TikTok influencer, 29, broadcast end of 'chaotic' relationship to his two million followers before bombarding ex-girlfriend with texts and showing up at her work, court hears

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A TikTok influencer with more than two million followers broadcast the end of his chaotic relationship with his ex-girlfriend before bombarding her with texts and stalking her at work. 

Thomas Hill was involved in a relationship for around a year with Charlie Mullis after she sent him a direct message following a post talking about his mental health.

After a 'turbulent' relationship, Ms Mullis decided to break it off with Hill on 28 January last year, the Old Bailey heard.

But Hill reportedly stalked Ms Mullis, following her to the gym and sending flowers to her workplace.

A court also heard how the 29-year-old repeatedly sat outside her home texting her, at one point sending 44 messages in one day, some of which included threats.

Thomas Hill, 29, a social media influencer with more than 2 million followers bombarded his ex-girlfriend Charlie Mullis and threatened to end his life after they broke up

The TikToker posted the end of his chaotic relationship online as well as showing up unannounced to his ex-partner's workplace and sending her unwanted flowers

Ms Mullis blocked Hill on Snapchat, only for him to set up different accounts under different names and add her as a friend again.

He also posted images of himself self-harming and talking about the end of the relationship, jurors heard.

The TikToker would weaponise his mental health to manipulate his former girlfriend to meet up with him which she did to avoid his behaviour worsening. 

He regularly sent her messages threatening to end his life. One such message read: 'Blame yourself when I don't exist anymore,'. 

The barrage of messages and the constant following, including leaving cards under her windscreen wipers,  left Ms Mullins afraid to be in her own home, jurors heard.  

Janet Weeks, prosecuting, told jurors: 'Mr Hill has an enormous amount of followers on social media, particularly on TikTok where he has over two million followers.

'Their relationship was relatively short lived but quite intense.

'She (Ms Mullis) describes her relationship with the defendant as chaotic.

'It became so that she felt she could not meet up with friends, go to the gym and towards the end of the relationship, she said his behaviour got worse.

'She broke up the relationship on 28 January 2023.

'That really brings us to our indictment period because the prosecution say Mr Hill did not accept the end of the relationship.

'He would broadcast the end of the relationship very much in the public eye on social media.'

'He wrote and posted, globally to all his followers, many thousands of people about the end of the relationship and his mental health and naming personally her, Charlie Mullis,' continued Ms Weeks.

'He posted videos of them having private arguments.

'She blocked him under one username on Snapchat and then he set up another username and did it again when she blocked him with that.

'She was genuinely worried for his mental health, he would often in the messages between them, use threats about his mental health to control her.

'During the indictment period, she did on occasion agree to meet him in order to avoid the worst of his behaviour.

'He would control her and get her to meet him.

'She had no intention of rekindling the relationship, but they did meet up and on one occasion she did agree to meet him in a hotel and they ended up having sex. But to her that was not the re-commencement of the relationship..'

Hill was also said to have created a number of fake social media accounts in Ms Mullis' name which he commented on along with videos of his own.

Ms Weeks added: 'At times during this period, he bombarded her with phone calls and texts, he would turn up unannounced when she was at work or at the gym.

'He would send pictures to her so she knew he was actually there outside.

'He would send texts to her as soon as she walked through the door saying he knew she was at home.

'He sent flowers to her work, he followed her to the gym, he became angry she was even at the gym.'

Hill then placed a card underneath the windscreen wipers of her car to mark their anniversary on 7 March.

'Because of the extent he was following her and monitoring her, it made her frightened of being in her own home,' Ms Weeks said.

'It caused her anxiety and it affected her physical and mental health.

'On 8 March, he was sitting outside her address for many, many hours, in effect pretty much all day in his car.

'He was watching her and calling her, he was threatening to kill himself as well as making lots of demands of her.'

Jurors were shown 44 pages of messages from that day alone.

They included: 'Blame yourself when I don't exist anymore,' 'why the f*** are you hanging up on me,' and 'f***ing tell me selfish girl, stop wasting my time.'

Ms Weeks added: 'There were literally dozens of calls, every minute of every hour, it led her to call the police who found him sitting inside his car in a very emotional state.

'Mr Hill was arrested outside the address, he was in an extremely anxious state and his behaviour on arrest was extreme, he told the officers this was all normal and he had severe separation anxiety from her and just needed to be near her.

'The issues in this case are that he will claim that the two of them although they split up in January they began seeing each other soon after.

'He will say he was never given any impression that the contact from him was unwanted.

'He says the contact between them was mutual on both sides.'

Hill, of Thamesmead, southeast London, denies one count of stalking without fear, alarm or distress.

He described himself online as a 'Social Media Influencer based around the Automotive Industry' with '2.3 Million Across TikTok and Instagram.'

The trial continues.