Has French footballer Kylian Mbappé accused President Emmanuel Macron of sexual harassment?
That question might sound a bit strange, but that's what a supposed Eurosport headline claims, which is being shared on social media with a video reporting the same thing.
"Kylian Mbappé, one of the world's most famous footballers, has recently accused French President Emmanuel Macron of sexual harassment, and claims it was the reason he left France and moved to Spain," one post on X with thousands of views said.
Indeed, according to the story linked in the post, Macron's "inappropriate behaviour" was one of the main reasons why the football star decided to leave Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for Real Madrid in 2024.
The president supposedly inappropriately touched Mbappé, made sexual comments and even offered him luxury gifts such as a Rolex watch.
However, none of this is true — the article was published on a fake, copycat website designed to mimic the real Eurosport, and there are no credible reports anywhere that Mbappé has made any such allegations.
The fake website's address is euro-sport.fr, whereas the real news outlet carries the address eurosport.fr, without the dash. It's a small difference designed to trick people, in combination with stealing Eurosport's visual identity, such as its logo and the layout of its website. Clicking on any other link on the fake article takes us to the real Eurosport page.
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