Pat McAfee finally discussed the criticisms he was confronted with to spread a viral viral rumor according to which the student Ole Miss Mary Kate Cornett had an affair with the father of her boyfriend.
Cornett, 19, received multiple threats to positions wrongly pretending that she had sex with the father of her boyfriend at the University of Mississippi, Evan Solis, also 19 years old.
Vicious rumors have since triggered an FBI investigation and the Cornett family is considering legal action against anyone who initially shared it online.
Vile allegations have never been proven and all the involved parties denied allegations. In recent weeks, Cornett has criticized McAfee and other high -level stars that have spread the rumor for negatively affecting his life.
Barstool sports chief Dave Portnoy expressed his regret that his media empire played a role, saying to tHe sends daily on Wednesday, he would be “P *** Ed” if he was Cornett’s family.
Now, McAfee has also spoken on the situation, saying to the crowd at his event “Big Night Aht” that he “never wants to be part of something negative in the life of anyone”.
Pat McAfee finally discussed the criticisms he was faced with to broadcast a viral rumor on the Internet that students Miss Mary Kate Cornett had an affair with the father of her boyfriend
Cornett received multiple death threats to posts wrongly that she had sex with the father of her boyfriend at the University of Mississippi, Evan Solis
The former bettor of the NFL told Pittsburgh: “Just like the current situation that occurs, where I have a lot of people who say that I should be prosecuted. I mean this: I never want to be part of something negative in the life of anyone, never.
“This is not what I want to do. You know that my lawyers are Pittsburgh lawyers and they are here tonight. I think they have a sequel here to which I have certainly contributed. They have the same state of mind as me, empathy but understanding reality.
“We will try to understand this and make a kind of silver lining in a very terrible situation. You can have this promise from me.
Cornett recently broke her silence of viral rumors, which she said that McAfee helped to spread by discussing them in her program on February 26.
ESPN, which broadcasts the McAfee show, refused to comment. McAfee signed an agreement of $ 85 million over five years with ESPN in 2023.
She told NBC Nightly News last week that her life was involved in chaos after sports radio hosts and McAfee seized the gossip on the Internet.
“I am not a public figure that you can go and talk about in your show to get more opinions,” the 18 -year -old told NBC.
ESPN host and former NFL player McAfee excited the false rumors of his program in February
“ To have your life ruined by people who have no idea who you are is the worst feeling of the world ” said Cornett, in the photo with Boyfriend Solis
She continued by saying that McAfee “never stretched her hand to ask me if it was true or for me to make her a kind of declaration”.
“I thought it was absolutely ridiculous that an ESPN sporting broadcaster talks about the” sex scandal “of a 19-year-old girl who was completely false,” she said.
Worse, Cornett said that she had been harassed by foreigners calling her a “whore” or a “slut” on a rumor on the internet who “zero truth”.
Portnoy told Daily Mail that Barstool Sports is better than publishing false rumors of people who are not in the eye of the public, whatever the viral of history. ”
In a statement, he said: “ I want us to publish it even if it was only for 7 minutes.
“I would be P *** Ed if I was the family too. I would like to think that we are better than publishing false rumors about people who are not in the eye of the public, whatever the viral of history.
The personality of Barstool Sports “Nicky Smokes” is one of those who displayed the assertions on Cornett, revealed Daily Mail.
Smokes – Real Name Charles Nicholas Longley – Comment downloaded the terrified student to an official social media account Sports Barstool, learned the Daily Mail.
In an interview with NBC Nightly News, Cornett said that the traumatic rumor had “ruined” her life
Justin Cornett told Daily Mail exclusively: “ It is shocking that the official account of Barstool College has strengthened this lie, despite the opposite of Mr. Portnoy ”
The 25 -year -old Native of Florida, who labeled Cornett “disgusting”, is one of the highly successful rising stars.
A lawyer representative Cornett told Daily Mail that the offensive position will be included in the context of future legal action against Barstool Sports.
Portnoy had previously declared to the abusive cyber-campaign against Cornett, now hiding following a dam of wild abuse: “We have allowed anything on the bar stool”.
And he referred to the viral affirmations on Cornett, who was 18 years old at the time, as “a lie that ruined his life a little without reason”.
