Ole Miss College Student Family Slam 'categorically false' viral rumors

The student of the University of Mississippi, Mary Kate Cornett, and her father in viral rumors who accuse her of inappropriate behavior in her personal life.

This week Cornett was the center of unfounded speculations that have widened. It denies speculation as “categorically wrong”.

In a statement on Facebook on Thursday, February 27, Cornett's father Justin Cornett described the “defaming cyber attack”, “categorically wrong, malignant” and “organized”.

“It was administered publicly and our family was forced to take protective measures to ensure their security,” he wrote.

Justin added that he submitted police reports to Oxford, Miss., The Campus Police of the University of Mississippi and the FBI. They also work with forensic experts to “find the perpetrators”.

People contacted the university for a comment.

A spokesman for the police authority in Oxford confirmed to the persons that there was an open examination of the incident, but refused to continue commenting.

“At this stage we suspect that this is a kind of fraternity that has been out of control,” continued Justin in his statement. “I refuse to target my family and am fully obliged to pursue all the available criminals and civil actions. We will find them for those responsible.”

He recognized the privilege of his family and means to fight the accusations against his daughter. However, they started a gofundme for the “less happy”, the goals of cyber crimes and need help with defense. He swore that 100% of the proceeds will go to other alleged victims.

“Somehow we will find a way to make this unfortunate situation in a positive result for future victims like my daughter,” he concluded.

Mary Kate's statement was also included in Justin's Facebook post. The Kappa Delta Sorority member said that she was the “victim of a deliberate and coordinated cyber attack”, to which “partially and completely edited screenshots, fake AI generated videos and manipulated photos”, which “were advertised by irresponsible social media participants and were strengthened by thousands of fake accounts”.

She called Sport -Influencer and famous athletes with connections to Barstool Sports, former NFL player Antonio Brown and Espns College game day Host Pat McAfee because he posted the rumors.

According to reports, Barstool's Kevin “KFC” Clancy mentioned the rumors on social media, and McAfee spoke about her on his show with Adam Schefter. New York Post reported, citing TMZ. Brown also mentioned viral speculation online.

People turned to ESPN to get a comment, but did not hear back immediately.

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The founder of Barstool, Dave Portnoy, denied the claims against the sports media company. He said in an explanation The contribution: “As far as I know, this rumor mentioned or spread this rumor in one of our barstool channels.”

He added: “Our editors instinctively decided to avoid this story, as it seemed as if there was a high probability that it had been invented. If I am wrong about it, I am happy to see where it was posted and visited again.”

He said about Clancy's video: “We do not control our employees' personal social issues. Whatever you post alone are your own things. ”

In her statement, Mary Kate said that she was never contacted about the rumor, but was legally passed on and distributed online.

“I have received thousands of harassment and texts by a sick and insane nature, some of which indicate that I even take my life,” continued Mary Kate.

Since the rumor spread, Mary Kate became a top trend topic in the USA, and her name and their similarity were used to create a meme coin without their consent, she said and later confirmed her father's comments that they examined their legal options.

“My heart breaks for the victims of defaming cyber attacks and so public doxing as.