Yellowstone actor Cole Brings Plenty had a months-long fling with woman, 20, who accused him of strangling her days before he was found dead

The woman who accused Yellowstone spinoff actor Cole Brings Plenty of attacking her is standing by her allegation, even after his subsequent death has prompted harassment and skepticism against her, DailyMail.com has learned.

The alleged victim, who DailyMail.com can reveal is a 20-year-old neighbor who had a casual months-long romance with 27-year-old Cole, posted her account on Facebook after he went missing.

'Remember: Cole is missing because he broke into my house and strangled me,' she wrote in all caps April 2. 'I struggled to fight him off. He dragged me down the stairs outside of my apartment. I screamed for help so he ran away and drove off.

'f you see him call the cops,' she wrote, ending her post with a smiley emoji.

After a four-day search, Cole's body was found April 5, 28 miles away in Gardner, Kansas, near a construction site where his vehicle was abandoned.

Native American actor Cole Brings Plenty, 27, was found dead on April 5. Before his body was discovered, he was named as a 'suspect' in a domestic violence dispute with a 20-year-old woman

The alleged victim, who DailyMail.com can reveal is a 20-year-old neighbor who had a casual months-long romance with 27-year-old Cole, posted her account on Facebook after he went missing

The alleged victim had lived next door to Cole at Reserve on West 131st, a student apartment complex in Lawrence, Kansas, where Cole was attending Haskell University

The alleged victim, shortly after she posted the allegation, made her page private after facing a barrage of threats from Cole's fans who accused her of lying.

Cole's family, which buried him last week in a traditional Sioux ceremony in his native South Dakota, also raised doubts about her account. They blamed police for his death, accusing them of rushing to judgment by issuing an arrest declaration that put a target on his back. After his body was discovered, police promptly ruled out foul play.

Cole's family and tribe have called for a federal investigation of the circumstances leading up to his death, while raising the possibility he was murdered, fanning rage against law enforcement and the alleged victim.

Her family says she's faced ugly threats on social media, making her fear for her safety.

One poster named Jaiden wrote, 'He was assaulted, (the alleged victim) cut his hair off, and retracted her statement, changed it and made comments on TikTok/FB then deleted them. Investigate her! #JusticeforCole.'

'Why isn't anyone outside her house looking for justice,' another wrote.

The alleged victim had lived next door to Cole at Reserve on West 131st, a student apartment complex in Lawrence, Kansas, where Cole was attending Haskell University. 

Sources tell DailyMail.com that the two started dating last August when Cole moved into the building from another section of town.

DailyMail.com can also now clear up some misinformation spread online in recent days, including that the woman was with Cole at a bar called Replay Lounge the night of the attack on March 31. There are rumors that she cut off his ponytail after it became entangled in wire of a band that was performing.

But DailyMail.com has confirmed that she wasn't even at the bar. He did get his hair stuck, and had to have some of it cut off, sources said. Photos of the bar incident were shared online, none showing the alleged victim.

The woman was home when Cole returned around 3am and, sources said, tried to meet up with her. She claims that she ignored two phone calls from him and then hung up when he called a third time, sources said.

She alleges Cole then climbed into her apartment through a window. After allegedly attacking her in her room, sources said, the fight then spilled outside.

Their housemates were home at the time and heard her screaming.

Security footage from Replay Lounge, shared on social media, shows Cole's hair after it got caught in wire and was cut March 31, clearing up rumors that his accuser was at the bar and cut his hair

One poster named Jaiden wrote, 'HE WAS ASSAULTED, (the alleged victim) CUT HIS HAIR OFF, AND RETRACTED HER STATEMENT, CHANGED IT AND MADE COMMENTS ON TIKTOK/FB THEN DELETED THEM. INVESTIGATE HER! #JUSTICEFORCOLE'

'Why isn't anyone outside her house looking for justice,' another wrote

After leaving his apartment building early March 31, the young actor, driving his white Ford Explorer, drove 20 miles to a Kwik Shop gas station in Baldwin City

Sources say a doorbell camera captured the young woman standing outside, naked from the waist down, as Cole ran down the steps toward his car.

The woman called 911. After she gave a statement, Lawrence police later in the day issued an alert to area agencies to arrest Cole.

The following night, Monday, Cole's family called police to report him missing, prompting local media coverage about his disappearance. Responding to media inquiries, police then publicized the fact that they were searching for Cole for the domestic incident – further enraging his family.

However by this time, Cole was possibly already dead, though he wouldn't be found for days.

After leaving his apartment building early March 31, the young actor, driving his white Ford Explorer, drove 20 miles to a Kwik Shop gas station in Baldwin City. He then drove to another gas station in rural Gardner, where he stopped in the TA Express minimart off Homestead Lane.

A manager there told DailyMail.com that Cole showed up before dawn, fidgety and appearing distressed, bought some groceries and left.

His SUV was found a few hundred yards away, parked deep into a construction site, out of public view, near a wooded area.

A worker at the site told DailyMail.com that one of the crew members noticed the vehicle early Friday, April 5, peered inside and saw blood. They called police, who found the body a short distance away.

Detectives have questioned people at the apartment building, the two gas stations and the construction site, telling several people that this was a suspected suicide.

Though authorities have publicly ruled out foul play, the coroner has yet to release the results of an autopsy that could take weeks.

The construction site where Cole's white SUV was found is shown

Hundreds of mourners packed the school gymnasium again for a celebration of life ceremony dedicated to the actor who was found dead on April 5 

Mourners were seen arriving on horseback for Cole Brings Plenty's homecoming ceremony. An entire community in rural South Dakota tearfully welcomed home the young man they'd described as their 'great hope'

Early last week, hundreds of grieving friends, family, and members of Cole's Cheyenne River Sioux tribe packed a school gymnasium in Eagle Butte, South Dakota to pay their final respects to an up-and-coming actor who'd been a role model for many in the community.

Cole, who was also affectionately known as Coco, appeared in the Yellowstone spinoff prequel 1923 as shepherd Pete Plenty Clouds.

His uncle Moses Brings Plenty, 54, who stars as Mo in the Kevin Costner series Yellowstone, attended the ceremony, and told DailyMail.com: 'He was already tried and prosecuted by the Lawrence police department.'

He said the sheer number of mourners was 'an indication of the injustice of how the events took place with the allegations placed against him.'

The victim declined to comment when contacted by DailyMail.com.

At Cole's Celebration of Life last Tuesday, a Sioux tribal speaker called for 'war' against authorities in Kansas.

'Kansas we are coming for you,' David Bearshied, a speaker described as Native American ambassador told the gathering.

'Today we honor this family and we lift them up because they're going to be at the forefront to a battle that's going to be very miraculous.

'It always takes the Lakota people to come and to engage war and for everyone to stand behind them,' added Bearshied.

Cole's father Joseph Brings Plenty gave a rousing tribute to his son Cole, standing before mourners as he declared, 'This is the hardest thing I've ever done.'

'I was hoping it was a hateful, ugly April Fool's joke, but it wasn't,' he said of early reports that his son was missing, and that an alert had been issued for his arrest.

'My son was gone, he was missing,' he said, his voice quivering as he fought back tears.

'We were hoping we would find Coco,' he said, using his son's nickname and describing the search that ended with the discovery of Cole's body.

'I wanted to tell that detective – are you going to help me bury my son because you're refusing to help me even with a phone ping.'

Cole's uncle is Yellowstone star Moses Brings Plenty, 54 (right). It was his uncle who introduced Cole to acting

Cole starred on two episodes of the Yellowstone spinoff 1923 as Pete Plenty Clouds

He said his first obligation was to take care of his son and prepare for the funeral, even as he raged at what transpired.

'I fought with that all these past days,' he said.

'They were malicious with their intents,' he said of police in Lawrence. 'They painted a big target on my son. But what did he ever do to them?'

'I have to let him go because I have to fight, I have to fight for him and his name,' he said to thunderous approval.

'He was a good boy. Not a boy because he was a man. But to me he'll always be my little boy.'

During last Monday's wake, mourners cheered loudly, letting out ear-splitting leles and war whoops when the tribal president, Frank Star Comes Out, announced a proclamation calling on the federal government to investigate.

'I stand in unity with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and demand the United States Justice Department, Civil Rights Division (criminal section), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of Office of Justice Services to conduct a thorough, joint federal investigation of the causes of death of Cole Brings Plenty to ensure that there was no foul play involved in his death, given the circumstances surrounding his death,' the proclamation reads.