‘I just want name to be cleared.’ LI woman faces threats after case of mistaken identity

Jacqueline Guzman says she has seen thousands of calls and threats of people targeting her.

News 12 Staff

Feb 1, 2022, 11:44 PM

Updated 956 days ago

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A Long Island woman is facing backlash after allegedly being mistaken for a woman who went on a rant about New York City streets being closed for a police officer killed in the line of duty.
Jacqueline Guzman says she has been drained and scared since a video went viral of a woman complaining about how New York streets were shut down for NYPD Det. Jason Rivera’s funeral.
She says she has seen thousands of calls and threats of people targeting her.
The woman in the rant has the same name as Guzman and once people online made the incorrect connection, she says threats starting coming in.
“One big one I thought was scary was when someone said, ‘I am coming for you,’” Guzman says.
The issue flooded into Guzman’s job at Unique Gymnastics, according to her boss Jennifer Suffis.
“It was fear, it was crying, anger was taking over,” Suffis says. “It was like why is this happening? She doesn’t deserve any of this.”
Unique Gymnastics even posted a comparison photo on their Facebook to prove it was not the Jacqueline Guzman that works at their business.
“People were saying she still looks the same to me and it was frustrating because they were ignorant,” Suffis says.
People then started going after Guzman’s small business that she operates with her sister. The two sell sweets and their online rating went from five stars to one.
“The amount of hate we were receiving was overwhelming,” says co-owner of Sister Sweets, Cristal Guzman.
Jacqueline Guzman posted a video to clear up the misunderstanding and got several apologies and some new orders into the business.
She says the video posted was horrible and her heart hurts for the two fallen NYPD officers and their families.
“I just want my name to be cleared and for them to know I’m not that person that made that horrible video,” Jacqueline Guzman says.