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The photograph of a woman sexually assaulted in Spain in 2018 has been yet again shared alongside debunked claims that she was attacked by the late George Floyd, a Black man killed by police in Minneapolis in May 2020 and whose death sparked mass demonstrations.
A July 11, 2023, tweet with the false claim amassed nearly 25,000 likes (archive.ph/wdZuT)
As previously addressed by a Reuters Fact Check article in June 2020 (here), the woman in the photograph was assaulted in Madrid in 2018 and has no connection to Floyd.
Her case was reported at the time by Spanish newspaper El País (here) and La Vanguardia ( here)
News reports documenting Floyd’s criminal charges can be seen: ( here) (here)
False. The photographed woman was a victim of sexual assault in Spain and has no connection to the late George Floyd.
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