The nervous daughter of viral one-legged hurricane holdout “Lieutenant Dan” railed towards the influencers and donors who gave her father cash, alleging they have been enabling his drug use and placing him in an “early grave.”
Ashley Ann Malinowski known as for the stoppage of all funds going to her father Joseph Malinowski, who gained nationwide consideration for refusing to depart his boat in Tampa forward of Hurricane Milton.
The sailor, who’s lacking the decrease portion of his leg from the shin down, was given the nickname “Lieutenant Dan” for his resemblance to Gary Sinise’s character from the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump.”
“Lieutenant Dan was doing just fine without all that money,” Ann Malinowski mentioned in a profanity-laden rant on TikTok Friday.
“Y’all TikTok f–king famous people, y’all blowing him up and he’s gonna be dead before he can f–king enjoy that boat. Look at him, after y’all got a hold of him and now he’s high as f–k on all these videos.”
“Lieutenant Dan” was featured on the Climate Channel, CNN and on a livestream with TikTokker “Tampa” Terrence Concannon earlier than the hurricane made landfall on Florida Wednesday.
The defiant mariner held onto his sailboat and challenged Hurricane Helene to “come get me” throughout his interview on Concannon’s TikTok on Sept. 25, which has been seen over 2.1 million instances.
Concannon, 23, rode the celebrity and continued to share updates of his new pal all through the storm, simply reaching thousands and thousands of views for every put up.
Concannon later arrange a GoFundMe web page to boost cash for Malinowski to purchase a bigger vessel, which has raised over $46,000, calling him “the kindest soul” who’s “always ready to lend a hand.”
Malinowski rode out Hurricane Milton from his boat, the place he lives, as he defied Tampa Mayor Jane Castor’s claims that he had gone to a shelter.
He was found inside his boat tied to a dock in Tampa Bay.
Twitch streamer Adin Rossn later supplied Malinowski a take care of the streaming platform Kick and to purchase a brand new boat between $50,000 and $100,000.
The involved daughter revealed she has struggled along with her father’s security in direction of medicine for the previous decade.
“Is it just weed? Is it just weed? Yes, I’m his daughter and I had to keep tabs on that man for 10 years trying to make sure that he is alive, and now he’s gonna get all of this and probably end up dead because of it.”
Malinowski mentioned she is making an attempt to not spend too “much energy” searching for her father moreover ensuring “he’s alive.”
“Y’all are gonna f–king put him in the grave early, for making him famous and giving him this money,” she mentioned battling again tears.
Malinowski claimed the influencers have been utilizing her father to spice up their social media channels and “don’t know what they’re doing” by way of serving to the elder Malinowski.
“Nobody actually f–king cares about him either. Y’all are just using him to make him famous, make yourselves more famous, make yourselves look good, but nobody f–king cares.”
“Lieutenant Dan”‘s checkered previous resurfaced after changing into web well-known for not heeding warnings from officers and coming out of his boat after the storm handed.
He racked up dozens of arrests in North Carolina and Florida courting again to at the very least 2006, court docket data seen by The Publish confirmed.
Most of the expenses are visitors offenses or arrests for failure to look in court docket, however he’s additionally been busted for every thing from drug possession to tried breaking and getting into to aggravated battery with a lethal weapon.
