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Mary Kate Cornett's combat to reclaim her 'ruined' beingness continues aft the viral net rumor that the Ole Miss undergrad had an matter with her boyfriend's father.
The vile claims person ne'er been proven and each parties progressive person denied the allegations. But arsenic Cornett told NBC Nightly News, her beingness was nevertheless embroiled successful chaos aft sports vigor hosts and adjacent ESPN's Pat McAfee seized connected the net gossip.
'I'm not a nationalist fig that you tin spell speech astir connected your amusement to get much views,' the 18-year-old told NBC.
She went connected to accidental that McAfee 'never erstwhile reached retired to inquire maine if this was existent oregon for maine to springiness immoderate benignant of connection to him.'
'I thought it was perfectly ridiculous that an ESPN sports broadcaster would beryllium talking astir a 19-year-old girl's 'sex scandal' that was wholly false,' she said.
Worst of all, Cornett claimed she's been harassed by strangers calling her a 'whore' oregon 'slut' implicit an net rumor that has 'zero information to it.'
Ole Miss pupil Mary Kate Cornett's nightmare began retired of the bluish erstwhile posts appeared online claiming she had a intersexual narration with the begetter of her boyfriend, Evan Solis, 19
Pat McAfee discussed the rumors connected his February 26 show, broadcast connected ESPN
'I don't deliberation these boys recognize what they're doing to people,' said an affectional Cornett. 'It's atrocious and having your beingness ruined by radical who person nary thought who you are is the worst feeling successful the world. It makes you consciousness truthful alone.'
Cornett precocious broke her soundlessness astir the viral rumors, which she says McAfee helped to dispersed by discussing connected his amusement connected February 26.
'I would similar radical to beryllium held accountable for what they've done,' she said successful an interrogation with The Athletic.
'You're ruining my beingness by talking astir it connected your amusement for thing but attention, but present I americium staying up until 5 successful the morning, each night, throwing up, not eating due to the fact that I'm truthful anxious astir what's going to hap for the remainder of my life.
'They don't deliberation it matters, due to the fact that they don't cognize who I americium and they deliberation that I merit it, but I don't.'
ESPN declined to remark connected the substance erstwhile contacted by DailyMail.com.
The study besides references a Barstool Sports personality, Jack Mac, appearing to beforehand a memecoin with Cornett's sanction connected his Twitter account. That station connected X is inactive determination astatine the clip of writing.
Cornett's attorney, Monica Uddin, says her squad whitethorn look astatine enactment astatine those who profited from promoting a mendacious rumor, saying to The Athletic: This is conscionable a chaotic westbound mentation of a precise acquainted problem.
'It's conscionable that it's adjacent worse due to the fact that it's not a company. It's an 18-year-old girl.
'They elevated a prevarication from the worst corners of (X) to millions of wide sports fans conscionable to get a fewer much clicks and yet a fewer much dollars. While they don't person to woody with it aft it airs, the prevarication is chained to Mary Kate for the remainder of her life.'
Cornett's household accidental she is suffering 'horribly' due to the fact that of the coordinated viral run and person present brought successful an attorney
Cornett says she has struggled to devour and slumber successful the weeks since the rumors emerged
The study besides reveals disturbing details of however the societal media rumors person impacted Cornett's family.
Her 89-year-old gramps was seemingly targeted with a telephone telephone successful the mediate of the nighttime astir her. Her begetter says helium has hired a backstage researcher arsenic good arsenic contacting police, Ole Miss field information and the FBI.
Cornett herself, who turned 19 connected March 20, says she is targeted connected her schoolhouse field by students screaming 'vulgar, disgusting things' astatine her.
She besides says her telephone fig was shared online and arsenic a result, was inundated with abusive and degrading telephone calls.
ESPN, which broadcasts McAfee's show, has declined to comment. McAfee signed a five-year, $85million woody with ESPN successful 2023. Barstool Sports laminitis Dave Portnoy, meanwhile, has denied allegations of immoderate wrongdoing from his organization, saying: ''Barstool Sports did not notation oregon dispersed this rumor connected immoderate of our Barstool owned channels arsenic acold arsenic I know.
'Our editors instinctively made the determination to debar this communicative arsenic it seemed determination was a precocious likelihood it could person been fabricated. If I'm incorrect astir that I'm blessed to spot wherever it was posted and revisit.'
Speaking to DailyMail.com earlier successful March, Cornett's begetter Justin said: 'This has been a pugnacious clip for the household and we admit each the support.
'The authorities, some section and federal, are afloat engaged successful the process and are making progress.
'She wasn't looking for this attraction and this is beauteous unfair. It's been precise hard for america to person immoderate semblance of a mean life.'
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