Information broke earlier this week {that a} French lady who believed she was courting Oscar-winning star Brad Pitt was swindled out of $850,000 (€830,000) after a scammer allegedly used AI photos to impersonate the Wolfs actor. The 53-year-old lady named Anne stated she was swindled out of the cash after the scammer, claiming to be Pitt, stated he was in love along with her and advised her that he wanted funds for most cancers therapy. Now, a consultant for Pitt is responding to the matter.
“It’s terrible that scammers make the most of followers’ sturdy reference to celebrities, however this is a crucial reminder to not reply to unsolicited on-line outreach, particularly from actors who haven’t any social media presence,” stated Pitt’s spokesperson by way of The Hollywood Reporter. Pitt doesn’t have any social media accounts.
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The lady reportedly found out she hadn’t really been speaking with Pitt after she noticed the actor out and about together with his girlfriend Ines de Ramon. Anne appeared on an episode of the French tv present Seven to Eight to inform her story, which was reported on within the U.S. by Males’s Journal.
The Girl: “I Didn’t Actually Perceive”
“At first I stated to myself that it was faux, that it’s ridiculous,” Anne stated on the French program. “However I’m not used to social media and I didn’t actually perceive what was taking place to me. I ask myself why they selected me to do such hurt like this. I’ve by no means harmed anybody. These folks deserve hell,” she stated.
It’s additionally been reported that after going public with the truth that she was scammed and that the matter led to her personal divorce, Anne was the goal of a “wave of harassment” and that the Seven to Eight program was taken off the broadcaster’s platforms.
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The Scammer Allegedly Requested the Girl to Marry Him
Per The Unbiased, the scammer began the “relationship” with Anne by messaging her from an account that claimed to be Jane Etta Pitt, the actor’s mother. The lady advised Anne she was a great match for her son and the following day Anne acquired a message from an account utilizing an AI picture of the Moneyball actor. For greater than a 12 months and a half, the faux account messaged the lady – together with sending her poems and in the end asking her to marry him in a plot to rip-off her out of her financial savings.
The scammer requested her for cash all through their conversations, claiming he was sending her designer purses, however she needed to pay for the customs expenses. Issues got here to a head when the scammer, utilizing computer-generated photos, stated, as Pitt, that he was within the hospital with kidney most cancers. The impostor additionally allegedly stated that Pitt’s real-life ex-wife Angelina Jolie, froze his financial institution accounts in order that he couldn’t get to his cash. After all, in actuality, Pitt, who has a web value of $400 million, in accordance with Superstar Internet Value, doesn’t want $850,000 from a stranger in France.
The Case is Beneath Investigation
The matter has reportedly left Ann hospitalized with despair and a police investigation is underway relating to the case. “There are few males who write to you want that,” stated the lady to French media, per The Unbiased. “I beloved the person I used to be speaking to. He knew methods to speak to ladies, and it was very properly put collectively,” she stated.
Pitt, in real-life has just lately finalized his divorce from Jolie and is starring within the upcoming racing film, F1, which is ready for a June 27 launch.
Supply: The Hollywood Reporter
F1
- Director
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Joseph Kosinski
- Launch Date
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June 27, 2025
- Forged
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Brad Pitt
, Damson Idris
, Kerry Condon
, Javier Bardem
, Tobias Menzies
, Sarah Niles
, Kim Bodnia
, Samson Kayo - Studio(s)
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Apple Unique Movies
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