CLAIM: A video shows a hidden entrance to a theater in Sicily where children are sacrificed by “elites.”
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The theater in the video is Teatro Donnafugata, a venue built inside a castle in Ragusa, Sicily, that hosts musical performances and plays. The original footage was posted by an Italian quick-change artist in 2021 and makes no mention of child sacrifice. The hidden entrance to the theater shown in the video is used to reach its central box seats, Teatro Donnafugata said in a statement to The Associated Press.
THE FACTS: A video of the theater’s hidden entrance is spreading widely on social media, with the false claim that it is used for sinister purposes.
The footage shows a woman opening a door disguised as part of a wall, and a panel concealed in the floor, to reveal a staircase that leads to a private box in a small theater. “Bend Over,” a 2016 song by rapper B.o.B. that includes the lyrics “Celebrities and politicians/ Just to name a couple members/ Rituals and pedophilia,” plays in the background. Emojis of children and drops of blood appear above the footage.
Text over the footage reads: “This is where elites Sacrifice kids.” One Instagram featuring the video had received more than 20,000 likes as of Tuesday
But the theater and its hidden entrance are used for nothing of the sort.
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