was charged with four felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, court records show.

The charges were filed after PETA got a report last week about videos on Monsee's YouTube channel.

PETA's Emergency Response Team Director Kristin Rickman told Patch the videos are called "crush videos," and feature people trampling or mutilating small animals for the viewers' sexual gratification.

After PETA got the report, Monsee was taken into custody in less than 48 hours by Upper Darby Police, Rickman said.

Pigeons, frogs, chickens, rabbits, and other small animals were involved in Monsee's videos, according to Rickman.

She said the sexual aspect was determined by several factors. They include what the person in the videos is wearing, sexual conversation, discussing body parts, and multiple viewers asking to "love with her feet" and do various things to the animals, according to Rickman.

"She solicited more views before agreeing to start torturing animals," Rickman said, indicating the footage gratifies a sexual urge.

Additionally, Rickman said children's voices can be heard in some of Monsee's videos. PETA said it has forwarded its findings to Child Protective Services for further investigation.

These videos began appearing on Monsee's YouTube channel more than a year ago, and many are still visible, Rickman said. She said it's unlikely the videos were never reported to YouTube since they began being posted, and said if they were reported, the sheer amount of content uploaded to the platform likely lead to reports being missed by content moderation protocols.

Federal authorities have also been notified of the videos, Rickman said.

She is hopeful the FBI and United States Attorney's Office in Eastern District of Pennsylvania take up the investigation, as President Donald Trump signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act into law in 2019.

The law allows FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies to prosecute malicious animal cruelty.

Monsee is being held on 10 percent of $200,000 bail and is scheduled for a Feb. 5 preliminary hearing, according to court documents.