A woman swindled in France by a false Brad Pitt found herself a victim of cyberbullying since the recent broadcast of a television report on this case, which led the TF1 channel Tuesday to remove it from all its platforms.
“The report broadcast this Sunday (January 12, 2025) sparked a wave of harassment against a witness. For the protection of victims, we decided to withdraw it from our platforms, “it is written on the X account of the program” Sept à eight “.
Named Anne and filmed in front of the camera, the victim, aged about fifty, says that she had paid 830,000 euros to crooks who pretended to be Brad Pitt by sending him false selfies, falsified identity documents and using artificial intelligence to dispel his doubts.
“Sincere apologies”
Pretexting that it needs money to pay for a kidney cancer, the false Brad Pitt has managed to extract important sums from this woman, who is now ruined and has made three suicide attempts. According to the report, she has filed a complaint and is currently hospitalized in an establishment specializing in serious depressions.
Since the broadcast of the report, it has been the subject of mockery of Internet users mocking its supposed credulity.
The Toulouse football club in the south of France, posted on X a message accompanied by a photomontage challenging the victim and ironic on his fate: “Hello Anne, Brad told us that he would be at the Stadium on Wednesday. And you?”. Under the fire of criticism, the first division club then rear back by presenting its “sincere excuses”.
Netflix posted a message on X liabling four films available on its platform in which the American star is. “4 films to do with Brad Pitt (promised) it’s a gift,” says the message.