Overview
- Barnes posted an Instagram video denying that he lost $61,000 to an AI-generated model or that he is suing one.
- He criticized blogs and social accounts for spreading the story and said the noise is interfering with efforts to repair his family life.
- Barnes said he spoke with Gilbert Arenas about the rumor and that Arenas apologized after mentioning it on a livestream.
- Coverage traces the claim to social chatter amplified by Arenas’s show, with no corroborating news source or evidence.
- Reports note public confusion tied to Barnes’s 2023 admission of paying a woman he never met and his separate plan to sue vlogger Tasha K over alleged AI-generated content.