The TikToker who filmed Nicola Bulley’s body being pulled from the River Wyre and shared it online has made a donation to her family “out of respect” after facing backlash for the post.
Curtis Arnold, 34, who has over 6,000 followers on his YouTube channel almost entirely devoted to coverage and speculation about the search for Ms Bulley, conceded: “Perhaps it was bad timing to put that video online.”
Mr Arnold was among hordes of armchair detectives who, despite repeated please from police and Ms Bulley’s family, turned up at the river in St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire to try and investigate the disappearance of the mum-of-two.
He said he had made a donation to the family “five times the amount that that particular video has made me”.
While he has deleted the video from his TikTok account, it remains on his YouTube channel under the title: “Nicola Bulley *BREAKING * Police found something …. !!!”
He said on Sunday that “in hindsight, perhaps it was a little bit sensitive, perhaps it was bad timing to put that video online.
“I perhaps didn’t take into account the family at that time, I admit that.”
While Mr Arnold “won’t give figures away” regarding the total amount he donated to the family, he is alleged to have told The Sun the video was likely to have made him £900 in royalties.
He said he had made the donation “out of respect”, adding: “I’d like to take this opportunity to apologise to the family for any upset caused by the videos”.
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