A 39-year-old man severely beat his mother for not giving him enough money to send to a TikTok star in China, Seattle police say.

The woman had multiple broken ribs and intestinal bleeding and was strangled until she was unconscious, police said. The attack allegedly took place in an apartment on the 700 block of East Olive Way in Capitol Hill.

The woman eventually drove to Harborview Medical Center before passing out, police said. Officers responded to a 911 call from the hospital around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The woman’s son apparently was infatuated with what appeared to be a Chinese TikTok star who asked him to send her $300, police spokesperson Eric Muñoz said. The Seattle woman gave her son the money, but when he pressed her for more in hopes of meeting the apparent TikToker, she refu

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