OnlyFans model Sara Cheek, family bullied by Florida community

Publish date: 2024-05-22

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A Florida community has been ruthlessly harassing an OnlyFans model and her young family in a bizarre intimidation saga that has escalated over the years — culminating last month in an assault at a children’s hockey game.

Sara Blake Cheek, 32, who has appeared on the cover of Playboy and over ESPN radio waves, said she’s endured strange bullying from neighbors, children’s coaches and even the fire department because of her X-rated career —but the terrifying incident at the game finally pushed her over the edge.

Cheek detailed the hair-raising moment a hulking parent threatened to physically attack her in the stands of a hockey arena after she confronted nearby parents who were ridiculing her 10-year-old son in an exclusive interview with The Post.

“The man threatened to beat my f–king ass,” Cheek recalled of the Oct. 20 incident.

“My kid gets slammed into the boards and the parent behind me starts cheering that he’s hurt. And so of course, as a mom — just like anybody would be — turned and said, ‘You can’t be serious right now.’ And then that’s where the whole thing started that involved us.”

Several men puffed out their chests and verbally threatened Cheek, which is considered assault in Florida, and berated her as a “bitch” while her husband, Matt Cheek, 39, tried to de-escalate the situation, an eyewitness confirmed.

Ultimately, the Cheeks, who are well-known in the community for producing adult content on OnlyFans, decided it was best to ignore the hecklers and turn their attention back on their son, a star player in the recreational league.

Days later, however, the entire Cheek family — including their son — would be permanently banned from the rink for their part in the scuffle.

None of the other parents involved were handed down the same punishment, a coach confirmed.

“They should be protecting anybody, any parent or any woman that gets assaulted,” Sara Cheek said. “But instead, they choose to punish the victim and tell my kids, us, we’re never able to attend that rink ever again or set foot in there because of what I do for a living.”

Banned for OnlyFans

Cheek is no stranger to the dirty looks and gossip that come with her explicit career — and has been prohibited from her kids’ sporting events before.

In the past two years, the mom of four was banned from watching her now 11-year-old daughter at cheerleading events after a parent exposed her “secret” to the community, she told The Post at the time.

Not long after, her two sons were booted from their football league without provocation and one of her boys was suspended from school after gossiping parents raised concerns that her OnlyFans career would send negative shockwaves in the community.

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The harassment against Cheek and her young children has only escalated in recent months despite her career swelling beyond her pornographic page — she is now a popular Southeastern Conference football analyst with her own podcast and frequently contributes to ESPN radio and sporting magazines.

“I’m increasingly growing in my brand and my career and I’ve made more for myself and more opportunities and continue to do magazine covers … so the fact that you’re just punishing me for OnlyFans, when there’s so much more that’s there, it’s crazy,” the outraged mom said.

“And there’s no justice, there’s no there’s nothing you can do to stand up for yourself or fight back because it’s the end all be all. These people never have to be held accountable because their excuse is, ‘Well, she does OnlyFans. So, she can’t be here.'”

Cheek hoped that moving into a new house in the same community in February 2022 and transferring her son into a new hockey league would offer her children some form of normalcy, but it only expanded their circle of bullies.

On the first day inside what Matt Cheek described as their “dream house,” their next-door neighbor allegedly chopped down a protected species tree that was on the Cheek property, which set off a feud that would later be fueled by misplaced trash cans and property line disputes.

The neighbor’s grandson was part of the same football league the Cheeks’ sons were banned from playing in and reportedly “cried” to a mutual friend upon learning the OnlyFans family was moving in, the couple said.

“It’s a big community, small town. If you have kids, you’re gonna all intertwine in some way or another at some point,” Sara Cheek explained.

Hate hits home

Shortly after celebrating a year in the house, the Cheeks decided to move a street lamp that was already on their property to another spot that would place it further from the driveway they shared with their troublesome neighbors, who were furious with the decision.

After spewing a round of shouts at the Cheeks and Matt’s brother as they worked, the 59-year-old female neighbor stood behind her fence and brazenly turned her water hose on them, video shared with The Post shows.

The fed-up Cheeks called police on the woman, who was charged with simple battery.

“The officer was like, ‘Do you really want to press charges on this, that’s your neighbor. It could make things crazy.’ I said, ‘Things have already been crazy!'” Matt Cheek said, adding that the neighbor’s husband allegedly flips off his young children when they pass one another on their adjoining properties.

The neighbor did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Just a month after the spraying, the brush behind the Cheek’s home caught on fire when the family wasn’t home.

Although many trees were torched and a field burned, the house was fortunately spared, with fire officials telling the Cheeks that the blaze was sparked from a backyard fire pit the family claims they haven’t touched in months.

The next day, the Cheeks noticed that the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue changed its Facebook cover picture to an action scene from their mysterious fire.

Sara Cheek “liked” the image from her own page, which included scantily-clad pictures of herself, but was blocked by the account within a matter of hours.

Matt Cheek assumes the tiny sign of aggression is just another dig the community is making against the family: “This whole thing is just so sketchy … Why would you block us? It’s almost unbelievable.”

A spokesperson for the county told The Post that “nobody specifically remembers” blocking Sara Cheek’s account, which has since been taken down by Meta, and that there is no evidence she was ever blocked.

The fire squad had opted for the photo because it was the first brush fire of the season and was time to rotate the social media’s imagery, the spokespersons said, adding that Cheek’s OnlyFans presence had nothing to do with their choice.

Iced-out

Despite the constant harassment, the family tried to maintain a routine for their kids — which was finally stripped away by the argument at the hockey rink.

Two other eyewitnesses — including one of the league coaches — told The Post that other parents were more aggressive throughout the game and that the Cheeks were being unfairly targeted.

While the Cheeks were banned from entering the rink and their son prohibited from playing, the other parents involved were only suspended for three weeks — and their children were allowed to continue playing, according to the coach.

“What I was told is they are basically an ongoing problem and that the owner of the rink said that he’s done dealing with them,” coach Dan Buckenberger told The Post, adding that the family had never exhibited any concerning or aggressive behavior before the incident.

He and other coaches tried their best to skirt around the ban by offering to personally pick up the Cheek’s son and take him to practices and games, but the rink shot down the suggestion, claiming it posed a safety hazard because the boy wouldn’t have an emergency contact on-site.

Although Buckenberger couldn’t directly relate the disproportionate disciplinary action to Sara Cheek’s OnlyFans career, he said he’s witnessed parents whispering and pointing at her, with one requesting that Cheek’s son not be left in the locker room with the other boys without supervision because he “knows too much for his age.”

But the couple’s son is a shy and quiet kid who typically keeps to himself, his coach said.

Out on the ice, however, he is one of the team’s strongest players and biggest hustlers.

“I feel like a failure as a coach because my kid did nothing wrong and his parents, it’s not even that they did nothing wrong. [Matt] protected his own,” Buckenberger said.

“Their consequences in my eyes aren’t fair. I told the rink that I don’t think they’re fair. I feel like the kid should at least be able to play in some way.”

The Ellenton Ice & Sports rink did not return The Post’s repeated requests for comment.

‘Witch hunt’

Though it was something they experienced before, the hockey rink ban was the final straw for the Cheeks, who listed their house for sale amid the “witch hunt” the community set upon them.

“The one piece that we had with our kids, having some normalcy, that’s gone. It’s reached a point where it’s crossed enormous boundaries. It’s just a lot,” Sara Cheek said.

“We struggle with being the parents that walk into any new room — we smile, we’re ourselves, we’re kind — and everybody else treats you a certain way,” she continued.

“Matt and I, were always like, ‘Do you think they know? They’ll initially be so nice. But they’ll change once they find out who we are.”