A French woman says she was scammed out of her life savings by Brad Pitt.
The 53-year-old woman, called Anne, revealed she was scammed out of $850,000 after she thought she was in a long-term relationship with the real-life Hollywood star, per Men’s magazine. The scam began when she was contacted by a scammer claiming to be Pete’s mother, Jane, who “told me her son needed someone like me” and continued for more than a year.
“At first I thought to myself that it was fake, that it was ridiculous,” Anne explained on Sunday’s episode of the program. Seven to eight On French channel TF1 “But I’m not used to social media and I didn’t really understand what was happening to me.”
Using artificial intelligence technology to simulate Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Actor, send scammers Personal photos And messages to women that make them believe the hoax. They then forced her to send nearly a million dollars for kidney treatment. They pretended that Pitt did not have access to his bank accounts due to his high-profile divorce from Angelina Jolie.
The woman, who TF1 says suffers from mental health issues, left her husband over the scam before realizing she had been cheated on after seeing news reports about Pete’s real-life girlfriend, Ines De Ramon.
“I ask myself why did they choose me to cause such harm?” she said. “I never hurt anyone. These people deserve hell.”
The report says Anne filed a police report about the scam.
Since the clip aired on Sunday, the story has gone viral, igniting a slew of cyberbullying toward the victim. Following the scrutiny, TF1 journalist Harry Russelmack took to X to announce that the story had “led to a wave of harassment against the witness”, reportedly prompting the network to pull the broadcast from its platforms. The Guardian.
