TikTok Personality Targets Burr Ridge Woman: Police

BURR RIDGE, IL — A Burr Ridge woman told police earlier this week she met a 20-year-old Kentucky man who has 2 million followers on TikTok, a popular social media app, police said. But things apparently turned sour.

The woman, who lives on Burr Ridge's Grant Street, said the man is now telling his followers that her business is fake, causing her to get bad reviews of her product, according to a police report. She said he was trying to smear her character and cosmetics business by making untruthful claims on social media.

The woman told police that none of the messages were threatening in nature.

An officer advised the woman to report the incident to TikTok and speak with an attorney about a lawsuit, police said. The report did not reveal the name of the TikTok personality.