A wine country city councilwoman is fighting back on Tuesday night.
Rachel Hundley, of Sonoma, says she was bullied online when someone posted pictures of her working in her underwear at Burning Man.
The posts are calling her immoral and unethical.
The website with the photos has been taken down, and in a YouTube video, Hundley explains how this has all affected her.
Hundley is also the former mayor in the City of Sonoma.
She’s running for re-election and has taken to YouTube after pictures of her working at Burning Man in her underwear were posted on a website called Rachel Hundley Exposed.
Hundley has responded to this on YouTube.
“What was especially disturbing in this era of #MeToo was the attempt to slut-shame me in celebrating my body and my attendance at Burning Man,” Hundley said.
Sonoma Mayor Madolyn Agrimonti, who is also running for a council seat, says power to Hundley for stepping up and fighting back.
“She’s strong,” Agrimonti said. “She’s a strong young woman, and I’m very proud she did that.”
In the YouTube video, Hundley says she was sent a letter on Aug. 13, accusing her of immoral and unethical behavior, telling her to drop out of the upcoming city council election or else.
A short time later, the website Rachel Hundley Exposed was created.
Accusations about her time at Burning Man and pictures from the event were posted. The site was soon taken down and Hundley says it was full of outright lies.
In her video, which now has more than 100,000 views, she addresses the people who may have targeted her.
“I am here today to tell my faceless bullies that I cannot be shamed into quitting because I am not ashamed,” Hundley said. “The spineless individuals who created this website want to influence our election, yet they don’t have the courage or integrity to own their own lies.”
It is still unclear who sent that letter and who put that website together.
KRON4 asked the mayor and she is unsure about it as well.
We do know that six people are vying for three city council seats come November.