From 2023
www.latimes.com
She will be going to trial.
Legal proceedings
As Michael Dale lay with a plastic bag, Saran Wrap and duct tape sealed around his head, Michaela Rylaarsdam sat next to him with a vibrator and a cellphone filming content for her OnlyFans page, police said.
Now, the adult entertainer and mother of three has been charged with murder.
In April 2023, Dale, 56, paid Rylaarsdam, 29, more than $11,000 to come to his Escondido home and perform BDSM acts, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed by the Escondido Police Department. When she arrived at 6 p.m., Dale appeared intoxicated, but nevertheless she proceeded to spend several hours engaging in fetish acts with him.
Dale had several extreme and unusual requests, according to the affidavit.
He wanted her to wrap him up “like a mummy” in Saran Wrap. She obliged.
He wanted her to Gorilla Glue a pair of women’s boots onto his feet. She obliged.
But investigators concluded there was “no evidence” that he “ever requested Rylaarsdam to place a bag over his head and secure it, which eventually caused him to suffocate and die.”
When police and fire personnel arrived at the scene of the incident, they found Dale unconscious and Rylaarsdam performing CPR, according to the affidavit. She denied placing anything over Dale’s head and told police that this was the first time she ever engaged in any fetish-type behavior.
Detectives found several troubling videos on her cellphone of Dale struggling to breathe, including some taken minutes before she dialed 911 at 10:10 p.m.
“He had duct tape over his mouth, a plastic bag over his head, more saran wrap around that, and then duct tape wrapped around his face and head, securing all the layers to his head,” the affidavit states. “He also appeared to have had saran wrap wrapped around his neck tightly.”
His head was sealed in a plastic bag for at least eight minutes, according to the affidavit.
The San Diego County medical examiner’s office concluded that the cause of death was asphyxia and classified the manner of death as homicide.
Continue readingRylaarsdam went by pseudonym Asshley SinCal on OnlyFans, an online content subscription service popular with sex workers. Her Instagram account for Asshley SinCal, which has more than 11,000 followers, remains online, while her OnlyFans, TikTok and X accounts have been deactivated.
OnlyFans model suffocated SoCal man while filming Saran Wrap fetish session, police say
In April 2023, Michael Dale died after paying Michaela Rylaarsdam more than $11,000 to come to his Escondido home and perform BDSM acts, police say.
She will be going to trial.
Legal proceedings
- Charges: After an investigation that lasted nearly two years, Rylaarsdam was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in February 2025.
- Court status: In September 2025, a judge ordered Rylaarsdam to stand trial. She has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.
- Legal arguments: Rylaarsdam's defense attorney has argued there was "no intent to kill," while the prosecution claims the facts support a murder charge. Some legal experts have noted that while consent is not a defense to homicide, it could be a mitigating factor.
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