Cosplayer Yandere Freak, AKA 'Snow The Salt Queen,' Charged With Manslaughter

TikTok cosplayer Yandere Freak, real name Mary Anne Oliver-Snow and previously known as "Snow the Salt Queen," is receiving online scrutiny after court filings were made public revealing that they accidentally shot and killed a friend back in January.

The TikToker, who uses they/them pronouns and has over 1.6 million followers on their main account @yandere.freak (now private) and 26,000 on their alt @feral.yandere, recently changed the name of their primary account from @snowthesaltqueen to Yandere.Freak after court filings were released detailing the manslaughter charges. According to the filings, Snow accidentally shot and killed their college friend Helen Hastings around January 17th with an ex-boyfriend's gun while they were drunk. The two were watching Gotham and Snow said they had a gun like the show's villain. They went and got the gun, believing that it had no bullets in it. Hastings then asked to be "shot" by the empty gun and Snow obliged, killing her.

Snow has been receiving heavy criticism online for the charges, including for not taking the crime seriously enough, continuing to post videos after it and changing their name to hide their identity. They've also been noted as an example of white privilege in the cosplay community by some. The latter accusation seemed to stem from the belief that their father is a senator and bailed them out, although this is untrue. Some also pointed out what looks like an ankle monitor in Snow's recent videos. Many cosplayers are calling for Snow to be banned from cosplay conventions.

#snowthesaltqueen is a prime example of not only the white privilege within the cosplay community but the privilege in general…how the hell did she pull 20k out her ass after committing manslaughter and is able to continue on with a platofm ? (1/2)

— aquarius baby ⚡ (@demoniico) September 28, 2021

Not the ankle monitor in the demonias #yanderefreak #snowthesaltqueen pic.twitter.com/JZ9YtReV9U

— Mama Bird (@Sp00kySenpai) September 28, 2021

#snowthesaltqueen is absolutely disgusting. Change my mind.

— kawaii_phantom14 (Jojo) (@JojoPhantom14) September 28, 2021

MurderSnowthesaltqueen/yandere.freak needs to be banned from conventions. This person is a danger to others and shouldn't be allowed into those spaces.Manslaughter charges are viewable by the public https://t.co/ZXAeuVGLYJ pic.twitter.com/GVREOgEI9E

— v ✧ noé brain 🔜 AWA✨ (@fvrrons) September 28, 2021

I just want to say, if you are in the cosplay community PLEASE PLEASE do not interact with SnowTheSaltQueen/Yandere.Freak.They have committed 3 acts of manslaughter.Remember not to joke about it, yes, snow is an awful person for many reasons, but respect the victims

— cryo (@b0nbee) September 28, 2021