X17.com apologizes to Tony Parker
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After a thorough investigation brought about by threat of lawsuits, celebrity photo agency X17online.com finally apologized to NBA star Tony Parker for faking stories about him and another woman. In December 2007, X17online.com claimed Tony Parker met a woman named Alexandra Paressant.
In a series of articles published on its website, X17 claimed Parker met with the woman for sexual liaisons in swanky hotel rooms. The agency backed up its claims by publishing sexually explicit text messages allegedly from Parker to the woman. X17 finally came clean about the fabricated stories in a message on its website today:
- X17online.com and X17, Inc. have discovered that Mr. Parker has never met with, or spoken to, Ms. Paressant nor has he ever had sexual relations with her. X17online.com and X17, Inc. regret having been misled by Ms. Paressant and her representatives and apologize to Mr. Parker for any damage or inconvenience this may have caused him or his wife,” the statement read. (Source)
Let this be a lesson to other websites that fabricate stories about celebrities for profit.
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lol damn I believed them too…oops my bad
They need to pay them monetary damages!!!
They are only apologizing b/c Tony and Eva are suing them….believe me, they finna pay….
are these the same fools who posted the pics of britney on her period ? they need to be sued for being disgusting .
someone determined months ago that the broad lied…
oh the games people will play for a buck
These blogs will continue to do fake stories because people eat them up. They already made money off of advertising and ran with the story.
That is a pathetic apology and was basically buried on their site. Nothing like the fake “Exclusives” they repeated numerous times