Mary Kate Cornett raced to her boyfriend’s residence after the Ole Miss pupil discovered the couple was on the middle of a viral rumor that she had slept along with his father, in keeping with a police report she filed that was obtained by TMZ.
Cornett, 18, started trending on-line this week, along with her title and picture additionally circulating, together with boyfriend Evan Solis, as a result of false narrative — which she stated was unfold by public figures together with ESPN host Pat McAfee and Barstool Sports activities.
Within the police report, Cornett says she was at a salon in Oxford when she first discovered concerning the rumor, and that she is the sufferer of cyberstalking and harassment.
Mary Kate’s mother and father, Leslie and Justin Cornett, flew from Houston to Mississippi to be with their daughter.
“We felt absolutely helpless,” Justin instructed TMZ, emphasizing they need to hold their 18-year-old daughter protected amid what’s been a tough time for the household.
Leslie added that Mary Kate was handled “like she wasn’t a human being” on-line.
Cornett and Solis, a former highschool soccer participant, have each denied the rumors in separate statements on their Instagram pages.
In a GoFundMe web page created in her title by her father, Mary Kate stated she filed studies with College of Mississippi campus police, native police and the FBI.
“Rest assured, all criminal charges and civil remedies will be pursued vigorously,” she stated, including the scenario led her to hunt “alternative education/living arrangements.”
Mary Kate defined that she is “the victim of a deliberate and coordinated cyber attack spreading categorically false and defamatory information.”
She alleged that “partially and wholly edited screenshots, fake AI generated videos and manipulated photographs have been promoted by irresponsible social media participants and amplified by thousands of fake accounts.”
Barstool worker KFC mentioned the scandal on his private social media accounts and McAfee introduced up the alleged accusations in an interview with Adam Schefter this week.
Former NFL participant Antonio Brown additionally weighed in on the scenario.
“No one affiliated with these organizations ever reached out to us for comment,” Cornett stated of the general public figures and firms she named. “Most alarmingly, my personal contact information has been doxed illegally shared publicly, putting my personal safety at risk. Many notes sent suggest I even take my own life.”
Barstool founder Dave Portnoy denied the accusations and stated “We do not control our employees’ personal socials. Whatever they post on their own is their own stuff.”
ESPN declined to remark.
Justin additionally denied the allegations in a separate put up on Fb.
