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‘A bully’: Internet turns on Laken Snelling, the former Kentucky cheerleader with a dead newborn in her closet, over ‘mean girl’ allegations

The internet has turned against Laken Snelling, the 21-year-old former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader, amid allegations of past “mean girl” behavior.

Authorities arrested Snelling, once a senior at the University of Kentucky and a member of the STUNT cheer team, on August 31, 2025. Her roommate discovered her newborn baby boy wrapped in a towel and hidden inside a black trash bag in her closet and called the police. She allegedly admitted to giving birth, cleaning up evidence, and concealing the infant’s body.

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