Father Says Accused Woman Is ‘Victim,’ After She Posed As Teen To Lure Underage Boys

As a 🌴Florida woman remains jailed on serious felony charges involving ⚖️Underage boys, her father is publicly defending her in striking terms, arguing that she is mentally impaired and wrongly portrayed as a criminal.

According to the New York Post, 👤Alyssa Ann Zinger, 25, is accused by prosecutors of posing as a teenager online and engaging in illegal conduct with multiple middle-school-aged boys in the Tampa area. 

While authorities describe her as a serial offender, her father, Josh Zinger, insists the legal system has it backward.

“She had a lot of problems growing up. Our daughter has been to 10 to 12 psychologists and psychiatrists throughout her life,” the 55-year-old told The Post.

Josh said his daughter was raised in what he described as a stable, religious household in suburban Tampa, but struggled for years with mental health challenges. He listed several conditions he says she was diagnosed with and claimed she once scored far below average on an IQ test.

“She’s defective — mentally defective. And do you know what that means under the law? If somebody is mentally defective and has sex with somebody, no matter their age, it’s illegal to have sex with a mentally defective person,” he said.