Thelife- Instagram star Brittany Johnson, AKA
Lovely Peaches , was arrested in January on charges of animal cruelty. - In body camera footage obtained by Insider, Johnson says she threatened her dog to get followers.
- Johnson has since been bonded out of jail and is back to posting on social media.
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Johnson was detained in Dekalb County, Georgia on an animal-cruelty charge on January 22. She has since been bonded out and has been posting again on social media, including Instagram, where she has 146,000 followers.
In the body camera footage, an officer can be heard asking Johnson why she made threats against her dog.
"'Cause I knew it would get me attention on the internet," Johnson said in response.
"That's not the attention you want," another officer then said to Johnson. "See police here? That ain't the attention you want."
A police report obtained by Insider in February said Johnson sprayed perfume in the dog's eyes and picked it up by its neck while livestreaming on Instagram. Police say they responded to a call from a concerned onlooker and entered a motel room Johnson was staying in with the dog to remove the animal and question her.
On Instagram, Johnson claimed she threw the dog out of a window, causing its death. She also claimed to have broken the dog's legs. When officers confronted her, Johnson said the window in her room's bathroom didn't open and that the statements she made online were "jokes."
"As you can see he's fine, food right there," Johnson told the officer in the video.
The police officer speaking to Johnson in the video also asked if she wanted to keep the dog. Johnson said she may give it to her dad, who she says she's hoping to build a "good life" for, along with her daughter, who is not in Johnson's custody.
A spokesperson for the Dekalb County Police Department told TooFab in a statement that "her Jack Russell Terrier was taken into custody by Animal Services, where it was examined by a veterinarian."
"Is there a reason you do what you do?" the police officer asked Johnson. She responded, "So a label will sign me and I can live good. I mean it makes sense, I want a good life for me, my dad, and my daughter."
"There's nothing wrong with that, but some of the antics you pulled on your Instagram, just, it's not normal," the officer said.
"I know, but that's why I have so many followers," Johnson said in response. She also told the officer that she's been diagnosed with depression and anxiety and that she has over 1 million followers on social media. When asked if she made money from her accounts, Johnson said she makes about $1,000 a week from sponsorships.
Johnson has also been releasing original music and promoting it on different social media platforms. She's released multiple music videos on YouTube and has over 24,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
Insider reached out to Johnson for comment but did not immediately hear back.