Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listed ligature hanging as the cause of death after she was found at her residence on Oct. 22.
- Police reported no signs of foul play in the case.
- Atienza, who recently moved to L.A. from the Philippines, amassed roughly 900,000 TikTok followers and hundreds of thousands on Instagram.
- She had spoken about long-running mental-health struggles, documented death threats and bullying, and briefly deactivated TikTok in September.
- Tributes from fans and Filipino celebrities have poured in, alongside renewed discussion of platform safety and cyberbullying’s potential impact.