In the world of news and journalism, we have seen plenty of fake speculations spread around. No matter how real it may seem, some details may just be the fictional creations of a particular human mind. It certainly looks like this was the case when a journalist named Simon Rowntree spread false rumors about soccer icon and legend Lionel Messi.
Lionel Messi’s ancestral bloodline connects him to an SS officer called Gerhard Bohne, who fled to Argentina after WWII. Bohne was responsible for the logistics of Hitler’s euthanasia program. The program killed 200,000+ civilians.#Messi𓃵 has nazi blood. Is this your GOAT now?
— Simon Rowntree (@SimonRowntree1) December 14, 2022
A while ago, the account’s user tweeted that Messi was connected to Gerhard Bohne. He was the administrator and lawyer for Adolf Hitler’s organization. The user raised the unusual question of whether Messi was still the GOAT of soccer even with certain connections. This did not sit well with fans, as many called them out for the fake news.
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