Overview
- The subject of the widely shared image is 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux from Rambouillet, confirmed by multiple outlets.
- An Associated Press photographer captured him near police at the Louvre on the day of the crown-jewel theft, and the photo later exploded on TikTok.
- Pedro says he was unaware of the robbery and had approached officers to ask what was happening during a family museum trip.
- He cites inspirations including Hercule Poirot, James Bond and French Resistance figure Jean Moulin for his 1940s-style ensemble.
- He tells ABC that his fedora belonged to his grandmother, his waistcoat to his father and his tie to his grandfather, following online speculation about the image’s authenticity.