False Claim: Ex-Swimmer Riley Gaines Allegedly Wins $8 Million Defamation Suit Against Whoopi Goldberg
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A post on social media has been circulating, claiming that former swimmer Riley Gaines won an $8 million lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg. While social media can often leave you pondering the validity of its viral posts, some of which are unbelievable, many have been left confused by the recent claims about Riley and Whoopi.
Read ahead to learn more about whether Riley Gaines won an $8 million lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg.
The viral post about Riley Gaines winning $8 million lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg
Social media recently received a post from an X handle @akafacehots, claiming a verdict on an $8 million lawsuit involving Riley Gaines and Whoopi Goldberg. It shared a screenshot showing images of both Riley Gaines and Whoopi Goldberg.
Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/M7lc1bGQCM
— aka (@akafacehots) February 22, 2024
The caption of the post was “Thoughts?” while the text on the post read, “Riley Gaines wins $8 million defamation suit against Whoopi Goldberg.” The post also had the America’s Last Line of Defense logo in the upper right corner.
Did Riley Gaines really win $8 million lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg?
Certainly, the post sharing about Riley Gaines winning an $8 million lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg piqued everyone’s curiosity, as netizens wanted to know if the news was indeed true. According to Snopes, the claims shared in the post are not true.
Y'all… stop sharing the stupid Riley Gaines/Whoopi Goldberg meme. It's fake, and you're making yourselves look stupid. FFS, people, learn to do your research!
— Jes Coolbaugh (@JesCoolbaugh) February 23, 2024
Whoopi Goldberg and Riley Gaines have never been involved in a legal case with each other. In fact, the claims shared in the viral X post about the two surfaced back last year as well. The only difference between the two has been the amount of the lawsuit mentioned in them.
More about the fake post of Riley Gaines winning $8 million lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg
Back in October of last year, SpaceXMania published a similar post about Riley Gaines and Whoopi Goldberg. It claimed that Riley had won a $10 million lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg. However, it was categorized as satire.
None. By this poster, @akafacehots, anyway.
— Rick E. Harrold (@REHarrold) February 23, 2024
On Oct. 9, 2023, SpaceXMania published an article claiming former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines had won a $10 million "defamation lawsuit" against "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg.
This story is not true. As originally published, the… pic.twitter.com/6AYK7zzl8P
In fact, regarding the post from October, Riley took to X back then to respond, “As much as I would love for this to be true, it’s simply not. Who makes this stuff up?” Riley had even thanked her fans last year for their messages regarding the matter. Hence, the new post about Riley and Whoopi can also be considered fake.
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