The dad of a Florida girl charged with posing as a teen to molest 5 middle-school-aged boys has bizarrely claimed to The Submit his daughter is “mentally faulty” and the actual sufferer of the intercourse crimes.
Earlier than Alyssa Ann Zinger, 25, was arrested for allegedly having intercourse with underage boys, the accused pedophile grew up in a “good Christian house” in suburban Tampa – however handled a myriad of psychological issues, together with ADHD, ADD, OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome and anorexia, in accordance with her father, Josh Zinger.
“She had a variety of issues rising up. Our daughter has been to 10 to 12 psychologists and psychiatrists all through her life,” the 55-year-old dad mentioned, including that Zinger as soon as scored a 72 on an intelligence quotient take a look at – properly beneath the evaluation’s 100-point common.
“She’s faulty – mentally faulty. And are you aware what meaning underneath the regulation? If anyone is mentally faulty and has intercourse with anyone, irrespective of their age, it’s unlawful to have intercourse with a mentally faulty particular person,” Josh fumed.
“In all actuality, she is the sufferer.”
Zinger, then 22, was first arrested in November 2023 for allegedly partaking in at the very least 30 sexual acts with a boy between the ages of 12 and 15 after making a faux persona on social media as a homeschooled 14-year-old with the intention to lure in underage victims, prosecutors mentioned.
But it surely was the boy — who Josh distastefully dubbed “the little bastard” — who seduced Zinger and even took her virginity, her father alleged.
“That boy discovered her [social-media] account, discovered her dancing like a 13-year-old on it and mentioned, ‘Hey, lady, I’ll Uber you to my $5,000-a-month condominium – come on and hang around,’ ” the dad mentioned.
“After which when she bought there, she by no means mentioned she wasn’t 14 to him, however he knew her actual age, and he knew she was mentally unstable,” Josh claimed.
Over the subsequent 5 months, the younger boy “hid” Zinger in his household’s ritzy, downtown Tampa condominium, her dad claimed. The kid launched her to his different center school-aged associates, 4 of whom would develop into extra alleged victims within the state’s case towards her.
“The boy who harbored her in his home for 5 months – he’s the one who launched her to his associates, they usually all had been like, ‘Hey, this lady is 14,’ wink, wink, high-five, high-five, ‘Your flip, bud,’ ” Josh mentioned, including that “this all will likely be confirmed in courtroom.
“There will likely be no plea deal, there will likely be no intercourse offender registry, she’ll get time served and adios,” the daddy predicted.
5 months after Zinger’s first arrest, in April 2024, authorities recognized the 4 extra alleged victims, all of whom reportedly attended Wilson Center College in Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Since then, Zinger has remained in jail with out bail on felony fees of lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious molestation, possession of kid pornography, in-state transmission of kid pornography by an digital system and sexual cyber harassment.
In line with her father, the clink hasn’t handled the accused predator properly — with there being “sh-t in her meals on a regular basis; fingernails, hair, objects, plastic, as a result of whoever was making her meals knew who she was, they usually knew that that meals was going to a pedophile,” he mentioned.
“Once we go to courtroom, we’re going to chem ‘em all up, flip this round,” Josh mentioned.
Zinger’s trial is scheduled to start Could 26.
The primary sufferer informed police he and Zinger had intercourse a number of occasions and that she despatched him specific pictures and movies, whereas one other mentioned she despatched a video depicting sexual activity to a number of kids via Snapchat, in accordance with arrest paperwork.
She additionally informed one of many victims that she’d had intercourse with different teenagers, the docs acknowledged.
