Since the broadcast of the report, Anne has been overwhelmed by the taunts of Internet users mocking her supposed gullibility.
The broadcast of TF1 “Sept à Huit” announced Tuesday that it had removed from all its platforms a report on a woman defrauded by a fake Brad Pitt and victim of cyberstalking since the subject was broadcast on Sunday. “The report broadcast this Sunday (January 12, 2025) sparked a wave of harassment against a witness. For the protection of the victims, we have decided to remove it from our platforms”writes the show presented by Harry Roselmack on his X account.
Named Anne and filmed on camera, the victim, aged around fifty, says she paid 830,000 euros to crooks who pretended to be Brad Pitt by sending him false selfies, falsified identity documents and using to artificial intelligence to dispel his doubts.
Surgery for kidney cancer
Pretending to need money to pay for an operation for kidney cancer, the fake Brad Pitt managed to extract large sums from this woman, who is now ruined and has made three suicide attempts. According to the report from “Sept à Huit”, she filed a complaint and is currently hospitalized in an establishment specializing in serious depression.
Since the broadcast of the report, she has been the subject of taunts from Internet users mocking her supposed gullibility. TFC, the Toulouse football club, posted a message on “Hello Anne, Brad told us that he will be at the Stadium on Wednesday for #TFCLAVAL. And you?”. Under fire from critics, the L1 club then backtracked by presenting its “sincere apologies”.
Netflix posted a message on X listing four films available on its platform in which the American star appears. “4 films to see with Brad Pitt (promise) it’s a gift”indicates the message. The comedian and France Inter columnist, Mathieu Noël, joked about Anne's fate in his morning post on Tuesday.
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