US hackers collective Anonymous, has set its sights on Florida’s State Attorney, over felony charges brought against an 18-year-old lesbian, for having a relationship with a girl four years younger than her.

Kaitlyn Hunt faces felony charges after the mother of her girlfriend, aged 14, notified police of the relationship as soon as she turned 18.

She has been charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12 to 16 years of age and has been expelled from Sebastian River High School, in the town of Sebastian, Florida.

Today she rejected a plea deal, which would have put her under house arrest for two years, and labelled her a sex offender.

In a letter sent by the hackers collective, they threatened to raise a petition of 200,000 signatures, and threatens Brian Workman with “thousands”, who may urge him to step down.

The letter accuses the state of “losing perspective”, and calls Ms Hunt a “bright young girl”, and notes the consensual nature of her relationship.

The full statement from Anonymous is available to read below.