Overview
- Snopes and Hindustan Times reported that searches of major news outlets and public records turned up no evidence of a lawsuit or on-air confrontation between Travis Kelce and Karoline Leavitt.
- The claim spread through templated social posts using the headline 'YOU WERE BEATEN — PAY NOW!' across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
- Links in the posts redirected users to advertisement-heavy webpages that presented fabricated narratives of a supposed live TV tirade and defamation filing.
- At least one linked article was flagged by the ZeroGPT tool as likely AI-generated, with fact-checkers noting an AI-like tone and lack of sourcing while cautioning that such detectors are imperfect.
- The same template has been reused to falsely allege similar $50 million suits involving other public figures, including Lewis Hamilton, reflecting a broader pattern of monetized celebrity misinformation.