A Tennessee man who thought a viral video might clear his name instead finds himself headed to prison. Jerome Nchiyako Dooley, who was serving probation for a sexual battery conviction, recently had his freedom revoked by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals after a series of social media posts and rule violations.
The trouble started when Dooley posted a video to TikTok claiming he had been falsely accused. In the clip, he shared a photo of the victim, her name, and her location, calling her the person who “destroyed my life.”
However, the court pointed out a major flaw in that narrative: Dooley had already stood in a courtroom, raised his right hand, and pleaded guilty to the crime under oath…