Overview

• The indictment describes incidents in Atlanta during spring 2025 when Blum allegedly choked her 17-year-old victim during recorded sexual encounters
• Messages recovered from the victim’s device include threats by Blum to kill her and promises tied to the victim’s 18th birthday
• Investigators traced explicit videos and photos to an online account linked to Blum and documented her travel from Miami-Dade to Atlanta for the encounters
• A tip from a witness led to the victim’s hospitalization under Florida’s Coleman-Baker Act and to federal agents seizing phones and digital files
• Blum remains in federal custody in the Southern District of Florida facing mandatory minimum prison terms of 15 and 5 years under the child exploitation statutes