Victim of a love scam, Anne defended herself against the mockery to which she was subject, after the broadcast of the report where she recounted her misadventure.
The story made the news around the world. In the show Seven to Eight broadcast on Sunday January 12, Anne, 53, recounted her misadventure, an internet scam of which she was the victim.
A fake Brad Pitt would have taken the staggering sum of 830,000 euros from him, by sending him fake selfies, falsified identity documents and using artificial intelligence to dispel his doubts.
Sept à Huit subsequently indicated that it had removed the report from all its platforms, due to a “wave of harassment against a witness”. Indeed, the fifty-year-old who testified on camera had been the subject of mockery on social networks.
“Yes we are ashamed but I accept it”
Saturday January 25 on the show C the weekly on France 5, Anne returned to the circumstances surrounding this scam, the perpetrators of which were allegedly located in Nigeria. “Yes we are ashamed but I accept it, not just for myself but on behalf of the other victims. There are many who remain silent because they are ashamed,” she said.
Adding: “It hurts, but at the same time, I’m in warrior mode today. I want to say to these people, you shouldn’t make fun, because you don’t know the real story of We each have our own story, our burden, our own backpack. People can’t be objective when they don’t know the story. You don’t have the right to judge (the victims, editor’s note).
“The scammers are efficient in their way of doing things. I fell for this scam because I lived with a man for 14 years, before realizing that I was being manipulated”
-Anne, victim of a scam by a fake Brad Pitt, testifies in #CLHebdo pic.twitter.com/oCNGuVQ5Kg
— C l’hebdo (@clhebdo5) https://twitter.com/clhebdo5/status/1883220796631625740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Two days after the broadcast of the show, one of Brad Pitt’s spokespersons spoke to Entertainment Weekly magazine. “It’s terrible that scammers are taking advantage of the strong connection fans have with celebrities,” he said, before reminding that one should “not respond to unsolicited online messages, particularly from actors who do not have a presence on social networks.
A reaction to which Anne responded this Saturday by indicating that she was not an admirer of the actor. “I want to say that I wasn’t a fan. Oddly enough. He’s handsome, but I’ve never been one to fantasize about anyone. This story came to me like it might to anyone. who else.”
Anne also said she was “much better”.
