Overview
- Reports say Foden’s legal team is contacting social media companies and search platforms to demand takedowns and assess possible civil claims.
- The fabrications falsely claimed six-year-old Ronnie had died and separately alleged four-year-old True had cancer.
- Many posts featured AI-generated images showing Foden and Cooke appearing to cry, helping the hoaxes spread and trend online.
- Cooke publicly refuted the stories on Instagram, called them “sickening,” and asked followers to report offending pages.
- Coverage portrays the incident as part of a growing surge of synthetic-media misinformation targeting athletes and their families.