Sunday January 12, 2025, in an issue of Seven to Eight on TF1, Anne – a 53-year-old interior decorator, revealed that she had been trapped by various online scammers. For more than a year, they made her believe that she was having a long-distance relationship with Brad Pitt in order to extract money from him (more than 800,000 euros), inventing serious health problems for the actor.
However, where this story turned into a nightmare for this mother who, after realizing her mistake, fell into depression, this greatly amused some Internet users. Disregarding the concept of empathy, they have spent the last few days mocking her naivety and harassing her (online or in person) to further burden her.
Anne at her worst after the relentlessness of Internet users
A situation as shameful as it is deplorable which, unfortunately, would not be without consequences today. In the RTL Matin this Friday, January 17, it was revealed that Ophélie Meunier – host of The Big Week on M6, was able to interview exclusively MargauxAnne's daughter. And according to an exclusive extract from this interview, which will be broadcast this Saturday, January 18, the mental state of the fifty-year-old has deteriorated.
“We talk and call each other every day. It's the descent into hellwhispers Margaux into Ophélie Meunier's microphone. Already with this story, for a year and a half, it had been very complicated, for her and for us. She doesn't deserve what's happening to her. she does not deserve to be manipulated, nor to suffer all this hatred on social networks. She's a whole woman“.
-Margaux then deplored it, this story took on unimaginable proportions which once again weakened her family. “Obviously, with everything that was happening, I received a lot of very nasty messages, which went against my mothershe indicated, her voice trembling. It makes me feel worse. It's very complicated, very difficult psychologically and morally“.
A possible happy ending?
Now ruined and psychologically weakened, Anne would have great difficulty moving forward. However, the media coverage of this mishap would not have only had bad consequences. According to Marwan Ouarab, a former online scammer, now repentant, the people behind this scam have been found and an investigation will be opened to bring him justice.
For his part, informed of this story, Brad Pitt wanted to react through his spokesperson, inviting his fans to be extra vigilant online. “It's terrible that scammers are taking advantage of the strong bond between fans and celebritieshe revealed to Entertainment Weekly. But it's an important reminder: don't respond to unsolicited online solicitations, especially from actors who don't have a social media presence.“
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