In one of many stories of celebrity-centered fraud, a 53-year-old French woman named Anne was recently conned out of $850,000 by online scammers. Her story of getting taken by thieves posing as Brad Pitt on Instagram went viral after she came forward and admitted she thought she was in a long-distance relationship with the Ocean’s Eleven star. In a statement obtained by Variety, Pitt’s spokesperson said:
Brad Pitt comments on the hoax perpetrated on a French interior decorator, who was tricked into thinking they were communicating with the star. Read More