OnlyFans model pleads guilty after client dies in fetish session

An OnlyFans model entered a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter after a client died during a fetish session.

Mum-of-three Michaela Rylaarsdam, 32, was originally charged with murder after Michael Dale died of asphyxiation.

She volunteered to plead guilty to the reduced charge in a deal with prosecutors, instead of the initial higher murder charge.

According to PEOPLE, a a spokesperson for the San Diego County District Attorney's Office said OnlyFans creator Rylaarsdam will now receive a stipulated sentence of four years in custody.

Dale and Rylaarsdam met for a fetish session in April 2023, before the 56-year-old was found unresponsive.

He was taken to a local hospital where he was declared brain dead, before eventually being taken off life support.

The court was told by prosecutors that Dale had allegedly paid Rylaarsdam over $11,000 for the session.

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Dale had reportedly asked the OnlyFans model to wrap him up in cling film 'like a mummy,', as well as gluing women's boots onto his feet, and then pouring glue in his eyes.

However, when authorities arrived, the client was found with a plastic bag over his head with duct tape over his mouth, face and head.

He had been shrouded in the plastic wrap, prosecutors told the hearing.

His cause of death was found to be asphyxiation, and Rylaarsdam was charged with murder after the autopsy revealed the bag had been wrapped around Dale's head for at least eight minutes.

Detective Chris Zack of the Escondido Police Department told the court about texts which were found on the model's phone.

Dale was messaging her discussing what he wanted her to do.

While his messages mentioned a request to glue his eyes shut with Gorilla Glue, he never mentioned or requested the bag to be put over his head.

Rylaarsdam offered a plea deal for involuntary manslaughter (Court TV)

She had also filmed the content for her OnlyFans page, and sent a video to her husband of Dale covered in plastic wrap with the bag in place.

Dale's roommate of five days told the court that he overheard the victim asking the model to stop.

He said Dale even offered her more money to finish what was happening.

The Sun reports that Deputy District Attorney David Jarman said: “The evidence showed that he hired her to perform bondage acts and fetish acts.

“There is no indication that he asked her to obstruct his breathing, asked her to put tape over his mouth, asked her to put a plastic bag over his head.”

Her lawyers insisted she was not guilty of murder as she called 911, performed CPR on Dale, and remained at the scene when police arrived.

According to local news outlet Marca, the model's attorney said: “I don’t believe there was any intent to kill or any attempt to cover it up. And she acted appropriately when she realized this was a problem. There is certainly an element of consent; not just something he consented to, but something he actively sought out."

Rylaarsdam will be sentenced on June 8.