By: Meyer Wolfsheim
A Trump-supporting New Jersey school-board member says she was stunned to discover that her conservative politics made her the target of a grotesque group chat titled “This Bitch Needs To Die,” according to multiple reports, including the New York Post.
Danielle Bellomo, a Marlboro Township mother of three and sitting school-board member, learned she had been the subject of a series of explicit and threatening text messages exchanged among local board candidates — including one individual tied to the notorious “Nipplegate” controversy directed at her. Screenshots obtained by the New York Post show the chat’s chilling title and the messages inside.
In one exchange, Mitesh Gandhi, the husband of another board member, allegedly referred to Bellomo as “a lying c–t,” added “stupid c–t,” and wrote, “I swear she can’t die soon enough,” capped by a message declaring, “Mission is to just let her die by herself lol.” After the screenshots went public, a Monmouth County judge extended a temporary restraining order against Gandhi, the Post reported.
Bellomo told Fox News Digital the messages rattled her to her core. “When I read those words, ‘She can’t die soon enough,’ it stopped me in my tracks,” she said. “I always knew there was disagreement politically, but I never wrapped my head around the fact that they actually wanted me dead.”
The scandal already reshaped the local race: two candidates dropped out amid the backlash.
The controversy followed another viral moment dubbed “Nipplegate,” in which former candidate Scott Semaya was caught typing during a public meeting, “Bellomo must be cold — her nips could cut glass,” with his finger hovering over his phone’s “o” key. Semaya later withdrew from the race as the screen grab spread, the Post noted.
Bellomo — a volunteer in Marlboro schools for over a decade — said she ran for the board to expand her service to the district and support parental rights. “I never imagined that it would have led to this,” she said. Instead, the threats have shaken her entire household.
She said her children now fear for her safety. “My son is almost a teenager… now he asks if someone is going to come to our house,” she said. Her 8-year-old “cries if she thinks I have a board meeting,” and her youngest constantly asks whether she’s safe. Her middle-schooler, meanwhile, was humiliated after seeing grown men make lewd comments about his mother on social media. “His friends saw it. It has affected every part of our life.”
Bellomo added that the discovery of not just one but multiple conversations about her death intensified her alarm. “The mission is to watch me die or have me die alone… It’s on a whole different level.”
Despite police recommending charges, county prosecutors declined to pursue a case. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago’s office said the allegations did not rise to an indictable offense. Gandhi also failed in his bid to have the protective order lifted.
