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Gangland heiress Dhakota Williams details secret 12-year ordeal

The daughter of Melbourne drug lord Carl Williams has revealed she’s “fed up” after hiding a secret struggle since she was just nine years old.

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The daughter of slain crime kingpin Carl Williams has opened up about a secret ordeal she’s been battling in silence for 12 years.

Dhakota Williams, 21, took to social media to explain she’d been the target of online bullies since she was nine years old because of her body.

The Melbourne-based woman, who grew up in the public eye after the murder of her gangland father when she was just 10 years old, explained she’d been “fat shamed” ever since.

Despite struggling with the awful abuse, the “gangland heiress” had kept it to herself, but was recently subjected to another insult about her body and decided to speak out.

Gangland heiress Dhakota Williams has detailed a secret 12-year ordeal. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams
Gangland heiress Dhakota Williams has detailed a secret 12-year ordeal. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams

“I’ve never once addressed fat shaming because I cbf [can’t be f**ked] even giving it the energy,” she wrote on an Instagram Stories post on Wednesday night. “But these people online have been calling me fat since I was about 9-years-old and I’m fed up.”

Dhakota went on to ask her almost 39,000 followers to “imagine” what that would have been like for a young child – adding the comments would often leave her “crying”.

“That’s 12 years of me having to see people comment on my body,” she continued.

“It’s such a shame that I’ve had to learn not to give a f**k instead of people having to learn to be nice.

“This is a child we’re talking about, teaching herself not to [care] because of nasty people, not these grown adults teaching themselves to be decent humans.”

She unleashed at ‘nasty’ online bullies who have ‘fat shamed’ her since she was 9-years-old. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams
She unleashed at ‘nasty’ online bullies who have ‘fat shamed’ her since she was 9-years-old. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams

Alongside her lengthy post was a screenshot the “nasty” comment, left on a photo of Dhakota posted before her birthday in March, wearing an orange cut-out dress.

“Maybe with that frame you should stick to just the entree,” it read, a slur the young woman responded to in her post.

“Sorry we’re build like women around here, not pre-pubescent children like some of these weirdos want you to look like,” she said.

“Women have thighs, hips, boobs and are built in all different shapes and sizes.

“Body shaming in 2022 is not cool and never was.”

She ended her post by stating if her body was the only thing online trolls could criticise then “I’m doing good”.

The 21-year-old was shot into the public eye after her drug lord dad’s murder. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams
The 21-year-old was shot into the public eye after her drug lord dad’s murder. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams

Earlier in the year, Dhakota celebrated her milestone 21st birthday by sharing a topless picture alongside her mum Roberta and a friend.

In the image, she can be seen holding a balloon featuring the words “Birthday Princess”, captioning the snap: “Birthday suit.”

The photo was shared the day after she celebrated with an all-pink affair at Melbourne’s ritzy Emerson rooftop club back.

The party included a personalised cocktail list, curiously coloured treats and a giant wall feature covered with balloons.

Friends and family could choose to drink a “Pisces SZN” (Chambord Margarita) or “Birthday Baby” (espresso martini), while gold-flecked paddle pops engraved with “Dhakota” were also on offer.

She previously shared a topless photo to celebrate her most recent birthday. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams
She previously shared a topless photo to celebrate her most recent birthday. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams
She’s ‘fed up’ with the nasty comments. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams
She’s ‘fed up’ with the nasty comments. Picture: Instagram/DhaoktaWilliams

Dhakota regularly shares snippets of her life in Melbourne, including glamorous nights out and racy selfies on social media.

She has grown up in the public eye after her gangland father was murdered when she was just 10 years old.

Williams was serving a 35-year sentence for the murder of three men when he was beaten to death with the stem of an exercise bike by another inmate.

His death came shortly after he agreed to provide information to police in exchange for concessions from the authorities.

Williams helped police by providing valuable intelligence and leads relating to a number of unsolved murder cases.

Prior to his imprisonment, he was a key figure in Melbourne’s gangland war, which resulted in the deaths of 36 criminal figures between 1998 and 2010.

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