Episode 302: Kat Torres: Model, Influencer, Human Trafficker - Part 1
This woman with a once-glamourous life went from the runway to the Insta feed to behind bars. She was an ex-model, gal pal of Leo DiCaprio, wellness influencer, and witch who claims she can communicate with entities, but she has now been accused of awful crimes. Her defense? She argues that everyone was acting of their own free will. This week’s episode is Kat Torres: Model, Influencer, Human Trafficker - Part 1.
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An Instagram influencer who partied with Leonardo DiCaprio got 8 years in prison for human trafficking: report, Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-influencer-kat-torres-jailed-for-trafficking-and-slavery-brazil-2024-7
Brazilian woman who said she escaped captivity in the US: understand what is being investigated, Globo News: https://g1.globo.com/mg/sul-de-minas/noticia/2022/10/19/de-jovem-carinhosa-a-relacoes-cortadas-com-a-familia-quem-e-a-mineira-que-afirma-ter-escapado-de-cativeiro-nos-estados-unidos.ghtml
Brazilian Women in the USA - Victims of Human Trafficking and Prostitution?, Gazeta: https://www.gazetanews.com/noticias/eua/2022/10/456459-brasileiras-nos-eua-vitimas-de-trafico-humano-e-prostituicao.html
Ex-modelo, protagonista de meme famoso, affair fake com DiCaprio: quem é a coach acusada por pais de aliciar jovens brasileiras nos EUA e mantê-las em cárcere, Globo Extra: https://extra.globo.com/noticias/brasil/ex-modelo-protagonista-de-meme-famoso-affair-fake-com-dicaprio-quem-a-coach-acusada-por-pais-de-aliciar-jovens-brasileiras-nos-eua-mante-las-em-carcere-25592801.html
From Instagram influencer to slave trafficker: Kat Torres - who featured on international magazine covers and partied with Leonardo DiCaprio - is jailed for luring model to US to be sexually exploited, Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13635157/kat-torres-influencer-partied-leonardo-dicaprio-jailed-trafficking-slavery.html
Influencer who says she dated Leonardo DiCaprio jailed for trafficking fans and keeping them as 'slaves', Unilad: https://www.unilad.com/news/world-news/influencer-kat-torres-jailed-human-trafficking-slavery-934655-20240718
Interview with Kat Torres (2017), Amaury Jr. - Brazilian Talk Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my4eAtmIs1A
Instagram influencer jailed for trafficking and slavery, BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cydvj6951dyo
Instagram influencer, who partied with Leonardo DiCaprio, jailed for sex trafficking and slavery, The Independent: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/instagram-influencer-kat-torres-sentenced-b2580191.html
Kat Torres: The Wellness Influencer Suspected of Human Trafficking, Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5ypx7/kat-torres-brazilian-influencer-arrested-human-trafficking
Kat Torres case: find out who is the influencer from Pará who was reported for human trafficking and arrested in the USA, Globo News: https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/pa/para/noticia/2022/11/11/caso-kat-torres-saiba-quem-e-a-influencer-paraense-denunciada-por-trafico-humano-presa-nos-eua.ghtml
'Leo is amazing!' Model Kat Torres, 24, confirms she's dating DiCaprio as she opens up about pair's romance, Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2459611/Kat-Torres-24-confirms-shes-dating-Leonardo-DiCaprio.html
Like, Follow, Trafficked: Insta’s Fake Guru, BBC World Service Documentaries: https://youtu.be/ozF3l2IxwKs?si=njZizHAn52gPyaa-
Nas redes sociais, Kat Torres deu receita de banho alienígena e ameaçou 'haters', Folha UOL: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/amp/cotidiano/2022/12/nas-redes-sociais-kat-torres-deu-receita-de-banho-alienigena-e-ameacou-haters.shtml
This Instagram Fame Coerced Followers Into Sex Work, Kept Them As Slaves, Republic World: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/this-instagram-fame-coerced-followers-into-sex-work-kept-them-as-slaves
What is known about the arrest in the US of Brazilian influencers and the Minas Gerais woman who accused Yasmin Brunet, Globo News: https://g1.globo.com/mg/sul-de-minas/noticia/2022/11/04/o-que-se-sabe-sobre-prisao-nos-eua-de-influenciadoras-brasileiras-e-mineira-que-acusou-yasmin-brunet.ghtml
Who is Kat Torres, the former model who destroyed her Instagram followers’ lives with bizarre spiritual advice?, WGTC: https://wegotthiscovered.com/celebrities/who-is-kat-torres-the-former-model-who-destroyed-her-instagram-followers-lives-with-bizarre-spiritual-advice/
Yasmin Brunet files a complaint for slander, defamation and threats after being mentioned by a Brazilian woman who said she had escaped captivity in the US, Globo News: https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2022/10/26/yasmin-brunet-presta-queixa-por-calunia-difamacao-e-ameaca-apos-ser-citada-por-brasileira-que-disse-ter-escapado-de-cativeiro-nos-eua.ghtml
