Ex-NJ GOP aide accused of staging slashing attack shows off horrific scars and mystery man in new snap
The unhinged ex-GOP aide who claimed she had been viciously attacked and labeled “Trump whore” — but who authorites say staged the assault and hired a fetish artist to carve her up — showed off her jaw-dropping scars in a new photo, along with a heavily-tattooed mystery man. Natalie Greene, the Ocean City, NJ woman accused of faking a gruesome politically-driven assault while working for Republican Rep.Jeff Van Drew, shared a glimpse into her life for the first time since the scandal broke nearly a year ago.The 26-year-old updated her Facebook profile picture on the Fourth of July to a smiling selfie of herself and the new pal.She wore a knitted tank top – exposing multiple thick, pink scars across her shoulder, chest and neck. Her dark hair was slicked back into a low ponytail, and her manicured hand covered her mouth as she laughed. A man wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap with tattoos up his neck and arm smiled next to her. Greene, a Masarati-driving ex-Rutgers Law student, was charged with conspiracy to falsely report a violent attack and giving false statements to law enforcement after claiming she was repeatedly slashed by three masked gunmen in a local park because she worked for Van Drew, a pol who had switched from Democrat to Republican in 2020.Authorities found Greene on the ground with her hands and ankles zip-tied on a trail at a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township on the night of July 23, 2025. She had dozens of bloody surgical-like slashes across her back, shoulder, chest and face.
The words “Trump whore” were written across her stomach in black marker. But the attack was nothing but a hoax, according to the Department of Justice, which said Greene hired a Pennsylvania-based “scarification” fetish artist to cut her up. Detectives even discovered a reference photo that Greene showed the artist – and her cuts matched the image exactly, investigators said. Greene was granted supervised release in January as she awaits t...