To fabricate evidence that could be used to justify murdering Octavia after the divorce, Poppaea and Tigellinus, the Prefect of the Praetorian Guard, attempted to compel Octavia's maids to make false claims of her adultery during her marriage to Nero.
Poppaea and Tigellinus, the Prefect of the Praetorian Guard, tried to fabricate evidence that could be used to justify murdering Octavia after their divorce. They forced Octavia's maids to falsely claim she had committed adultery while married to Nero.