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Eric Trump has denied cheating allegations aft screenshots shared online appeared to show UFC commentator Daniel Cormier receiving a connection from an relationship nether Trump’s sanction asking whether immoderate of nan White House’s UFC fights connected Sunday would beryllium rigged.
Several screenshots posted – and past later deleted – connected Cormier’s X relationship showed alleged messages from Donald Trump’s 42-year aged boy that said: “Anything you tin show maine astir nan fighters tomorrow? Who you sewage winning?”
The messages went connected to say, “You placing immoderate bets… Are immoderate of nan fights tomorrow rigged? I’ve been eyeing nan [Diego] Lopes conflict and I deliberation an upset wouldn’t beryllium excessively unrealistic,” followed by “$$”.
In a since deleted station connected nan 47-year aged retired fighter’s account, a caption accompanying nan screenshots said: “Im astir apt going to get a batch of flak for bringing this to light, nevertheless I garbage to enactment silent. The UFC is simply a athletics that I americium profoundly passionate astir [sic] I will not tolerate this type of insider behavior. Shame connected anyone trying to ruin this behavior.”
Trump quickly denied nan allegations, writing connected X: “This is wholly fake! I person ne'er reached retired to Daniel. In fact, this is scary.”
In different post, Trump wrote: “This did not happen. They were AI generated. Please beryllium observant pinch reporting.”
Cormier besides denied nan screenshots connected X, saying: “Are group really this dumb?” To which Trump replied and tagged Cormier: “Thanks @dc_mma.”
Upon being asked successful personification by a spectator whether nan screenshots were real, Cormier said: “Not real. I can’t judge you guys judge that… I sewage hacked aliases something… Who believes worldly for illustration that? That’s crazy… Why would I do that?”
In a abstracted statement, Trump Organization spokesperson Kimberly Benza besides denied nan posts, saying: “These screenshots are fake. They were fabricated and do not bespeak reality. This is 1 of nan dangers of AI-generated content: mendacious accusation tin dispersed quickly erstwhile group don’t verify what they’re seeing. Please do amended earlier sharing misinformation.”
Sunday’s bloody spectacle – which coincided pinch Donald Trump’s 80th day – has already been marred by controversy, after 1 UFC fighter, Josh Hokit, repeated nan mendacious conspiracy claim: “Michelle Obama is simply a man.”
The arena besides drew a high-profile audience, pinch respective awesome tech moguls successful attendance alongside Trump’s family, including David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta and Kris Marszalek of Crypto.com.
