LogInThe actress's Instagram page and official website have both been taken down, leading some to believe that the third trailer is about to be released.
Such is the case with Manni L. Perez, a New York-based actress known for her role as Esperanza Morales in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and widely believed to be the voice and likeness behind GTA VI's female protagonist, Lucia, who recently "disappeared" from the internet, prompting widespread speculation about the reasons behind it.
First reported by YouTuber SanInPlay, the actress's Instagram page, which had been very active up until recently, was scrubbed of all images and videos in early July before being deleted entirely.
Interestingly, before the page was shut down and following the release of GTA VI's second trailer, Perez had been gradually reducing her online presence – interacting with her Instagram less and less, disabling comments on her stories, and even deleting certain posts, including one where she was seen wearing a golden boxing glove pendant that closely resembles the one worn by Lucia in one of the screenshots.
What’s more, in addition to Perez's Instagram being wiped, her official website is now also inactive and only partially viewable through The Wayback Machine. Now, the only remaining traces of her online presence – at least those that don't cross into doxxing territory – are those two abandoned Twitter accounts, though it can't be definitively confirmed that they actually belong to Perez.
With the actress now all but disappearing from the public eye, many within the community have begun speculating as to why that might be, with the three main theories being Rockstar/Take-Two's NDAs requiring her to do so, harassment from the GTA community, or that the developers are preparing to officially confirm Perez as Lucia in a new upcoming trailer and this is their way of preparing for the big reveal.
Naturally, it's also possible the actress just got tired of every single comment being about her role as Lucia – something you can still observe on the Twitter pages linked above – which might not count as harassment, but you have to admit, is probably very annoying.
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