An Ole Miss student is fighting back against an online scandal she says never happened.
The internet blew up earlier this week when a social media post claiming to be written by her said she enjoyed going to Ole Miss and "banging" her boyfriend's father." More social media posts followed that trashed the father with scurrilous allegations. The "story" was picked up by Pat McAfee, Antonio Brown, and numerous websites as it spread like wildfire online.
Needless to say, the Cornetts are not too happy and are going on offense. Oxford police confirmed a report was filed by the Cornetts. The police could not provide any more information since the matter is under investigation. Ms. Cornett's father, Justin Cornett, issued the following statement on Facebook:
By now, some of you know my daughter, Mary Kate Cornett, has been the subject of a totally and categorically false, malicious, organized and defamatory cyber attack. She has been publicly doxed and our family has been forced to take protective measures to ensure her safety.We have filed police reports with local law enforcement in Oxford, the University of Mississippi campus police and the FBI. I have engaged a highly capable forensic data private investigation team to find the perpetrators. At this stage, we suspect this is some sort of fraternity prank that has mushroomed out of control. I refuse to let my family be targeted and am fully committed to pursuing all criminal and civil actions available. To those responsible, we will find you.While our family has the resources to defend ourselves, many other victims of similar attacks do not. Accordingly, we have decided to start a Gofund me whose goal is to provide seed capital towards starting a new foundation set up to provide much needed assistance to less fortunate targets of cybercrime. I personally fully committ and guarantee 100% of anything raised will go to help those that haven’t been as blessed as our family. Somehow, someway, we will find a way to turn this unfortunate situation into a positive outcome for future victims like my daughter.
Mary Kate Cornett followed up with her own statement:
Hello, this is Mary Kate Cornett. I am a student and member of Kappa Delta Sorority at the University of Mississippi.I have been the victim of a deliberate and coordinated cyberattack spreading categorically false and defamatory information. Partially and wholly edited screenshots, fake AI generated videos and manipulated photographs have been promoted by irresponsible social media participants and amplified by thousands of fake accounts. Not to be outdone by the Bots, Irresponsible independent social media influencers with apparent ties to Barstool Sports and even major public figures like Antonio Brown and Pat McAfee who hosts ESPN’s College Game Day have shared these utter and complete lies with zero interest in the truth, but instead spreading outlandish conjecture. No one affiliated with these organizations ever reached out to us for comment. Most alarmingly, my personal contact information has been doxed and illegally shared publicly, putting my personal safety at risk. I have received thousands of harassing calls and texts of a sick and demented nature, some of which suggest I even take my own life.The unwanted attention garnered here rose to the number one trending topic on X in the US and even associated me with an apparent meme coin using my name, image and likeness without my permission. To be clear, we have zero affiliation with this scam and have not participated nor know anyone who has benefited in any capacity from it whatsoever.The viral nature of these wholly untrue allegations have forced me to retain legal counsel, forensic data investigators, and seek alternative education/living arrangements while we find those responsible for these utterly false accusations, which we will. We have filed reports with University of Mississippi campus police, local police and the FBI. Rest assured, all criminal charges and civil remedies will be pursued vigorously.While our family has been blessed with resources to pursue the truth and defend our name via the legal system, others are not so fortunate. As such, my father has started a Gofund me where 100% of the Proceeds will be used to provide seed capital establishing a foundation focused on helping innocent victims of similar defamatory cyber attacks. Zero money raised here will be used for personal purposes. I want to use this attention and platform to raise awareness and funds for others who experience what I have gone through this week.My heart breaks for the victims of defamatory cyber attacks and public doxing like this. The pain and heartbreak is immense. These lies have affected my family, my friends, my social organizations and school administrators. Ultimately, I have confidence we will get through this and ask for any and all support while our family and others affected slowly heal. I pray for the strength and courage to use this unwanted attention as a platform to help others whose lives have been turned upside down in similar circumstances.
Her boyfriend chimed in on social media as well:
These past couple of days have been extremely difficult for everyone in my life. The unbelievable rumors about my family and Mary Kate’s are unacceptable and need to be addressed. The accusations are unequivocally false. Also, my faith in my father and our relationship is unwavering. He is wholly innocent and being unfairly slandered with no opportunity to speak on his own behalf prior to these horrendously false statements.
Kingfish note: JJ saw the offending posts Monday. Their defamatory nature was immediately obvious. If the forensic investigators do their job, hope a few people have good insurance.
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I have no problem with Pat McAfee being sued to hell and back. Rightly or wrongly. Such a douche.
Be careful, your jealousy is showing.
Hope they find all who took part in this and nail them to the wall. What crappy behavior
"Social media", the great national productivity dysfunctional black hole.
all you need is a russian vpn using wiregaurd and the FBI is basically helpless lmao.
12:08, I doubt your skills can measure up to the federal government (assuming all the talent isn't gutted by Elon Musk).
Greek life - where nothing good ever happens.
These people who put themselves online in hopes of becoming “ingluencers are going to be in for an awakening.
Bots have been scraping the web for over a decade building massive collections of info to create generative AI. your appearance, your speech patterns, everything you have put out there doesnt belong to you.
You can all cry and beg for legislation to protect your likeness. But smarter people than you and DC know how to circumvent everything.
Too bad you people didn’t pay attention to you friends and relatives who warned you.
You best start believing in digital dystopias. You are living in one!
Why does this type of stuff seem to almost always happen at Ole Miss?
There are some loser frats boys wetting their pants about now while trying to create some very weak alibis.
This could be a very important case. I'm glad the people involved have the means and willingness to fight it.
§ 97-45-17. Posting of messages through electronic media for purpose of causing injury to any person; penalties.
(1) A person shall not post a message for the purpose of causing injury to any person through the use of any medium of communication, including the Internet or a computer, computer program, computer system or computer network, or other electronic medium of communication without the victim’s consent, for the purpose of causing injury to any person.
(2) A person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
Take it easy, Nick. Not everyone is a humorless automaton like you.
This is a crime and should be prosecuted:
Miss Code § 97-45-15(c). Cyberstalking provides that it is a crime to “…. electronically communicate to another and to knowingly make any false statement concerning….indecent conduct, or criminal conduct of the person electronically mailed ….with the intent to threaten, terrify or harass. Such conduct is punishable upon conviction by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Miss Code § 97-29-45(1)(b), Obscene electronic and telecommunications provides that it is “unlawful for any person or persons….[t]o make a telecommunication or electronic communication with intent to terrify, intimidate or harass, and threaten to inflict injury or physical harm to any person or to his property…”. Such conduct is punishable upon conviction for the first offense of violating subsection (1) of this section, such person shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both and upon conviction of any person for the second offense of violating subsection (1) of this section the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, such person shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both and upon any third or subsequent conviction of any person violating subsection (1) of this section, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a felony and fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) and/or imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for not more than two (2) years, or both.
Miss Code § 97-3-107(1)(a), Stalking and aggravated stalking… provides “[a]ny person who purposefully engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person, or who makes a credible threat, and who knows or should know that the conduct would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her own safety, to fear for the safety of another person, or to fear damage or destruction of his or her property, is guilty of the crime of stalking. Such conduct is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
This kind of stuff only happens when your flagship university is so underfunded and unsupported by the legislature and alumni by damn.
Good for the family fighting back, and even better for them starting a foundation for people who cannot afford to fight back. Let's hope the forensic team is able to pinpoint who did it.
But what's the injury?
here is how this is going to play out, as always. KF is going to white knight for the pretty girl like a pathetic simp. In a few weeks or a month we are going to find out all of the rumors are true and he is going to pretend like he didn't simp for this woman.
REMINDER: This is NOT a GOSSIP BLOG!
I 'd love a return of the days that every media outlet could be held accountable for spreading lies and every individual easily held liable!( for you young'uns that was when lawyers still thought upholding and defending the rule of law mattered more than money).
I like McAfee. He's entertaining to me (probably because I'm just an immature frat boy in an old fat dad-bod) but yes, he does press his luck trying to be "edgy" or whatever.
Had the calf but wanted to try the ol bull aye. That’ll make for an awkward family dinner fight between father and son.
The real issue here is that “slut shaming” is still an legal. These are consenting adults. If a male has a lot of sex then he is respected for being skilled player. If a woman does the same thing then she is called a slut or a whore. People who have sex are usually despised by people who don’t have sex. Sex feels good and is even better when your partner is sexy. There is nothing wrong with a young adult consenting to sex with a rich older man. Even if he is the father of your boyfriend. Let’s be honest. The boyfriend isn’t really the one with money. His banker dad is the one with money.
Who raises these awful males who think they are entitled to cause problems and/or ruin the lives of others by telling ugly tales true or not? When did we stop knowing that when any human lies or brags or disparages others, that human is not someone to be trusted in any way, shape or form?
Honorable people can speak truth without making life miserable for innocent people or causing an uproar in the entire community. You can stick to facts and deal only with the person who is behaving badly or warn the person who may be harmed privately. What sort of result did this idiot spreading such a rumor hope to achieve other than attention for himself? And what a shame that our court system is slowed because we are so foolish as to believe and/or spread gossip and let ruthless people get by with behaving dishonorably ? Shun the attention those who delight in gossip, pay them no mind.
Didn't that Barstool dude give their coveted pie a score of 7? That's what all this is about, Dude trashed their pizza joint now it's payback!
Kingfish sez: "If the forensic investigators do their job, hope a few people have good insurance."
Please tell us what sort of 'insurance' protects individuals against cyber crimes.
I respect Dave Portnoy’s score. If you have ever been to Chicago, NY/NJ or anywhere in New England then you know the pizza here is inferior.
Delusional much?
Let's put some of those government crackshots on the case, stock them up with some of that military-grade hardware like what's sold on the Fox News, give them access to fusion centers that can produce a Steele-dossier type report. Throw some special ops Seal Team 6 type commandos in there. After all, they haven't managed to win a war for 80 years while taking only a decade to find and "kill" Osama bin Ladin. Those scamp miscreants will be shaking in their Crocs by the time the FBI gets done making up "evidence."
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