A New Jersey school board candidate was caught red-handed sending vicious, sexual messages about a conservative female board member in a group chat labeled \u201cThisBitchNeedsToDie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Photos of Scott Semaya\u2019s vile texts about Danielle Bellomo at a July school board meeting leaked this week on social media \u2014 and the widening scandal is now being investigated by local cops and roiling the affluent suburb of Marlboro.<\/p>\n
\u201cBellomo must be cold \u2014 her nips could cut glass right n\u201d read one text, allegedly captured on camera while Semaya\u2019s fingers typed an \u201co.\u201d<\/p>\n
A New Jersey school board candidate was caught red-handed sending vicious, sexual messages about Danielle Bellomo, a conservative female board member, in a group chat labeled \u201cThisBitchNeedsToDie.\u201d LP Media<\/p>\n
Photos of Scott Semaya\u2019s vile texts about Danielle Bellomo at a July school board meeting leaked this week on social media. Scott Semaya\/ Facebook<\/p>\n
Outrage was immediate, and Semaya this week dropped out of the race for the Marlboro Board of Education, followed by his running mate Melissa Goldberg.<\/p>\n
The scandal in the leafy Monmouth County enclave has drawn parallels to the recent controversy in Virginia<\/a>, where attorney general candidate Jay Jones was recently outed for a 2022 text message suggesting the state\u2019s then-Republican House Speaker deserved to be shot in the head.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was absolutely terrifying,\u201d Bellomo exclusively told The Post. \u201cWhen I found out about the messages I was absolutely shocked, especially with the climate of our country. It sent chills down my spine.<\/p>\n The group chat named \u201cThisBitchNeedsToDie\u201d was used to spew vile attacks toward Bellomo. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n Bellomo, 38, is a MAGA-loving, President Trump-supporting mom of three and staunch Republican, who poses in a star-spangled bikini for her Facebook profile picture. She believes she has been targeted for her politics.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a proud and unapologetic advocate for parental rights, for my children, for our town and our state and for that they have this hate for me,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n Semaya, 38, an accountant who has voiced progressive liberal views, was one of five candidates running for three open seats on the Marlboro Board of Education. He cited only \u201cfamily circumstances\u201d in announcing his exit from the race. He did not return multiple messages seeking comment.<\/p>\n \u201cMy whole family has been affected by it,\u201d Bellomo said, noting her older son, 12, was likely to see the nasty text.<\/p>\n Semaya, an accountant who has voiced progressive liberal views, was one of five candidates running for three open seats on the Marlboro Board of Education. Scott Semaya\/ Facebook<\/p>\n Ironically, Bellomo was once Semaya\u2019s daughter\u2019s Girl Scouts leader.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is heartbreaking for me,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is what he was thinking when I was volunteering with his children \u2014 it\u2019s a hard pill to swallow.\u201d<\/p>\n Bellomo, who is serving her first full, three-year term on the board, said she\u2019s been subjected to months of online threats and made several police reports.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n While the social media post about the \u201cThisBitchNeedstoDie\u201d group text included just a single shot of Semaya\u2019s cell phone, Bellomo said she\u2019s seen several other images of the messages exchanged by the group including \u201cvery specific actions that they want to do to me and what their intention is.<\/p>\n \u201cThese text messages\u00a0are the first time\u00a0I was able to see they don\u2019t want me alive,\u201d she added, declining to share the additional images.<\/p>\n Bellomo \u2014 a MAGA-loving, President Trump-supporting mom of three and staunch Republican, who poses in a star-spangled bikini for her Facebook profile picture \u2014\u00a0believes she\u2019s being targeted for her political beliefs. Danielle Bellomo\/ Facebook<\/p>\n Bellomo said she has a protective order against one person allegedly in the group chat: Mitesh Gandhi, whose wife is a board member. Gandhi declined comment and referred The Post to his lawyer, who said he was moving to dismiss the protective order.<\/p>\n The vicious chat group was believed to be composed of five men, and allegedly included Chad Hyett, current Marlboro school board vice president, according to a source. Many in the town of 41,000 are now calling for Hyett\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Hyett, who in December filed a School Ethics Commission complaint<\/a> against Bellomo after she posted part of a board email on social media, did not return a message. The commission did not substantiate Hyett\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n Bellomo claimed Marlboro Schools Superintendent Michael Ballone \u201cwould not provide protection\u201d at a board meeting this week, after the text message controversy erupted. <\/p>\n Bellomo, who is serving her first full, three-year term on the board, said she\u2019s been subjected to months of online threats and made several police reports. LP Media<\/p>\n \u201cThe district takes the safety and security of all members of our school community very seriously,\u201d Ballone said. \u201cWe have an invaluable relationship with our local police department who attends our Board of Education meetings. This upcoming meeting will be no different.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Marlboro\u2019s Democratic mayor, Jonathan Hornik, condemned the messages as \u201ccompletely unacceptable,\u201d adding, \u201cthose responsible are clearly not equipped to hold public office.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cViolence and threats of violence against public officials are seemingly becoming normalized,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIn only a few months\u2019 time, we have witnessed an alarming escalation in this type of behavior to an extreme, culminating in the murders of Minnesota Representative [Melissa] Hortman and activist Charlie Kirk. This must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n Outrage was immediate, and Semaya this week dropped out of the race for the Marlboro Board of Education, followed by his running mate Melissa Goldberg. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the sleepy town of Marlboro, where the average home is priced at $850,000, has become a social media battleground. <\/p>\n \u201cThis guy presents himself as a father and family man to the public only to then conduct himself like a pervert and criminal on a group chat during a BOE Meeting,\u201d wrote former board member Aldo Patruno of Semaya.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is disgusting on every level,\u201d another online commenter said.<\/p>\n \u201cThese grown men need to be arrested for threats on one\u2019s life,\u201d another wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n